5P - si t ,tv ta II I K i $' 4 vrt !' I 6LI ALLEAH PREPARAtf 0 1JNA0FFENSIVANAVALE I Delegati dollo Potenze dell'In ' testi Rlunfti a Londrn Ne Tracciano il Progrnmmn A ZONA MEDITERRANEA II Conto Tisza Acccnna a Nuove Pro posto. dl Paco da Porto deglt Impcrl Contrail ROMA, 28 Oonnalo. Telegramml da Ixmdrft dlcono cha 1 rnp presentantt dollo marlno da guorrn. della Quadrupllco tntensa, cloo' deU'InghlUerro, della Francla, dell'Italla o della Russia, h'anno tonuto una eerlo dl confcronzo nella capltato brltannlca. Scopo dello confcrcnio ' Btato quello dl coordlnare l'azlono dollo juattro flotto alloato per la opernxlonl of fensive, o dlfenalva. Inoltro I delopatl lianno tracolato un programma dl costruzlont nuovo oho devonu rlmplazzaro tonnollala per tonnellata tutta to untta' altondato dal sot tomarlnl tedeschl cd austrlaol. Questa riunlono dl delcgati naval! forma l'ultlmo anello dolla (terla dl conferenzo tenuto dagll allcatl delt'Intcsa, Inlzlata con 11 oonvegno dl Noma a segulta pol dallo conforonze mllllarl dl Londra. Ora cho quests, conforenza ono complotato, clascuna dello Qiiatlro nazlonl alleato torra' rlunlonl del proprll capl mllltarl por conoertaro la propria azlono In arraonla con gll accordl jnternazlonall, o quosto prima cho comlncl i'offenslva della prlmavera. Nolla seduta tenuta clal delcgntl navatl jnercoledl' scorso I'ammlragllo Ingleso Jol llcoo prtsento' II buo piano per Bpazzaro dal Medlterraneo 1 sottomarlnl ncmlcl la cut atttlvlta' e" aumontatn. IV appunto nolla zona MefUtcrrnnea cho la flotto alleato posnono megllo unlrc lo loro forza per uno Bforzo slmultaneo contro II nemlco. TVUNGHEIUA. n LA PACE Notlzle da Hudapost dlcono cho 11 prcsl dento del ConBlgllo uiighereco, conto T&za, rlspondendo nolla Camera del Dcputatl ail una Intorrogazlono circa II dlscorso del Preildcnto Wllaon, ha fatto comprendcro cho al faranno altrl passl per la paco. Kgll ha detto: "Nol slamo dlapoatt a contlnuaro lo trnt tatlve con 11 presUlento degll Stall Unltl per la paco, naturalmento d'accordo con I noatri allcatl. Dcvo spcclalmontc dlchlarara cho la Quadrupllco Allcanza (Ocrtnanla, Auatrla-Unsherla, Turchla o nulg.irla) o' dlspoata ad entraro In trattatlvo dl paco o proporra' cnndlzlonl cho saranno accet taulll per II nemtco u 8crvlranni como haao per una paco duratura. D'altra parte lo condlzlonl espresso nella rl.tposta dell'Intesa nl Prealdcnto enulvalgono alia dlssoluzlono della noatra monarchla p de'l'lmporo otto mano Clo' o'gninca cho I nostrl nomlcl Bilrano nlla nostra dlstruzlone, o perclo' nol 'jlamo forzatl a realstero con tuttr le nostro forzo. "In quanto al prlnclplo dl nnzlonalltn", devo dlro cha la sua appllcazlono o' pons'Mlc oltanto dove lo nazlonallta' aono divlso da ben determlnatl con fin I. Altrove al dove ap- fillcare Ilberta' dl svlluppo, ill rellglone o dl Ingua, clo' cho o' aempro atato fatto (?) In tutti o due gll statl delta monarchla aua-tro-ungarlca." Ancha questo dlscorso del prealdcnto del Conslgllo unglicreao mostra qualo Krandls slmo Interciae lianno gll Imporl rentrall a vedero II pronto rlstablllmcnto della paco o ad cvitaro la nuova offcnnUa cho gll al lcatl preparano por la prlmavera. Domanl rlcorro II gcnetllaco del kalsor, un Klornala ll Pnrlgl. L'Ooure, dlco cho questa occaalono potra' osscro usata dal kaiser per faro nuove propoato dl paco. PEn IVOFVENSrVA Telegiamml da Londra dlcono cho II fjencrale Maurice, dlrcctore dM le opcrazlon neYeserclto brltanntco ha fatto Impoitantl dlchlarazlonl a dlveral glornallstl nmcrlcanl Egl ha detto cho voleva correggero 1'lmpresslone errata dl moltl nmcrlcan1 cho 10 forzo franco-lnglesl avessoro ragglunto 11 llmlte della loro energla "Una tale Idea e' complctamento falsa o tutto fescrclto Inglene. ilal prlrno freneralo all'ultlmo so'dnto e' cma.nto cha oaso s aplngera' Inna si flno n cht lo forz, tcdesche rion slano sconltttn Nol tuttl cl attrndlamo una vlttor'a dccinlva nulla fronto occhlentale c nnn no dubltlaruo affatto Supptamo cha abblamo ragg unto la supertorlta' aasoluta sul nemlco a che Insleme con I franceal lo rcsplnguremo Indietro tlno a cho lo nremo iconfltto. Sara' una c.impngn.