rW-w3'VHWiyW-!"T "" rfWT -"TVT !." r ifi ifA L &i I ' WINING BEGINS DI7DIV TAPRT 1 IlK.lliJ.JlV ... t n:i.onfnr Sava Answer will Be A B G Proposition; but Will Take Time ' NOT READY FOR COUNCILS &' Mayor Will Not Submit Offer at Next Session 01 uuy Legislators P. R. T. Proposition to Operate City Lines A FIVE-CENT faro with universal transfers, ecept in "thocontral delivery loop, wliero exchange tickets ...in nntiniie nt tlireo cents for a V, time. ... ... . , The right 01 tno compnny iu m crcaso the faro from fivo cent3 at nny timo when net earnings show a deficit for any six-month period. If tho earnings continue to fall off the company or tho city may take i tho nuestion of n continued higher faro beforo tho Public Servico Cornmls- Trnnsit system to bo operated as a Establishment of a station at Nine teenth street for subway trains and tholssuing of transfers from that 'Floating of a $19,500,000 bond lssuo by tho company to pay for tno equipment for tho new lines. A proffer to Union Traction stock holders whereby thoy would bo paid dividends of ?5 annually instead of $3, if thoy agreed to pay in tho $32.60 outstanding on each sharo of stock, thuB making it full paid at $50 par. Tho rovenuo derived from this sourco to bo used by tho Philadel phia Rapid Transit Company for future financial requirements. ... I-. n Thm! Laiim rnnfrrenpn with Mayor Smith, Director Twining announced this afternoon Uiat ho will Immediately begin to prepare tho city's answer to tho -transit proposition submitted by tho Phila delphia Rapid Transit Company. Tho director said that It will bo several treoko beforo hla analysis of tho proposals WlU bo completed. When it is mado public, he Bald, it will bo submitted In a form that every ono can plainly understand. "Tho answer will bo an A U a propo sition," ho said. Director Twining will prepare most of tho report himself, with tho asslstanco of tho consulting engineers. On tho legal nd financial end of It ho will seek nd- Tlcu. he said. Tho announcement of tho Transit Director precludes nny possibility of tho subject of rapid transit coming up nt tho meeting of Councils on February 1. Tho Mayor's ordi nance had been expected nt that tlmo. "Under tho Mayor's Instructions," said Director Twining, "I will preparo nn ex haustive nnnlysa of tho P. II. T. proposition. "It will bo from a legal, financial, and public policy standpoint, and when It is made public It will bo In words that all can understand. It will tnko sovoral weeM to preparo and will then be printed and mado public. All of this will bo done bofore 4 tha Mayor makes a recommendation to 1 Councils." 4 Tho Departments City Transit will Elaborate., on tho rato of faro feature of tho I'" ' ' T. proposals, nnd will study it w ' y before tho findings of tho city a .do public, added tho Director. i ladelphla Rapid Transit Company offi cials have expressed themselves as optimis tic regarding the probable outcome of It3 revised proposal for tho equipment and op eration of tho city-built high-speed UneB, submitted to Mayor Smith. They anticipate a speedy ratification of tha proposal by tho city of Philadelphia. Mayor Smith ns yet has declined to comment on tho proposed agreoment. Ho Bald he would taho it up at tho first possi ble moment. "It is entirely too serious a matter to comment on off-hand," ho said. A. Mcrrltt Taylor, former Director of City Transit, who formulated tho high speed transit plans for tho city, today said that his opinion on tho flnnl draft of tho proposed contract would not bo expressed until after ho had analyzed tho document from beginning to end. "When ho had com pleted his study of It, ho added, ho would issue a putollo statement as to his findings. Ellis Antes Ballard, chief counsel for the transit Company, who drafted tho revised plana, eald: 'Tho proposition as submitted to tho city would glvo to Union Traction stockholders the right to bring their holdings up to par. iror every sharo thus paid up thoy would twelve an annual dividend of $5 instead of 45. We hops that thoy will do