PWT plp ;. i ii) ii.iiji. Ji.u,uwPfppaiBp 6 EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 191T ROTAN WILL BEGIN COAL CARD PROBE District Attorney Will Sum mon Alleged Distributors of New Price List PRINTER GIVES NAMES Coat dealers who, It la nllcRei), tils trlbutod price cards prior In the boost In retail coal prices of Dectmber 20 will bo summoned before District Attorney Knmucl 1'. ltotan today. That was decided In n long conference between Mr. ltotan and United States Attorney Francis t'lslior Kane. Dealers who displayed these price cards In Ihelr offices and raised their prlreH to meet those quoted on the cards will nlso bo questioned. It 13 expected that one of tho most Important witnesses to nppear will bo M. J. McCultouRh. proprietor of n print shop at 1511 Federal street. McCitlloufih has admitted he printed tho price cards. McCullough said the cards were ordered by A. U. Colin, a coal dealer nt Thirteenth street and Washington avenue, for tho Coal Exchange. It Is alleged that the cards were distri buted by Colin and Frank Mathers, a Coal Exchange director. Mr. ltotan said today: "What I am serljlmr Is 0rlmln.1l viola tlons of the law. Prosecutions will follow any evidence alone that line." The District Attorney's office Is always ready to receive evidence of law-hrcaldnR, and we will co-operate with anybody who has such evidence. "With prices of nccossarles of life going up almost constantly I feel keenly tho posi tion of the public nt this time. It Is n hardship for the poor to have to pay the.10 exorbitant prices for coal, and It seems unjust for anybody to have to pay them, whether they nro rich or poor. "During tho last two or threo days I have beenmo cognizant of tho feeling of tho public In regard to tho high prices of coal by tho numerous letters which have come to mo from Individuals throughout the city "As District Attorney I am 11 servant of the public, and I nm ready and willing at any tlmo when tho occasion demands to act In the Interests of the public. Consumers In this district may rest assured that 1 shall act, and net quickly, If tho evidence points to nny conspiracy or understanding to raise the necessaries of life." Cookft All Day, Acts at Night j Divorce ItBADlNO, l'o. Jan. 17 After Mrs. Esther F Ilnchmnh, of this city, spent n vioI day cooking for thirty people In her husbnnd's dog and pony circus she had nothing to do until evening, when she had to do her turn with a lot of aerial per formers, according to testimony which she gave before a masle'r hero today in her suit for dlvorre from John I'. llachmnti on the grounds of cruel treatment. The master recommends that tho divorce be granted. Funeral Saturday for' Dead Admiral ('ontlmitil from riun tine lit touch with every movement of progress hot only In our own navy, but throughout tho world. On Wednesday afternoon Inst, Just before 1 left tho department, he paid mo a call nnd looked halo and hearty. I thought ho would bo spared In us for many years. His death Is an Irreparable loss to our country, but tho American people will over cherish ,hlfl memory. "Ills counsel has meant more to mt than words can express. Ills ntlvice to me smco I havo been Secretary of the Navy was mnro like that of a rather to a son than of a high ranking olllcof to n tlovornment olllclal." UllltO OF MODimN t. 8. NAVY Oeorge lixwey wns tho greatest tlguro In modem American naval history. It wns ho who gave posterity tho phr.isc that ranks him with Perry ami Fnrragiit, as Iho calm leader In a great emergency, tendy In a crisis with cool counsel nnd expert ndvlco. "You may Urn when you nro ready, tlrld ley," ho told tho captain of the flagship Olympla at the opening of tho battle of Manila liny. That utterance. In tho milot. calm way In which Dewey ulwnys spoke, heralded a fight never excelled for glory accruing to the American navy. It was tho first Important nnvnt engagement that I 'idled States ships had engaged In slnco tho War of 1812. The victory established Ueorge Dewey ns ono of the American hernrv of history. It brought him buck to the Fnlled Stales In ISM an the nation's man of the hour nnd this at n tlmo when there were plenty of other hemes of only slightly less degree who hntlvichlnveil that proud