-i accanitlsslma e sangulnosa, ma vlnceremo."' PUNCH BOARD KAFFLES BAKRED Two Men Accused of Permittinc Gam blins at Hagcrstown, Md. HAOFRSTOWV. Mil 'an 2fi Punch N board raflle3 for small prizes c nductpd In cigar stored and other buslnea places will bo strictly barred hereafter Theso have been very popular In Hagorstown, and dosplte warnings from the l'ollco depart ment, hae been persisted in. An example was made of a oaloonkeepor a ouplo of months ago. Now John D Cat sett and James Farmer, both having business places on tha principal street of tho city, nr.i duo for a hearing on a chargu of permitting gambling on their premises. Clear your skin - MaeyourJace a business asset That skin trouble may be more than a source of suffering and embarrass ment it may be holding you back in the business world, keeping you out of a better job for which a good appearance is required. Why "take a chance" when Resinol Ointment, usually heals skin eruptions a easily, is so simple and economical to use? It has such a record of success that you need not hesitate to try it, even though you have used other treatments with little or no success. Reitno! Ointment U sold bjr drusslats cTrjnrfeer. MONEY. LOWEJT RATS ON DIAMOND 1 r - . -j vv JwSr AND FUR CHILDREN GAIN KNOWLEDGE IN WONDERLAND REMOVED PROM LITTLE RED SCHOOLH&USE ijBUM:vrf ' '' v,v ' t! l " Jlv" M" ' a ''' v" ; M"" ' r l " r "" J f9 SiPUttew n- ' EFF. ' ' a & ,ViwhMivH&Andfesf.juJhA Friends Central Teaches the Young Idea by Mod ern Methods Which Combine Pleasure and Practical Instruction COLUMBUS mado four trips nrrois tho Ain.i n i,A ii,t Mimohniiv's Atlantic Occan-tho night someboilj s , hlstorv bool: told vou so. Tho next day in school ho mado two. Or was it three? How stupid of Olumbus to have made tho voyages In n history book ! This morning ho mado thorn In a sand ho: What a day It was gfor tho small folio on shore flags, wacs', cries and shouKi' Who could oer forget that Columbia mado four trips when he mado them In a sand box ! Certainly not tho class of llttlo boys and girls in ho spent n half hour's tlmo con structing tho perilous voyages In a study room nt tho lVlcnds' School, Seventeenth jtrett and fllrnrd nenuc. And so with nn Irrevocable tumble, tho llttlo red Bchonlhouso, with Its history book and Its speller, has fallen In a trndltlon shattered heap U fell a long tlmo ago as far as this ono group of educators Is con cerned, but nn ono heard Tho Friends liavo a way of working quietly and unobtrusively. Thcv hivo not seen fit to tell tho rest of tho world that tho llttlo rcadin'. wrltln' and 'rlthmetlc i-lnss of 1SIB has grown Into a system that Includes phases of tho Oary, Montcssorl, intermediate p!an and all tho rest of tho onward movements that havo been recently agitated In educational circles They have not, perhaps, tohl that tho origi nal hrtck schoolhouso has developed Into a chain represented by four schools, ono at Keenteenth street and Uirard avenue, an other at Thlrty-llfth street and Lancaster avenue, still another at Greene street above School House lano and tho Ilrst building at Fifteenth and llaco streets. Joseph T. Hlchards, retired chief engi neer of maintenance of way, Pennsylvania Uallroad, la a tiusteo of tho Friends' Central syBtem. Ho Is incidentally a creator of world progress himself. Hut so startling and worth whllo has been tho change In tho Friends' methods of educating that ho ro gards the evolution as mora extraordinary than the