eo. "If they don't talco such action, tho Philadelphia, Rapid Transit Company will Jtself raise Buch now' capital as will be required from timo to time." is proposal Involving tho payment Into f too cor value, of tha stock of that com- xuy, unia iuna wouia do reiurnsa to is treasury of tho Philadelphia Rapid it una is agreed io oy ins cuy,, upon pie payment Into tho Philadelphia Rapid transit Company treasury of tha Dalnnce Una on each sharo j Union Traction stock, pua shares wfU recelvo JS a shara in CtriSonds Instead; of J 3, oj under tha pres ent srement. pNION TRACTION' KNOWS JerrtfxIaJi Sullivan, president ot tha tmlon Traction Company, said tho plan would be Considered by tha traction company "after Jha city had considered it" "Wo know what It mean lja concluded briefly. It was Intimated: that thta particular phase of tha agreement was an Indication that tha opposition of tha Union Traction toekholdera had been overcome, and that their co-pperatlon could ba anticipated. Many changes are embodied In the new proposal. The principal revision In tho proposal from tho company's original offer relates to the fares which shall ba charged, The company proposes to Institute automatio regulation of transportatlonrates in order to protect net earnings. Free . transfers, the company declares, shall ba granted. In the. original proposal, mado to tha Mayor December 20, no provision was made for free transfers in tha delivery district. In tha proposal submitted yesterday it U de clared no transfers shall ba given in tha delivery district "except to such on extent as may ba ordered by tha Director." The prpposal Is drawn in tha form ot an ordinance for submission to Councils and wnbodlea tha form ot eontract to ba used in leasing the lines and for their operation w conjunction with the existing system as a unit. After reciting the general terms of the agreement for the equipment and operation of tha lines, such aa'comblnlng the revenue from both systems into" a gross fund and the payment of ten per cent of tha net in some to the company and ninety per cent to the city, the question ,of fares Is dls-. eased. May Refund Soldiers' Monty Major General teonard Wood, com- nJ oil tha Army ot the East, has promised a "squaro deal" to members of rocp 0. in their protest against the deduc tion made from their pay for uniforms said to have been furnished them by the State Twal yoara ago. He Intimated that the taount deducted might he refunded to Ff. " may have been mlauke." he W4. Th-c)rtt.-lee3is4 tetiV LAW SPEECH CALLED ANSWER TO WILSON'S LEAGUE PROPOSAL Contlnntd from 1'nite One I was delivered nt a war loan meeting at Bristol, the Dally Chronlclo today saya: In a practical world wo cannot safely shapo our plans for the futuro without reference to tho past nnd present, nnd IJonar Law Is Justified In his reminder that for that past nnd present tho united Stales has a large sharo of re sponsibility. Wo aro bound to nsk ourselves what sort ot vnluo tho concurrence of tho United States In In ternational agreements of this char acter has been to their malntenanco In the past nnd present, nnd tho answer Is that under WllsoiAi own Adminis tration It has proved of no valuo nt nil. Where parties to the Blrugglo nre fighting for such tre mendous Issues ns Wo arc, It la Impos sible wo should commit their rettlement In any serious decree to a stntenmnn. Bnip which uy ueea ana --, . . . . i . . . .------ word has ostentatiously disclaimed sympathy wmi them. The Dally Telegraph expresses Inability lo understand how Wilson "contrived to persuade himself that tho Piusnla of tho futuro will bo different from the Prussia of today, or of Mlsmarck, or of tho Polish partitions." The editorial asks whether In view of the "foul practices" ot Central Powers' emissaries In strikes nnd munition plots, nnd the manner In which Kntcnto Atn bnsBailors retrained from such practices, "Hi' w."M nint for nothing to tho credit of tho Allles., ' - " ' PRESIDENT PLANS PEACE MOVE AFTER DRIVE WASHINGTON. .Tan. 2S. It Is tho qdlclnl sentiment of