?S!iy?!iwwHiy5ipSwSMBi 'ftl.wW " EVENING LEDGER-PHIL'ADELPIIIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 1G, 1917 0 iwi. m nnnm in- flTCf IRAQ SHAW .WWANCE MEMBERS I lUUAilJKJ kJJUL IT THIS PORT BEST FOR SHIPPERS domparisons Made at E New Orleans Prove i This Fact Charges cheapest ALONG ATLANTIC Study of Expert Report 'Demonstrates Advantages of Philadelphia DOES IT PAY? IT DOES flxporters Need Only Examine Unbiased Testimony to Sat isfy Thcmselve3 VIII This l tho ilny of tho efficiency expert. TliO cold science of fncta nntl llRures havo the center of the commercial Htnue. Tlia folden text of nil modern enterprise It, Does It pny?" Tlic plumlillne nnd the trl. the time-clock and tho slnp-wiilch illo- I tale tho business policy of nil lilg entcr r.i... , After tho Huropcnn war la over this con dition will apply In a still creater deKrcc. Of what nilrnnlnee would It lip to show up nil tho rooiI polntn about tho port of Philadelphia If tho shipper, tho rxnortcr or the Importer should nnd that with nil our ''modern appliances and natural nilvnnttisefl. the Port charRO were creator thnn other porta on tho north Atlantic rcaboard : or. In other words, that ns far as their busi ness Is concerned It "Does iiol pay" to ra tronl'o tho home port? recently tho ltonrd of Commissioners of the port of New Orlenns engaged the wHl- iw Known iirm ui i'uim, iiiufiii rc u,i iii, em 15' tlency expert engineers of both national nnd International reputation, to ninko ti mm- j riaratlvo estimate of port chaitfcs ut Nw ', OrleanR, rmivcuoii. .Mobile. I'hllnilelplila. New YorK n.m Man J rarawii on n veisel or l specified draft and tonnage with a speci fied carso. B Owinc to tho marked dlfferenco In wharf- tee rates, dorkngo rharRes, etc., at tho va- Bfcrlou.i ports a satisfactory comparison of (.port cnargea ran oniy lie ninuo ior a nyjio- . uiencai snip una cargo 1 In this c.iho a ship that had docked at ;Kew Orleans, and uns typical of tho olasi 'of ships and cargoes nciiiihniodjlcil at that Import, was taken as n hauls'. ino lonowing iucis rcganiuifr mm snip tnd Its Inward-bound mid outwnitl-bound cargoes wero used: I ' Description of vessnH. Steam vessel In for- f .un iraoe. i T)rft of Vt'ni.'l Inward. fet... Pratt of esml uutunrd, feet.. "VToUl tlmi In port, dan -. Tims at public vrh.irf. dn.... 'Tlme at rnllruatl wharf, diiys . Time Jlsi-nrirlnir onrwii. ilays.. Tun loading rurxo. Wyi . Gross tonnace of esnel t" Nt tontine of ves1.? t Deadweight caimi'liy of vt'ssel Ifcarro apace, cubic feet 01 SISI illTa 33t.7UI itrtT 300!) ' 3!)7ll lllvil III 10) ll'lS mil .'III 11114 Inward enro Kanlt In bulk short ton General carso. short tuna. Total, short tons ,, Outward rami) ' Cctton. short tons ', Whnt. short Inn 5" Provisions, short tuns -Arricuuarai implements, snort tons. i rem. snort tun , w Fl"ur. short tuna P i .. itufiel Ihptlit xhnrt tutiM iat. lumber and stiites. short tons., lerchandlso. short tons Total, short, tons S07U i The following table shows the port charges computctl on t'.io above basis of f, facts, that would luivo been levied on tho hypothetical ship and cargo at tho ports lot Galveston, Mobile, Philadelphia, New ETork and San Francisco nnd, In addition, tho charges actually assessed nt New 1 uneans unuqr tno present system or rates i. I'hlli LPllotaes lisiiiin Tovim lll.'i on Hi Local port chorses I'i'O.r.a rious on cargo aiai.'iiii Jll 00 Rww tVliMlIaneous .... Total expenses, ship and careo 13701 10 San Francisco may be eliminated nlto- lether In this comparison, ns It Is not an Atlantic port, and very different conditions prevail on the Pacific. THIS PORT CAN DO KVE.V BETTCR Vt nia n. sn.. )inf iftla mnnrt mnfln llV independent experts, was Intended to favor the port of Philadelphia. Yet that Is what It truthfully had to show, based on hard In. controvertible facts nnd figures. Experts connected with tho port of Philadelphia who have examined this report, claim that tno favorable showing for this city could be made still more so, that tho figures for la kor as far as this city Is concerned are too high, and should be very materially reduced. This comparative