strides In steel and stono accom plishments As to the evolution. It has not been a matter of presto. Tho happy and friendly attltudo of these llttlo peoplo toward their books was born deep in tho minds of such hdentlsts as Dr. John Dewey and Dr. Frank McMurray. of Columbia University. Careful studying of new methods, skilled applica tion In an experimental nay nnd then rnnl export Judgment na to tho eventual clflcaey has been the rulo with those in supervision. DnVCLOPING YOUNG MINDS Miss Kmma flames Wallace, principal of tho Friends' School nt Seventeenth street and Girard avenue, explains: "Wo keep in touch with every educational movement WITHDRAWAL NOTICE Plan for Phfl aaeipm p Notice Edison Electric Five Per Cent. Stock Trust Certificates, Philadelphia Electric Five Per Cent. Gold Trust Certifi cates, and Philadelphia Electric Four Per Cent. Gold Trust Certifi cates, Not Heretofore Deposited that the Plan for Retirement of Trust Certificates, dafcgd July 20th, 1916, is withdrawn. Philadelphia Electric Company will, how ever, pay the cash price named in, and in accordance with, the terms of said plan, to the holders of said outstanding Trust Certificates, if presented to The Land Title & Trust Company, Broad, and Chestnut Streets, on or before Monday, January 29, 1 9 1 7,s at 12 o'clock noon. PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY JOS. B. McGALL, President. EVENING MDOElV-PinLAnELPniA, FBIDAY, JANTTAbY 2G, 1917 X rJXV ..fMBai 1 V 1 WTVraWWM. w Ba-nB,.- r J . . J.WtAAVA.W-A.Wr..- ..W t VAACd& Tho trustees nrn anxiously willing to try out nn' I),un that seems to bo nn onwnrd r(( M Uilg m(iUcp iy maMng nur mtlc peoplo more lmnplly and cltlolently absorb their lessons. Hqulpment n unstinted and of tho best obtninable. Wo havo found It practicable to havo two rooms for our classes. 12nch rla'-s has tho uso of n school room and a study which connects. Tho desks riro used for the llttlo fmnul U'olk we have, tho tables In tho study for rending and talking. Wo havo only nix rlasson and a kindergarten In thu elementary school. Perhaps It Is beeauso of this that we havo mot with a largo amount of sul-ccs." And so while Philadelphia la) carefully weighing tho advisability of adopting tho Intermediate plan which provides frir tho re moval of the seventh and eighth grade from the other six grades, the JVcmls' Central sy.item Is nl)!o to extend Its experimental work to Holds afresh, for tho slinplo reason that It adopted the "s" plan soma tlmo ago. Tho Gar system Is partly Installed, m that tho chlldt on nlternato In work ami playrooms Tho Montcssorl method In cer tain of Its phases is employed in the kinder garten. TALK INSTEAD OF LESSON'S "Small classes," continued Miss Wallace, "allow an entirely different plan of Instruc tion Our children talk things over In stead of being assigned a regular lesson. As far as possible their subjects arc all cor related and practically so For Instance, tho llttlo folks learn arithmetic- by means of playing store. They havo a counter nnd nctual commodities to deal with. Tho cook ing classes in tho upper grades havo occa sion to uso various measures of milk. Hour, etc It is the task of tho llttlo storekeepers to correctly measure thcyo out. "Wo modol our history nnd geography lessons In our sand boxes. Wo try to havo a motlvo for most of tho things we do Tho sowing class Is going to make curtains for tho windows to make them look pretty When wo wrlto a letter, wo don't Just play, wo really wrlto to somebody. Only a few davs ago wo woro very dignified nnd wroto to Washington for a pamphlet that Is going to teach us a lot about something wo would llko to know. "Tho other day tho Janitor reported tho fact that llttlo folks wera wasting paper towels Wo put heads together nnd derided that two were enough