Washing ton that n great spring offensive Mill provo to bo tho turning point In International peace maneuvers. Tho President and his very few clnso ad visers, who nro conferring with him on all hit moves toward peace, still remain tis sccretlvo ns ever, but In tho minds of other WHAT GOVERNORS OF SEVEN STATES SAY OF WILSON'S LEAGUE PLAN NEW TOntC, Jan. 25. Governors throughout tho country are keeping "hands off," so far ns the Presi dent's pcaco efforts nro concerned, or havo apparently reached no conclusion ns to tho proposition of this Government entering a league to enforco peaco. Of twenty from whom statements wore noughtonly seven would comment In nny way. Theso follow: MAP.TIN G. BRUMBAUGH, Pennsylvania Thero should bo no dlffercnco of opinion on International problems. Wo should all Btand by tho Government. JAMES M. COX, Ohio President Wilson's messago marks a distinct epoch In civili zation. It Is far-seeing and stntesman llko and not In conflict with Washing ton's lrtrn of entangling nlllances, for tho reason that conditions nro changed. JAME3 II. FHRGUSON, Texas I do not think this Government should enter Into nny lcaguo to enforco peace. It would bo a groat mistake Wo havo kopt out ot tho war so far and wo should kcop out of nnythlng that might forco war upon us. I am unalterably opposed to tho Idea of Joining In a pcaco movement such as tho President proposes. E. I... PII1LIPP. Wisconsin For tho pur pose of renewing tha discussion of peaco terms in Europo and again opening tho doors for negotiations betweon belligerent nations. President Wilson's address Is both timely and well -worded. As a plan for tho futuro hla suggestions aro Impossible. ONLY FORCE OF ALLIES CAN SETTLE WAR, OPINION OF SPEECH IN RUSSIA TETROGRAD, Jan. 25. Having given moro caroful consideration to President Wil son's nddres3 to tho Senato, tho editorial writers In their comment aro almost unani mously of opinion that tho President's ad dress, although admirably expressing Ideals and alms with which Russia Is in full sym pathy, can have no practical effect nor bring nearer tho moment of peaco. Russia, nccordlng to tho trend of opin ion, cannot mako pcaco with Gormany as nn equal. It being argued that tho very ac ceptance by Germany of tho principles an nounced In tho President's declaration would mean humiliation nnd dofeat for her. More over, the newspapers say, ho guarantee for future peaco will bo cffectlvo unless German militarism is first crushed. "All Uio neutral governments together," saya the Bourse Gazette, "cannot glvo nny guarantees that tho German coalition will submit to the general will of mnnkind until tho German mailed flit Is crushed. De spite all President Wilson's efforta ho can not produco any guarantees which will pre- PLEAD TO SAVE HONOR SYSTEM AT U. OF P. Committee, In Letters to Whar- ton Sohool Students, Warns Against Violations Every student of the "Wharton School of the University ot Pennsylvania this morning received from tho honor committee of the Wharton Association a letter re minding him ot tho honor system and asking for Us strict observance in tho coming examinations. Tho letter cites soma of tho rules of tha honor eyatem as well as coma rulea for its observance among all students. "If you iea a sian violating the pledge of honesty In not giving or receiving help during tha examination." runs the letter, "aslc him" to destroy his paper. In doing bo you preserve the system and eava hlra from the danger of detection and its sura results. Bhould he refuse to comply with your reauest, report hlra to the. honor cora raittea bA once." Tha letter concludes that only through the wmuTurnesa of tha students to report violations can tha system be preserved. m 'l,,,,;, HnmMH M,mHllmlrnnilrrumriiWiimliHJi.miS.lni1uiUl.miHm iimumwiiliM.H.mmnmniinhinminiiKMm nii. of -wonderful orient nnd qualityand in wide rnn&e of prices, nro shown in tho Exhibition pf New Jewels and Pearls from DREICER& Co., 560 Fifth Avenue, .New York, now at R1TZ-CARLTON HOTEL (South-Wet- Salon) Philadelphia EVENING