showing of the charges and costs at various ports Is taken lYom documents published by the United States Government Its unbiased origin with the Board of Commissioners of the Tort of New Orleans, who wanted the truth, but who had! no doubt expected that the result would be favorable to their own port, places it be yond the range of criticism. i In view of all this, nml nf thn statements Ralready published, showing that railroad. Straight rates from a majority of Interior rawjiui 10 l'lmadelphla are lower than to (ny other north Atlantic nort. and that ocean freight rates from this port to foreign Ports are not greater, there remains but ' conclusion, namely: that In every re- ircci me port of Philadelphia Is tho most economical for shippers of any eastern port In the country. Obituaries Joseph Elversort Swoseph Elverson died yesterday at his Some, 506 Linden street, Camden, N. J. J was a native of London, England, and Brne to this country when ho was eight JE?rs old, settling first In Newark. N. J.. Mt later moving to Camden r. Elverson, who was eighty-two years pd, was a hatter by trade. 'About fifty til Bo e became connected with the ismmess department of tha Katimkv Nluht. BrPpilulaf Periodical, and continued with It Kjm ii suspenaeu publication. This, and -J-. . uumen uays, were puniiaiieu Dy S$ late. James Elverson. a hrathnr of the greased, IrMr. Elverson tn .anv .,.... ....... n .,.- nS'ln Broadway Methodist Episcopal tii ' o ' -amu-n. na was superintendent At, a r BCno' ot twenty-flva years. t " lHU cnnuren, Allca and J. Sketchley jOfSCJl. Of Cataiuitiniin tia lh. fntta,. wylvlas him. ' Mrs, Anna Lee f. Anna I.J. nf 79 Phnmh Inn, n 3kllOWn rfiJllflcinf nf Oannanlniiin .IIaiI the honiA nt Via onn I7.R. TXT T & Kilt j Pr,c tret- Germantown, early T.-jr morning a short time before jwuuer uied, Lee. who Is postmaster at L-WOUOt AtrV Station wasi ramnvvA in tha Wmaatown Ho.pltaI with a severe attack E Daetlmnnia ILT, V ,. ,n -.S ... ... 9r n, iaa Lee, ad a daughter. Mrs. , Wagner Mrs L was a member of .r ooctery or, St. Vincent's Churca. Ixiantr.M... ,,.,- . ..... . mr " me luncri wuj tw nem " ''! interiBsut will be mad tu w new CiUiearB,i Cemetery. GET WAGE BOOST APPEALS Requests for $3,000,000 Deluge Committeemen, Who Have $821,227 to Distribute With a aurphu of JE21.22? S5 nnd n bal nnoo available for appropriation of (19.300 membern of Councils' Finance Committee wcro today besieged by city employes nnd their backers, anxious to have salary In-crense- demands rorolto nromnt attention Should even n few of the demnnds ha rrnntcl, the nest egg of $Hfi,527.3B would dwindle tn nothing, ns deparlmentnl heads have oltlrlally recommended Increases total ing 3, 000 000 Tho first bill approved, to reduce the surplus, appropriate-) $25,000 to Director Krusen, of the Department of Health nnd Cnnrltles. so that he may tetaln the serv. ices of thirty-two nurses employed In work In the poorer sections of the r.ty. The second demand routes from the Utireau nf aler for a general wnge Inerense which woul.l cit $150,000 annually. Thlt (pies. Hon hn.t been laid over until such time ns others are taken up, so that no notion can he tnken ns n precedent 'hall ninn Mnffney, of the Finance Com mittee, cannot ptss through the corridors pf t'lty Hall without being stopped num berless tinier by wnao earners or their friends anxious to present their renuesti or clrmnntN for "more money." Pallv these demands become morn Insistent, and the fact that the city firemen have gained the kltidlv fonslderatlon of many members of the I'lnance Committee has led to n more naive ninpalgn nf policemen nnd workers In other bureaus and departments who feel that they nro underpaid nt the present rcale of sahrles Mum members of the Finance Committee aro stewing clear of tho public buildings In the hnp. of avoiding being drawn Into any of the discussions, whllo others nre con tenting themselves with openly declaring their belief, that nil of tho demands aro Justified hut cannot bo granted because sulllclent money Is not available, and It would iKt bo fair to rnlse ono set of wngo nnd not another, Ho