to keep any pair of llttlo hands clean. Tho sixth grade pro ceeded by means of comparing tho number of towels on a roll with the number of pupils In tho school to make out a, tally sheet that would keep us all In tow as far as to.vcls were concerned " To show that Ufa Isn't all figures, tho small students made lied Cross kits and in connection with Retirement of Trust Certificates o trfl ectric a EI is hereby given to the Holders of , j li-nimd all nboul how to use them Then to n turn to figures, they inn tell jotl all nliniit pinhlbltloii and nhout how many finest fhr there wero In Pennsylvania last J ear and why. OUT-OF-noOIl K.VWVLETX3H Although an extensive library Is nt tholr disposal, theso llttlo peoplo h.ivo discovered that tho ftroat bonk of all outdoors can teaih them moro than nn- printed page. Thev spend many class lioiVrs In tho park getting acquainted with thn birds utid tho tices and the flowers They rpend nn eipial amount of tlmo indoors telling each other of tho wondetful things they bnvo found. Assembly hour nlTonls nn opportunity to lecture about their ntudles It nlso extends to them the clmnee to speak, sing, glvo plays nnd do tho hundred and ono things llttlo enough In themselves, but big enough to mnko a. llttlo child do that most necessary of nil things cxpiess himself. Education Is not meroly n matter of preparation for after life. II Is n period Just ns surely and nR distinctly n nro tho days of a man's first Job. Hehool dayB nro not a tiding over, a waiting for something else. They aia a gilpplng throuologlcnl reality of llttlo boy and rir! life ti rcnllty that has as much n right tn ho enjoyed na an Invigoiatlng business day Tho Friends have dlsiowi'cd this. SENSITIVE CONSCIENCE FOHCES IIIM FROM MILL Lansdalc Jinn Will Uccome Printer Instead of Munitions Worker LANSDALE, Pa., Jan. 20. II. W. Pcrgcy, formor manager of tho Lansdalo Republican and former Assemblyman, who accepted a position at the Bethlehem Steel Works, ban iiult because. It la said, his conscience would not permit him to take part In making war munitions. Mr. Uorgey will open n printing place heio Monday, and proposes to publish a periodical. Held for Court as Meat Ilurglnr Suspected of having broken Into tho ment market of Isidore Atkln, nt Lambert nnd Montgomery streets, early today and steal ing $30 vvoiti of ment, Thomas Lavcn, twenty-one years old, 18n9 North Lambert street, was held under S'iUO ball for court by Maglstiato Collins it tho Nineteenth and Oxford straits pul station. &$m$GQmv$ Own Make, Puro nnd Delicious Dainty Chocolates and Mixtures 28c, 38c & 59c Sb. 123; MMtKHT STItKIlT mid llruaeurn Company Americans Thrill Allies With Daring Air Attack ConttmiKl from Tate Ono foreign nrmy. nnd that tho other Is a bravo Oermnn, doing what ho conceives lo bo tils duty ono rcnllies that here are two com batants worth watching. Very rarely do tho Germans venture over our lines, nnd ono liai to bo very far forward nowadajs lo got n. good lew of ti fight between tho Allies and tho enemy In tho air. I havo had good fdrtuno several times. Tho olr fighting of lfl I hears n' much rcsemblanco to tho air fighting of 1317 as an old steam nulomoblle to tho slx-cyllnder of today There Is a perpetual match In speeding up between tho enemy nnd tho Allies. Four or llvo milts nn hour extra paco means everything It Is not an In crease of englno power lo over 200 horso powor that brought about tho chango so much ns tho wonderful progrei'i In tho nrt of flying Itself, nnd It Is just hero that tho Anglo-Saxon and tho Frenchman beat tho slower-minded Herman. It Is just this reason why Oermnn soldiers' loiters nro now so full of complaint about overcautious German aviators THE "NOSE DIVE" When I'cgoud Invented looplng-tho-Ioop tho peoplo asked why? What's the itto of