distinction In the Spanish-American War. lie was ac claimed In a triumphal reccptton nt Wash ington, which surpassed nny ovation ever before accorded nny American. The people presented the hero of Manila Uay a homo In Washington, on historic Itlmilo Island avenue, tho contributions for the most part being small Individual subscriptions. MOI)i:it.NIZi:t) SKA FOHCI3S Slnco that lime Dewey has been Innd of tho general board of tho navy and tho silent hut potent force In strengthening America's sea forces. Tho plans which are designed,' by 10ZG. to make tr.. American navy second to none In the world ; tho specifications by which America Is now building the greatest warships In tho world, are nil frulls of Dewey's hard work of tho last few years hard work that weakened him. The fact that Dewey was tho first full admiral since l'arragut was peculiarly fitting, because Dewey got his first laslo nf teal sea fighting under Admiral Farrngut. Ho was with that grim sendog of tho Civil War when he made bin famous passage up the Mississippi urn! captured New Orleans. Dewey wns born December 26. 182. In Xlonlpeller, Vt lie was a son or Dr. Julius Y. Dewey, nnd earno of nngllsb stock, his ancestor, Thomas Dewey. 11 Dissenter, com ing to this country about 1030 from Sand wich, Kent County, llngland. Doctor Dewey, the Admiral's father, was born at Merlin. VI. WKST I'OINT 1I1S GOAL TI10 enrly studies of the future Admiral were pursued In the vlllnge school, Heforo he was fifteen yenrs old he had becomo n cadet In the Norwich l.'nlverslly. In 1854 ho entered the Naval Academy. Dewey would rather have gone 10 West Point. Speaking of that time In bis life, tho Ad miral said: TJowcy stood high In his clnss nt Annapo lis, That ho early was a most practical mini Is Indicated by tho fact that tho ex amining board gave him the highest ave rage, while tho academic hoard gave him an nverage that would han placed him llfth In Iho graduating class. However, there was 11 practice of adding the two ncrages and this brought Dewey up to third place. Ho was graduated early In the yeer ISfil. nt a tlmo when the I'nlon needed every ofll cor obtainable. FOFGHT WITH FArtilAClCT Cadet (leorge Dewey received his com mission as lieutenant on April 9. 18(11. jusl n week after the bombardment of Fort Sumter, lie was assigned nt once to the sldowhecl stenni sloop Ml-slsslppl. Willi the other ships of Admiral Fnrr.igut tho Mis sissippi ran tile gantlet of fire In foM-ing the entrance of the Mississippi lllver. After the- c.ipliire of New Orlcius she ran aground under the flro of the batteries and In a daring attempt to run past Fort Hud son. She was sunk and abandoned. Ilctween March, .1865. when he iccelveil his commission ns lieutenant commander, and .Iniiiniry, 1898, whim as commodore he took command of the squadron in the Pa. clllc. ho wns a hard-working member of tho naval force, ljls sea servlco Included a cruise on tho Colorado to European waters. He commanded the Juniata In the Asiatic station In 1882-18111. At Malta ho was taken ill and recovered after u serious surgical operation. In September, 1881 ns captain, he wns plnccd tn chargo of tho J'"',' feW"- --wfiftV. JF you want the best pipe - tobacco on earth, just travel around lookin' for it, then drop into the shop on the next corner an' ask for some VELVET. 3 irfifwyii Br f u gs rsa 9 better Pipe Tobacco-rthan Velvet. We honestly believe that. Smoker after smoker has told us so. Before you agree or disagree, we ask you to put V el vet to any test that will convince you personally. Velvet is the best Kentucky Burley tobacco the variety American pipe smokers have agreed to be the world's finest pipe tobacco and the natural qualities of this tobacco have been brought to perfect ma turity by two years of ageing in wooden hogsheads. We challenge you to com pare Velvet to-day with any pipe tobacco at any price? I lOcTins 5c Metal-lined Bags One Pound Glass Humidors 33 tsn CSS Bsa ua 138 tsa QB HHMDWftjIli' In m F" 1 I--I ) KBinnni irr-lrn-WffiiniM'ilOTlMrTT FT iTTl ESJ B5J mm fcMj-tWWKiSjttaSSl'-''i .n"-,;.; .'.,,.", I, " 1,' '' .,,'-- - ;i mini. Pi 1 !