I.EDGERrHlLADELPECjA THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, high official who know tho minds of these few, tho belief it that tho President him self bcllovcs ono moro great, effort will be mado by ono or both sides beforo the actual step toward a real pcaco goal Is first taken. And, regardless of responses direct or otherwise from belligerent Governments on President Wilson's retnarkablo address to tho Semite Monday, many diplomats here ngrco In tho belief that tho goal of pcaco will not bo In sight until after tho glgantlo effort euro to como In tho spring. Thev snv news from tho front shows preliminary plans for such a drive now nro in full swny. Within six weeks nil details, for this campaign will bo completed. Hellef t firm hern that Entente nations will Insist tipnti awaiting tho outcome from what Is generally conceded to bo tho psychological moment In tho war before penco Is possible. Summing up tho peace moves of tho last month, however. It Is hellovcd President Wilson han laid a real groundwork for pence nftcr tho drive. Ho has outlined what this country stand.i for, whnt arrangements ho bcllovcs should be made for making n peaco lasting, what ho believe.'! this country will do toward joining In somo form of "International s.inctlnn" to prcservo futuro pcaco nftcr both sides havo ncrted their greatest ef fort of tho war lhl3 spring. In other words, It Is believed ho hns created a situation which will mako It dUIlcult tor olthor sldo to Insist on con. tlnulng the war after tho results of the spring campaign nro definitely determined. Ilcgnnllosi of tho outcomo of tha drlvo, whether tho Kntcnto or Central Powers, or neither, scoro a dcelslvo victory, ho has maintained that America Rtands for "a peaco without victor," a pcaco which, for tho most part, will Icavo territorial rights unimpaired and will wlpo out, to a largo extent, existing International hatreds. Itcports ot foreign reception of tho Presi dent's Scnnto nddrcit nro very Ratifying to oltlclali hero. This country, too, li speaking out In no unccrtnln 'terms by telegram and letter to the Wlillo House Its apparent approval In a general way of the President's action. ARTIim CAPPEB. Kansas I Indorse the President's effort for world pence, tf Ills unheralded speech lo tho Scnnto created a powerful Impression upon that body of statesmen, tho Impression It will mako upon tho world will bo moro powerful. Tho address of tho President will not amount to much It nil that could bo said ot It Is that It spenka for tho United States, What must Impress tho rulors C tho world In this speech It that In It tfo worms democracy nnu nor. tno united States alono finds a spokesman. English and French, Russian nnd German hearts will respond to tho democratic note sounded from beginning to end of this sensational address In the Scnato cham ber. Ho Is. speaking for tho democracy of tho world. Tho world's democracy will respond. FREDERICK D. GARDNER, -Missouri "I favor nny safo, concerted plan on the part of tho nations of tho world to In augurate a lasting peaco and to bring to nn end tho slaughter of tho present generation. Wo cannot hopo to accom plish such an end without concerted ac tion on tho part of a suindont numbor of powerful nations to Insuro a lasting peace. ALBERT E. SLEEPER, Michigan "If the earnest effort. of President Wilson can help to rcstoro pcaco to a warring world, God speed him in hi endeavor. But It EcemH to mo that entangling European alliance) would mean danger for this nation." vent a repetition of tho present disaster. Therefore, desplto tho central Idea of tho President's address, which Is peaco not based on victory "by ono of tho fighting sides, it Is Indispensable that tho Allies shall bo victorious. It Is lmposslhlo to mako pcaco with Germany at an 'equal.' "r.s it not clear that to havo a united Poland tho German coalition must bo van quished? According to tho rights of nn equal, Gormany could not accept such n principle, becauso Austria-Hungary, Ger many and Turkey would havo to glvo up part