It? Pegoud was a very considerable Inventor as welt as a flyor, Is Iho nnswer Lonplng-the-loop Is a useful maneuver, and It linn been succeeded by thnt extraordinary development, the "noso dive," In which an airman seems to fall llko a stono for u thousand feet till tho spectator hair rises from his head In horror: then suddenly tho machlno flattens out nnd i-cota away, and you find It only n trick nfler all. I talked with ono of our wounded bovs bo was Just nineteen who had fallen 8000 feet, owing to his rudder wire connection being shot thiough. Ilv a miracle his nui chlno btralBlitened Itself out automatic ilh Within 100 yatds of tho ground, nnd tno boy Is alive nnd will lly ngaln. I asked him hri sensations. Ho Is probably the llrrt man In tho world who has fallen 8000 feet more than ten times tho height of the Woolwortb lliilldlng. Ho said that for a long lime It Foenisd llko hours ho knew ha wns fnlllng at a tremendous H'ced, and then ho lost con sciousness. As in a di cam ho found him self being picked up out of tho wreck of his nmrhlno by people who thought he wns dead. At tho beginning of nn nlr light thcic Is maneuvering for positions and feinting, as In boxing. There nre, as a lule, two men In each machine n pilot and an obscrvei except In tho smaller types, In which Iho wings are clipped down to nothing to get extra speed nnd climbing power. Know ledge of the englno and piano power, qulck ncrs of decision nnd accuracy of shooting with the Lowls gun nro essential to the pilot. His observer Is provided with Homo form of a pistol nnd often with bombs, MANEUVERING KOlt POSITION Itlval planes, llko giant hnvvks, hover atouml or below each other till ono, moro expert or moro dnrlng than tho other, man euvers his opponent Into a. position from which bo hns either got to light or lice The knockout blow Is usunlly a sudden de scent on tho enemy, nccompnnled by ac curate machlno gun lire. Sometimes it be comes a duel with Urownlng pistols, In which the men nre so closo thnt they can sco each other's eyes. Tho thing Is over beforo you realize It r-iiMiiiiMra!iiii!r.iw a1'" J'"..'...... ,. . ........ ..I III iii,lilFI,iill,r,l,i.nM ...,,,, .,i.ii.in.i.i....i M U. .. . W UWn Sale A JBf For 200 fine new Winter All-Wool Suits $12.50 F0R 300 WOOL AND WORSTED SUITS $15.00 FOR 275 WORSTED AND SERGE SUITS $18.50 F0R 225 FINEST WORSTED SUITS anama (Market and Sixth Sts.) THE demand for worsted suits is as insistent a3 the call for sugar in your corner grocery store. But with this difference sugar is not one-tenth a3 scarce in its field as pure wool worsted suits are in their field. Many of these exceptionally fine garments came to us from a manu facturer who preferred a larger bank account and smaller stocks. But it was our wish to bring to the men and young men of Philadelphia an offering of good suits at unexampled prices. So our buyers scoured the markets to find additional suits with which to bring this offer up to the commanding proportions of 1000 New Winter Suits to Be Sold at Prices to Insure Their Outgo Quickly! Extra sizes in ideal conservative silk mixtures, Oxfords and other staples for men of large stature. Styles and cloths best adapted to young men's taste in great plenty. Ample selection of pure staple worsteds, Winter serges, blues, grays. Oxfords, blacks; Herringbone, silk stripes, chalk stripes; finished and unfinished worsteds. Every suit in the lot full lined. Another Great Overcoat Day Is ' Certain $25, $20, $18 & $15 Coats J HUNDREDS of young: men will find just the Overcoat Sley ,W-S,nt (sizes l,p t0 37 breast measure) on the Third Floor tomorrow at a saving of $5 to $15 on each one. aoh0er,enaroe some Overcoats at this give-away price in sizes 38, 40, 42 and 44 for men, but not many. Come before 12 o'clock to be certain of