Iiu Urn campaign, of the city firemen has been mnro successful than has nnv of the others. Jinny Finance Commlttco members and many members of both houses of enure Is aro committed to tho plan which would cost the city In the neigh tiorlumil of 200.000 this year. In tho gon .'ml scramble for new places departmental heads nr- likely to have an active part, an n number of them havo unomclally been told to come hack to Councils after the nooks or tho city aro formally opened for 19 1 1 U. S. WILL RECOGNIZE FRENCH IN MOROCCO KcKotlntionn for American Approval tif Protectorate Established in 1911 Reach Successful End WASIlt.VOTO.V, .Ian. 16 The United States will soon formally notify tho French rioxerninerit that It recognizes the French protectorate over Morocco, It was lenrned todey. Negotiations to that end have been conducted by Secretary of Htato Lansing and French Ambassador Jusserand for some time. The tpiestlon of the Toiled States re linquishing Its extra-territorial rights In Morocco will necessitate n French-Amerl-cin treaty, which will go over nfter the war, It Is understood the Stnto Department linn decided. Tho French protectornto over Morocco was established In 1911 by a Franco-I3or-ninn treaty and In 1912 by a treaty be-twot-n France and tho Sultan. FIGHT SALOON SIDE ROOMS SIWUURY. r.i Jan. IC Declaring for tho closing of sldo rooms permanently and of all bars at 11 o'clock at night, Northumberland County church people are preparing u petition that will bo presented to the eouit when It meets to grant North umberland County saloon permits on Jan uary 22. it Is understood. This petition has hundreds of dinners. I'eisons experienced with the liquor busi ness declare thnt bide rooms aro harmful and not necessary. Conditions In tho coal rcgons aro especially criticized, N Orleans CJaUvaton Mobil N Vork San fran ijh.i nn jtsnon ji'.it on m.n4 Hss.74 10.-,. no ion on 1TS.IMI no on ".' no HI 1)11 .id 17 10.10. uu sf.5i 4 11) J 111 .20 lr.iu .17 37.V1.llll 11.1.32 31MK.7A 3ns3 la 11 a-.' 31 H sum uu 111 00 JIOUI.30 JUtl)7.0U J3U0.1.03 C1334.04 15175.31 JESUITS HOLD MISSION AT ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH Morning nnd Evening Programs Ar ranged Children From School Provide Music A mission Is being held this week nnd next by the Jesuit Fathers at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Fourth street and Wllllngs alley. Programs for mornings and nights have been arranged. There will also be noon talks by Father Walsh, which will bo followed by tho benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Tho music will be by the children of tho parochial school, who march from the school to tho church each day Father Walsh at noon today spoke on "The Temple of tho Holy Ghost." Tho subjects of his talks for the remaining days of tho mission follow: January 17, "Wounded Unto Death"; January 18, "Pit falls of Pride"; January 19 and 26, "The Devotion of the Wny of the Cross" ; Jnnuary 20, "Tho rtoot of Evjl"; January 22. "Un clean! Unclean!"; January 23, "Revenge Is the Lord's"; January 21, "lie Not Greedy"; January 25, "Tho Soul That Is Small"; January 27, "Slumbor and Sleep." The talks begin at 12:05 o'clock and last until 12:30. ARRESTED IN HIS CELL ON NEW ACCUSATION Prisoner Awaiting Extradition Faced With Charge of Swindling New Jersey Man ATLANTIC CITY. N. J- Jan. 16. A captive In default of 12000 ball, awaiting extradition to Pennsylvania to answer a charge of Belling worthless stocks to well-to-do residents of Norrlstown, C S. Raker, fifty-six years old, a nattily dressed pro moter, was arrested on a new charge this morning In his cell In the city prison. Baker was stunned when a constable ap peared at the grated door of his cell and told him he was wanted also for selling 1600 worth of the stock of the Automata jdUBloal Company, a New York concern, It Is sald,to Sherman Bowen, one of the lead. Imr citizens of Mlnatola, this county, a pros perous glass town, where a great deal of boom money Is said to have been Invested In stocks of a doubtful variety. Baker was ' taken before Magistrate Marts, of Pleasantvtlle, sitting