( T" I - ' I j' J '" ' . i.i. I. ' itiim.rr in. t . , 'n. , " f M ' T "" , ' IHHHI IP l"" " I Dolphin, ono of the four vessels that formed the original "white ftquadron." Dewey, nfter returning from h's tour of duty on tho Pensacola, was mado president of many trial, examining and other boards of the navy. He was popular among naval men, but ho wns not a member of what was regarded as tho Xnvnl Department clique In Washington. lie 'was n sailor, not n politician, and neei- resorted to nny other means than those In the line of his duty to obtnln promotion. This l ono of the reasons that he was not commissioned com mander until I8!)0. two yrais before tho Spanish War. On .Intiuary !). I8H8. Dewey raised his ring over the olympla on the AslasllC Station. At that time no one lind any Idea that this was about to become the most lm portnnt naval station of the I 'lilted Slates. At that tfiiin Hip Imminence of a war w.tli Spain was not dearly understood There hud been 11 strong tension on Congress from Cuban Insurrectionists nnd fiom the Amer ican pcopte, who tcgaided Ihelr cause ns Just. Hut the t'nlted States wns at pence with Spain, and 0110 Congress after an other sidestepped anything that would pro oko it declaration of hostilities. The mys terious blowing-up nf tho battleship Maine In .Havana harbor In February, 1833, changed tho whole aspect nf things within tu only-four hours Orders went nut from the departments nt Washington, exiraonlltiary steps of prep-, nratlon for hostilities wero made, but the departments nt Washington mado haste slowly, nnd 1 '.ingress by some master hand was for weeks confined In outbursts of orntoiv. for definite nctlmi wns ft list rated lis long as ,t could lie done Dewnv. mill h,s little Heel of crullers nnd giniho.ii'. iis in Mini II. iv nnd re celveti orders by cahle to attack the Spanish In the Philippine. , With his fleet In good order, Dcwejf left Hong Kong on the afternoon of April ZJ. bound for Manila. It wns known that the run could be made In about threo days, and tho moments nfter that became nnxtons ones for every one In the Vnlled Mittes. I'll to that time 110 naval action had been fought, and the outcome, while viewed with n belief In the iilllmnle victory for 'he American Heel. wa' still regarded ns llkei.v In cause heavy loss before It could be ac complished. ' ItllACHKK MANILA HAY He t niched Ibe entrance of Manila li.i i it,, m-oninir nf Anrll 30. mid with nil lights out. and with the flagship leading the lleet entered the dark waters silently. N'eartv nil of the fleet had passed the nar row entratiie with lis frowning forts bo fore Ibe movement wits delected. Then a few shots were llred at the sKamlng war ships, but they soon were out of range. Mines weie lltrd. but by mine mis-Judgment these were llred nhend of the flag ship iuid resulted In no damage being done. About 5 o'clock In Hie morning. Dewey was off tho forts of Matilln. nnd found the Span ish licet hugging the shores nnd seeking tho protection nf tho guns nf the forth, lie formed n line of battle, nnd slowly steam ing past ship after ship llred broadsides and niilckllrers. raking the Spanish ships. As the head of the line passed the last fait nnd ship It turned out of range nnd strained slowly back iifcaln. tiring again at the etieniv as It passed, nnd being followed by the other ships In line. After this loop had been sailed twice, by which time several Spanish shlp.i were found to be In flames, and .the fort" almost silenced. Dewey drew off li'it of i.iiirp fot breakfast. The Anient an ships again opened fire on SAVE CCPAL - h h i METAIi WEATHEK STBSIPS Make the Home More Comfortable WE INSTALL THEM Let L's Estimate Phone Walnut 1406 AMFIM CO. 1233 Ludlow Street si.ifav,ii0M.t:.iistuai Iho Spanish. Tho Spa'nlards never had seen guns worked so rapidly The Americans shot straight, too, and the shots began to tell Immediately. The Spaniards managed to strike tho flagship frequently. On May 13, 1898. Commodore Dewey was raise il to the rank of rear admiral, nnd on March 2 of the following year the office of admiral was revived and Dewey wns ap pointed admiral. The Philippines required considerable time to quiet and Dewey did not start to' return to -the I'nlled Stales until the following summer. Ho nrrlved In his flagship. Olympla, In September. 