one of these! Wanamaker & Brown MrSe5t6Ye!Sth Ono man Is off and, away nnd the other whirl! nnd crashes down to earth Tho Hritlah nrmy does not Permit tn names of Its Hying heroes to be published Tn telling you, therefore, of the .American flyers I must deal with those Americans with thn French army. Lieutenant Thaw, of Pittsburgh, wns ono of a number oi Americans who entered the famous Fpr'Pn Legion of tho French army nt the outbreak of the war. and Is now senior American flying odlccr In France. Ills namo and those of his colleagues nro better known In Europe, than in their own country. In giving a list of those whose mimes nro known (some, nlas, lying be neath n wooden cross) I can say no more than thnt they arm worthy representatives of n great nation. Lieutenant Thaw was followed by Uert ITnll, of Terns; James Ilnch, D. Mason, Silas Lnfberrv, Jnmes McConnoll, of Chi rago; Chouteau Johnson, of New York; Elliott Cowdlti, Kinin Mock-well. Clydo Un s ley, of Texas; Dudley Hill, of Pccksklll, N V., and Victor Chapman. Tho policy of American nvlators serv ing with tho French nrmy Is that of tho Hrltlsh and French to attack. They havo played a good part In tho Invention of con stantly changing tnctlcs of righting. My last recollection of American soldiers was their well-spread table, at which thero was everything a tired man from across tho Atlantic could want, from turkeys to doughnuts. . I put ono tuestlon to a scoro of those whoso mothers weren't ashamed to raise thorn to ho soldiers. I n-ked them why they had conle. Tho reply or tho American In France Is tho Bamo every time, whether you meet him with the Canadian nrniv the ii nidi nrmy or Iho French army. Thoy nil say words to this effect: Tho sort of thing that has been going 'THE -SMOOTHEST 'SMOKINGJTOBAGCO J'F you paid for things accord in' to the pleas ure they gave, 1 st s r r si rt Rut to m UU1 books would cost pipeful. Yqu won't need a lot mo than diamonds, 0 ,..,...,,,,...... ,V,,,,..,.,.V. ,,,.., i.m I I I I IHIirHIIIIII-llllilllltmillinillllNII III lllillMlllfllll Mil lilt ll 111 till! lltl11lllllll11IMIIIItllllMIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIM1(IMIIIINlllt!tllTIIIlttini 111111111.11 III I till! 1. 11? TODAY of 1000 $I0 j on In Eurrpd ns a result of the h$r-1-iblo organized savagery of tho Pru? Binns. has got to be stopped We wafit to stop It beforo It reaches our countrv We havo como over hero to do It and. thank Clod, wo know we nro helping to do It, nnd that it Is to be thoroughly done. To which one of them added, as I said good-night: If any ono asks you what sort of a vlmo tho Americans nro having. Just hand them out tho one good home word bully. MUST ANSWER 8 CHANGES "Wctidt, Convicted of Murder in Second Degree, Accused of Robbery ALTOONA, Pa , Jjtn. 26. Walter Wcndt, nineteen years old, recently convicted of murder In the second degree, will have to stand trial on eight other charges before ho Is sentenced, among them breaking Into nnd robbing three business houses, In one of which ho held up Gcorgo C. Kclchner, a. merchant, taklnp from him a gold watch and JCO In money. Wondt's brother wns convicted of first degree murder. District Attorney Marlon D. Patterson Is determined to push the eight charges. " Discharge of Gun Costs Two ringers Accidental dlschargo of n shotgun today cost Frank Otngrlo two fingers on his right hand 'Glngrlo was cleaning tho gun at his homo, 1112 Federal street, in preparation for n hunting trip. Ho was treated nt tho Pennsylvania Hospital, JUST fill a pipe with VELVET draw in the cool, mild smoke that's so fragrant and (; rich that what's the uso trvinrr AM describe a taste? Take -,,rr1 tV,i- VF.T.VRT fl trWIU w .. . -yi long enough to try a ( JjsitfCft,uJoCitoo Cx Suits M .97 N.!taT(BtR&rtBAh) W Cor, Sw&Buttcnwood Jlx A',