in the City Hall Court, and was held In 11000 ball to await trial on the charge preferred by Bowen, who is a member of the Grand Jury now sitting. This action means that Penn sylvania's claim to the prisoner will have to wait until that of New Jersey has been disposed of. Licenses Up In Clearfield Court CLEARFIELD, Pa., Jan. IS. Judge Bell heard remonstrances against nearly all of the thirty applicants whose cases were tailed. Few violations were reported. The hotels of Houtxdale received the most severe handling at the hands of the ' drys." Tomorrow a bUt delegation will be here) from Jefferson County to assist la the fight against tho Dubois House. TYPES OF SHIPS ENTERING THIS PORT I'r-1 I'm ! lip f ' ! ;:i Site At tho top is nn ocean freight nnd passenger liner. Below aro two types of general cargo carriers which bear ore, fertilizer, coal, oil and manu factured good3 to and from Philadelphia. At the bottom is n typical fruit ship bringing the products of Central America and tho West Indies to this port for distribution. Explosion in Factory Called Bomb Outrage Cnntlntiri! from I'niro Ono police think he may know something of tho affair. He wns burned about tho hands and body, and went to the hospital for treatment. Officials of the company say tho ex plosion wns caused by crossed wires on a switchboard. The snark caused by tho blowing out of tho wires Ignited gas from a gaH.machine. they said. POLICE SKEPTICAL The police, howover, are skeptical of this explanation. Detectlvo Italpli (lold snld ho believed It wns caused by a bomb Kovcral policemen expressed tha same opinion. Tho police say efforts have been made by striking members of the American Gar ment workers' to Induce the employes of tho Klrrchliaum firm to Join them for sev eral. There havo been several armll fights and nenr-rlots near the plant In tho last few weeks. Police and City Hall nnd speclnl detectives havo ben on duty thero for the last week. Tho efforts of the Amalgamated Gar ment Workers to Inilucnco tha Klischbaum employes evidontty met with little success. The Klrschbaum firm Is one of the largest manufacturers of clothing In the country. Its eight-story building occupies the block on Uroad street from Carpenter street to Washington avenue. Tha engine room Is In a building In the rear, which faces Watts street. The first Intimation that the employes had of the explosion today was a shock which was distinctly felt. Then came tha terrific blast. Women Bcreamed nnd the workers rushed for the exits. Overseers nnd the firm officials succtedeJ tn qulettne them, though several becamo hysterical. Israel Senderoff, H20 North Lawrence street, becamo so hysterlc-il that he had to be taken to the Howard Hospital f jr treat ment. Ho said ho thought strikers had at tacked tho plant. INJURED MAN UNCONSCIOUS When tho debris In the engine room had been partly cleared, Chosh was found un conscious with his face, hands, body and clothing burned. Ho works as a presser on the second floor. He told the police he went to tho engine room to have an Iron repaired and noticed a small blaze in a corner. When he tried to put It out, he remembers a big Rare and nothing else. The pressor's explanation of the explo sion differs from that of the firm. Doctors said there was an odor of powder on his clothes. Deteetlve Gold said he had learned that Chosh came to Philadelphia from Milwau kee last June. "Chosh'8 Injuries, that is, his burns, nre not serious," the detective explained. "It may be that he Is Injured Internally and for that reason he Is being kept at the hospital. When he recovers sufficiently, he will be photographed and copies of the photographs will be sent broadcast in an effort to find .out if he Is known by the police In other cities.'1 According to detectives, the Injured man's explanation for going to the epglne room Is a plausible one, Irons are repaired there several times dally, it was said. A preliminary examination showed that a hole two feet in diameter had been torn In the concrete floor; the machinery was crippled. Doors and windows also were shattered. One large and heavy door was blown more