1839. and on the 2fith of Mint month he wns es corted up the Hudson Jtlver' and through New York harbor by Ibe whole Atlantic fleet. The banks of the stream were lined with probably 2, 000,000 persons, nnd the river Itself was olile with gayly decorntcd craft of every description. The naval pro cession went up.ns far ns Oram's Tomb. The first wife of Admiral Dewey was Miss Susie Onodtvln. n dnughtor of f!ov ernor tioodwin, of Vermont, whom ho mar ried on October 24. 1867. The honeymoon wns scarcely ovor when Dewey was ordered to tho Colorado and sent into Kuropean waters. After two yenrs of separation ho wns ordered to the N'nrragansett, nnd re ntninAri tiriTit ii&h iixiii ! l . r- M.i.... ........ .,,;. umu im There wok i BCcond honeymoon In 1871 Two SrTl- fore Christmas. In 1875. ,.!? , birth to n son, CJeorgo Dewey.' ami nvl !v later she died. Shortly ?.'.Sn?,?v 1 from the Pncine tho ndmlral married xllii Mildred McLean Han, of Wash W& "" The numiral lias been spoken of .. . A man who could havo been President uFi wished In 1000 ho was .nn,..i ?l"J.. '. M for the Itepiibllcnn nominally ..'1M dent, but he preferred to remain H' navy rather limit Venture into ..".J" : shin. ""man.. 0m$com's Home-Made BRlllAD 5c Loaf 1232 Market Slrenf and branches hr x(V ft"! llm UrTGA (VlANN & DfLKS UOZ CHESTNUT ST. 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In the past few years since the Mitchell was standard izedhe has reduced our costs 50 per cent. Those are the savings which pay for these extras for the extra features, the extra strength and luxury, which distinguish Mitchell cars. A Lifetime Car Those savings pay for over-strength. Part by part, in, the past three years, You will see here the results of factory efficiency as they never were shown before. You can see what the savings buy. Under other methods these ex tras go into factory waste. You will see here, in the clear est way, what it means to get a Bate-built car. The Mitchell Features The latest Mitchell models for 1917 embody these advances: 31 extra features five more than last year all paid for by factory savings. 24 per cent added luxury in the finish, upholstery and trimmings. All paid for by savings made in our new body plant. 100 per cent over-strength in every vital part. That means a doubled margin of safety. Also a lifetime car. Results of Efficiency . Those are new results of Mitchell efficiency, as evolved by John W. Bate. . " . They will give you new evidence of what efficiency means in carbuilding. They will show you, in a startling way, the extra values that result. No man can examine a latest-model CAKL, . raut rauiuio CU Inc., 250 North Broad St., PhUadelphta ?&&. llISTHinUTOKS I-ocal IteprMeutnllte. F"a M'UlCt, S0 .1. r,uy llrllton, Ittadlnr. l'u. Klein .Motor Car t'a., -tlliatown. 1'u. .. ...... . , . .. Uni. I'anuoM Si Co., Ilrldinlll. Drl. It. J. Mill.. I'gltnlllJ, l'o. MlUhell Motor Bale Co., ficranloa. Vt, I'oluiubU Auto Co., Columbia. J'. I. K. Mltrhrll. llrldietou. X. J." S."a''.A1" c?.- Vtrk., I ' I'aU.r Hro. .Motor Co.. tVlluiluilun. Dtl. .Mitchell Motor Suit. Co.. Iiir Branch. N J tf ?,' """"' -'ii"i III. I II. Ilurtiell. Clmlfont. l'o. Noll 4 llruunelt. KnoTa. I'll. "r"nc"' i u. Itliumeruiaii, Hiinbpry, P. K. J. Holland. Crl.tlelJ, .Mil. nieuliie'a (iurme, llaxlrtou, l'u. 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The Bate cantilever springs are so strong that, in two yeara, not a single spring has broken. Mitchell cars run over 200,000 miles prove the result to be a lifetime car. And that is what Mr. Bate aimed at New Luxury This year our new body plant will save us hundreds of thousands of dollars. Out of these new savings we add 24 per cent to the cost of our finish, upholstery and trimming. That includes an extra-grade leather. It includes costly cushion springs. It includes a new finish where the finish coats are Fixed by heat I a j ' -"fi -1 Examine these cars at the Show. See the 31 features which others omit. Sec the new beauties and luxuries. You will find here at least 20 per cent extra value over any rival car. It will give you a new conception of what efficiency can do. MITCHELL MOTORS COMPANY, Inc. Itaclne.Wis., U.S. A. -, y 21111 J-J uii'iTiumms liiiiiiuum w
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