of their dominions." Tho other newspapers pursue the same thread ot reasoning, with only-minor varia tions. Tho 'frco access to tho sea" used by President Wilson in Ills address Is gen erally Interpreted ns an acknowledgment of Russia's rights to tho Dardanelles. The Novoo Vremya nlono scoffs nt tho President's words, choosing to Interpret them as a proposal to rrcalo nn Inter national pollco system over Europe and characterising sUch a notion ns absurd. Tho Vcherneo Vremya puts a new con struction on tho President's address, saying It believes tho underlying motive of his dcclaintlon was to preparo public opinion In Amorlca for a conflict with Germany. In tho view of tills newspaper n conflict Is Inevitable unless Germany recedes from tho position sho has taken regarding submarine warfare For 207 years we have milled Bulirstone Water-ground Whole eat f and whole-Brain flours and cereals. 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He needs open hands to tako what Ha longs tu give, "There are three simple condition! that Insuro overy prayor being nnswered In full. Tho first Is that tho controlling pur poso of one's Ufa Bhall bo to please Jesus. That puts Us Into full-faced touch with Him. Tho second Is that tho prayer Bhall bo In Jesus's name. That puts nil of Ills power behind our petition. Tho third Is that tho prayer shall be In fnlth, not faith that God can but that Ho will do what wo nsk. That means close In touch with Him. "Thcro nro four suggestions about learn ing how to pray with simple skill. Prayer liecdi time, dally time, uulot timo, tlmo when you're not tired. Prayer needs a place, a quiet corner where you go off nlono with God and talk things out. Then prayer needs a book, tho Book. God speaks In III Book. What Ho says to Us will chango what wo eny to Him. Blblo reading Is tho listening sldo of prayer. And then there's tho teacher, tho Holy. Spirit, Ho Is In every heart that has opened to Jesus. He'll teach us. "That's tho school of prayer, schooltlmo, schoolroom, schoolbook, school-teacher, and wo'ro tho pupils. Thcro wo learn dally nnd wo pray simply nnd God answers nnd our hearts sing." May "Heckle" President WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. Should Presi dent Wilson ngalu appear before a slngla branch of Congress members of tho body which ho addresses may "hccklo" him, ac cording to tho view expressed today by Speaker .Clark, who said his opinion con formed to parliamentary i-roccduro nnd tho rules of Congress. Tho Speaker raid ho had looked up precedents nnd had con cluded that no member of Congress had tho light to question tho President on a mes sage delivered Jointly to tho two houses, but tliaf this ruling did not apply t tho President's nppearanco beforo a single house. m This advertisement is an appeal to both the woman who needs furs now and those who will need new furs next fall. The newspaper clipping reproduced gives you concrete fads of the prices you can expect. 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They don't need Latin; usually they learn It very badly or forget It after having 'earned It. Pre scriptions can Just ns well, better, In fact, be written In English." .Doctor Coolldgo spoke nt tho section prc nldcd over by Dr. 13, II. Long, llo nlso ndvocated the Uso of nnlmnls for experi ments with drugs ns used In dentnl work. Other speakers today wero Dr. H. Prln-5. Buffalo; Dr. T. O. llcatwole, University of Maryland; Dr. 13. A. Webster, Royal Col lego; Dr. A. D. Blnck, Northwestern Uni versity; Dr. C. J. Grloves, Ualtlmoro Col Icgo; Dr. II. K. Krlcsell, University of Pitts burgh; Dr. E. A. Vrcunlng, Crelghton Uni versity; Dr. A llopewell-Smltli, University ot Pennsylvania; Dr. J. B. Stein, Now York University, nnd Dr. Curt II, Thoma, of Harvard. This H the second attack on tho claslca within the wcok. Dr. W. W. Plcrson, of thn Whnrton School, told tho Chelsea Yacht Club of its futility at a luncheon. 112 Auto Owned in North Walca NORTH WALES, Pa.. Jan. 25. 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