than thirty feet and over a high fence. Parts of the fence also were blown away, Many of the employes were sent hotpe after the accident. Part of the plant, the police say, was closed for the day. PASTOR TO FACE TRIAL Rev. G. A. Cooke Refuses to Withdraw From Ministry WILMINGTON. Del., Jan. 16. There were more developments In the Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church troubles. A committee of ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church called the nev. G. A. Cooke, pastor of the church, before them and offered to drop charges to be made against htm provided ha would withdraw frnm thA mlnlstrv f?onlra rafiijfenl ami was notified that charges would b preferred I tpday. I .'. i. , "wigr - i a ' ' 5 imi DEMOCRATS PLAN TAX TO RAISE $525,000,000 Inheritance and Excess Profits Levy With Bond Issue New Revenue Scheme WASHINGTON, Jan. IS Revenues. In cluding bond Issues, totaling J525,000.000 will bo rnlsed by means of nn additional Inheritance tax, nn excess profits tax of eight per cent on corporations nnd co paitnershlps, nnd by bonds. Democrats of the House Ways and Means Commlttco de cided today. The decision has tho approval of tho President and Secretary of the Treasury McAiloo. Chairman Kltchln was authorized to draft a bill Incorporating tho decision. Inhcrltnnco taxes will bo Increased by n total of $22,000,000. A speclnl tax of from one.half per cent on $50,000 estates to 1 1 and 15 per cent on hugo estates will bo levied. The excess profits tax will bo nn eight per cent levy on net Incomes of corpora tions and copartnerships of moro than 55000, and nfter eight per cent normal profits on capital Invested has been tie ducted. For Instance. If n firm makes S1B.OO0 a year on a capital of $100,000 58000, or eight per cent of the capitaliza tion will be regarded as normal profits. A tax of eight per cent will bo Imposed on tha excess $7000 of tho $15,000 profit, an excess of $560. Hand Mangled, Drives to Hospital SCRANTON, Pa., Jan. 16. With his left hand hanging by a mere thread, Louis Er ben, general manager of tha Kcranton Box Company, coolly wrapped a handkerchief about the mnlmed member, leaped Into his automobile and drove to a hospital, where the hand was amputated. Erben met with the accident while working about a machine in his shop. IVIahh & Dilus 1102 CHESTNUTS"!". Tyrol Wool prmg Suits In the New Light Colon Ladles' aaaMuiej' Suits and Top .Cost J are in Mo Jell here only The Shades in the New High 'Light Colors Are Exclusive and Unusual. Mann & Dilks (IPS CHESTNUT ST. PRINTER OF COAL PRICE CARD FOUND M. J. McCullough Asserts He Did Work for "Ex change" Member CONTAINED BOOST PRICES M J. McCullough, proprietor of a print shop nt 1511 Federal street, printed the price cards which wcro distributed among many coat dealers prior to tho December 20 tdvnnca of twenty-five cents In tho rctnll price of coal. Mr. McCullough said that the card wero oulered last fall by A. K Cohn, n member of tho Coal Etchnnge, nnd McCullough stated that when Cohn ordered the inrclt to be printed ho snld they Wero for the Coal Denlers' Assoclntlon Tho Informa tion offered by McCullough U In the hands of United Stntei Attorney Francis Fisher Kane, nnd Mr Knnc will plnco It nt tho dlsposnl nf Dlstilct Attorney Samuel I', Ilntan Mri'ulloiigli wns questioned ns fol lows by a leptesentatlvo of the Evemi.no l.nnami: "Did you print so lie cards with coal pi Ices last fall."' "Yes; I gut out between 200 and 300 for the Coal DenlerV Association." "Who ordered those cards nnd to whom did ou deliver them?" "To Mr. Cohn. of the Coal Dealers' As-j-oclnllon " "Hnc you been doing much work for the Conl Dealers' Asoclatlon?" "Quito a little off and on. The Inst tlmo I printed a big bunch nil together with chnnges In the price by the month. One mouth, for trample, the price would bo ?fi 25, nnd on nnnthrr batch of enrds tho price would be mlsed twenty-five rents" A. L. Cohn, who. It Is alleged, left ono of tho cauls in tho rnal olllce of Frederick c.ett., 1321 Wnshlngton nonue. with the tnformntlon thnt tho enrd wns from tho Conl Exchange, wns quizzed na follows: "Aio you n director of tho Coal Ex rhnngo?" "No, I nm not." "Aro you n member of the Coal Et hnnge?" "Yes." "Did you distribute for the Coal Er- chnngo cards beailng the December 20 prlcos?" "I did not." "You had nnu or the raidt posted In your ofllco?" "Yes." "Where did you- get It?" "I bought my card." "Where did you buy It?" "I don't havo to tay." "Did you not visit tho office of n printer nt 1511 Federnl street nnd have thoso cards printed?" "I did not: T don't know nny printer nt that nddrcss, and certainly never pntron Ized one." "Then you nro not willing to ray where you obtained tho rnrd?" "No. 1 nm not " ANOTHER DEALER GRILLED Frank Mathers, n coal denier at Wash ington avenue nnd Tenth street, nccuscd of having left one of the cards In the ofllco of Daldl Brothers. 1220 Washington nvenue. Is a dlroctor of tho Conl Exchange. Ho was questioned as follows regarding tho part ho Is alleged to have played In the card Incident: "Did you distribute thoso cards for the Coal Exchange, Mr. Mathers?" "No, I did not" For whom did you dlstilbuto them?'" "I didn't distribute any.'' "But other deadcrs In your vicinity say you left tho cards In their olllccs last fall. They sny you told them tho cards wero from tho coal exchange." "I did not distribute any cards. "How docs It happen that you havo one of thoso cards In your own ofllco?" "That Is my business card a card to ad vertise my business nnd my prices." "Eut there Is no name on the card ; where did you get It: who printed It?" "I refuse to answer tho question whoro I got tho card, for I consider that my business I have n right to go out nnu buy n card If 1 want to." "But how does It happen that nil tho other dealers In your vicinity have tho ramo sort of card with tho same prices?" "How do I know? I supposo they have the same privilege of going out and buying cards ns 1 have." "Then you win not ten wncre you got the card, or where It was printed?" "No, 1 will not." "Don't you think It would help to clear up matters If you did7" "No. I don't." Ono of tho dealers In tho South Philadel phia section, who received one of the price cards, stated that It was brought to him by n messenger from tho Coal Exchange. Ho also stated that he was given to under stand that the prices quoted on tho card were arranged by a "prica educational com mittee." of which J. Ernest Richards, presi dent of the Newton Coal Company, was al leged to bo chairman. Mr. Richards In a statement to the Evdnimi Ledoeh denied with considerable emotion that any such committee exUted In the Coal Exchange. He stated further, and with much excitement, that he kqew of no one connected with the exchange or anywhero else who had distributed such cards. "There Is no such committee m tne coal exchange as the 'price educational com mittee,' " l.e declared, "and I know nothing of any such card. I nave taiKeu witn jonn Lloyd, president of tho Conl Exchange, and he says he has never heard of any such card. "Tho prices that are enforced: by this company nre caicuiatea oy us own or ganization. If the retail coal dealers today were reclving their just compen- Illi fiSiiirEiC ' ' SSPlfllSlisH" BsK fltHs9JlsiK!JiisHit ? sntlon the price of Coat would bs from fifty to seventy-five cents higher than the prices today." "Then you havo never seen oi heard of these price cards?" "Never," "Do you know Mr. Cohn?" "I never henrd of the gentleman before." "Rut don't you 'think that It Is nt least Interesting whon It Is discovered that prior to the December 20 price boost a certain number of dealers received enrds with the boost prices?" "I don't believe there were any such cards." ' "Tho United States Attorney Is In pos session of ono now " "WoM, I don't enre to have my namo connected with this thing I know nothing about tho cards And before dragging my namo In again consult me. Ask me about tho coal situation, 'and t will put you straight, for I knowiyiie situation In Phlla. delphls Don't go nround to a lot of Irre sponsible conl dealers who nre not busi ness men. If you wnnt the truth, come to me. We arc. to n certain extent, de pendent upon public opinion, nnd It Is shameful to give tho public the Idea we nro gouging It. Tho Coal Exchange represents n big Industry, nnd such reports are dam nging. Why don't you get nfter the De partment of Seals, Weights nnd Measures and linve It arrest dealers who aro giving short weight In conl? No wonder a lot of thebo dealers arc ablo to underprlce us nt least sixty rents when they aro giving short weight In conl." District Attorney Rotan has received a letter from United Stntes Attorney Knno In which Mr. ICnnc- stnted thnt hlH rcpre sentntlve would call upon Mr. Rotan and confer with him concerning tho conl gougo situation. "I expect also," said Mr. Rotan, "to have fJXuCIXnuiirsiior iieue unnss MAIIi OIIDKIIR promptly filled when aecompanled by Peilal Money tinier far full amount. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. ELEVENTH & Additional Entrance from TIae S Offering such astonishing values and such magnificent styles that 2000 Coats will fairly fly out between i. ThU Fur Trimmed Silk I'lush Cant, MUM M 5L '9-90 Extraordinary 6-Hour Sales Also in Waists, Furs, Suits, Dresses and Skirts rnxrxrjxsrnrrrn:n32 frank At the Show We invite your inspection of the nev? Fiat models chosfes, open and closed cars lower, longer and more distinctive. Exhibited January 15 to 20 inclusive. Illustrated booklet on request. FIAT 1827 CHESTNUT STREET r FOUNDED 1858 DeweeS Quality and Standard Famous Over Half Century Announcing the Opening of a New Department for Smart Sports Hats A CHARMING display of temptingly Stylish Hats for Southern Climes and early Spring wear. The shapes are. fascinating and unusually becoming. Simple in style, Radiant in coloring-. Made of new Peanit. Chrysanthemum. Pedal. Hlnokl and Banekok Braids and Straws. Many new colorings Chartreuse, Cherokee, Sand, Jersey, Gold, Cerise and all the usuat attractive colorings intensified by a new softness of lustre. Trimmings are mostly a simple ribbon band with a bow. But, such bows! We most cordially invite you to visit this New Department B. F. DeeeS,1122 Chestnut St. l , a conference 'with Mr. Kane In the near future. "I have been conducting a quiet Investi gation the last' few days Into the ceat Situ ation here. A man just left my office who Is Interested In the situation. If the evl dence Is sufficient I shall certainly Issue warrants tor the arrest of the guilty par ties, If there are nny guilty ones." PERMITS ELECTRIC CO. TO MERGE ITS HOLDINGS Public Service Board Approves Plans to Consolidate Subsidiaries, To Increase Bonds The Philadelphia Electric Company Is permitted to merge Its fourteen subsidiary companies nnd proceed with Its plan of financial readjustment, through a decision of the State Public Service Commission. Approval of tho plan by the commission followed tho company's agreement to put the cost of readjustment on stockholders nnd not pay for It by Increasing rates. Dy the new plan all the subsidiaries, Including a number of suburban properties, will be merged with the Philadelphia Etec trio Company, nnd Ii. order to finance all m the new organization stock, and bond Issues will be Increased from (117,000,000 for the present Philadelphia Electric Com pany to (110,000,000. Santiago to Aid of Stranded Milwaukee WASHINGTON. Jan, 16. Admiral Cap. erton's flagship, thn Santiago, has arrived at Eureka, Cnt to take command of tha situation where the cruiser Mllwaukco went ashore, tho Navy Department announced today. smartly save monev t MARKET STS. Klerenth Rt. Snbway Station. easai' Greatest oaf Sale 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. Wednesday Your Choice of Coats Worth $17.50 Up to $30 at $990 Silk pluth coat, fur and Chase' fur trimmed and attn lined; rich wool velour coat! ilh Beaver Coat lustrou Matetamb coat with large tilk pluth collar satin lined silk Corduroy caatti Furtcx coat and others, all at $9.90 a. SECOND FLOOR NO MAIL, PHONE OR C. O. D. ORDERS IN THE BARGAIN SUBWAY Coats Worth up to fc Qf S1G.50 at ,, V4-.?" For 6 Hours Only 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. & seder oirxu;iri.i::!:r;n3riaxc. -Iv , kv lltl I I M
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