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REPORT ORDERED
ON TRANSIT PACT
Mayor Will Have Twining
Explain Proposed Lease
Taylor Approved
OKDINANCE
CRITICIZED
Taylor's Commendation
of Transit Pad Ordinance
rnHE ordinance which ii now sub
Emitted for nppt oval is
nn ordlnnnce which I enn commend
to tho friends of icnl rapid transit
in Philadelphia as ono which ado
qUately protects tho city, the tax
payers and the street car rltlero."
A MCUIUTT TAYLOK.
Mnvnr Smith Is determined that lhi op
ponent" "f the prnpnsotl now agreement
between tho Philadelphia Hapld Transit
C'ompun nml Mir rlty shall Invo Ho eX
CUSO f"l contending Hint the proposition
Was tinimd through t'nunolls without
proper analysis,
I'rnmptlv facing tho Intimation Hint op.
position mlKlit develop from Interests which
havo consistently fought every pint! for
rnplit transit that in nnv way Involved
the present lessees of thP city's streets, the
Mnynr h.is let It become known Hint the
ordlnnno In Its present form mnv not be
I Mibmlticii t" iVunolls nt iipxI Thuidny's
rsslmt Hi Ignlally It won the intention nf
tho Minor nniL'til'-pi-lnr Twining I" do nil
In then pnvvcr to rxpitlltp Hip parage of
tho legtsi.itlnn nrcessuiy to omicludo the
new Irnir Tho unqualified indorsement of
tho i'1'iii by former nil prior A Metrltt
Taylor was pnrtlrulnrly griitlfvlng to the
Mayor nml hid ndvlsois. nml It was hoped
that Hie oppressions of Olroetor T tiling's
prpilP' pnr voiced the opinion of tlm i Itl
zens of rhllailelphl.i generally.
Illg'if on Hip hpels of Mr. Tn.vinr's lnt
ment In which Iip favored the tilnn. came
another drclnintinn made by I'linrlcs I,
Fluck In which tlw wiltni Intlmnti-d Hint
within Hip terms of thp new lease lurked it
"snake in the shape or t. girt of $1(1 noil. 000
In remittrd pajments nnd IIxpiI climges
Tint tin- citizens may hp enlightened upon
this nnocttlcin ns well nn regarding other
tcrniH of thp lease, tho Mayor hnH decided
thnt n finthcr statement shall bo made by
, Dirertoi Twining as noon us the analysis
of the iompnny'8 proposal shall tip com
plcted In the clty'a e-sperts and consulting
engineers Pending tho completion of this
rcpoit Hip ordinance will not bo presented
to I'uunc lis.
Neither Mnynr Smith nor Director Twin
ing would discuss Hip lensp today They
declared their mutual Intention to remain
Bllcnt on the subject of the pending pro
posal until Councils Rhould have oppor
tunity to express tlirlr views of Its terms.
Formpi Dlreotoi Tavlor, nfter expressing
his uiiiiu.ilHlcd nppinvul of the proposal,
Bald ho had nothing to add to It He will
leave I'hilndelphi.t uith his family for
Florida liter In the week
THIEVES RAID TWO
DRUG STORES IN TIOGA
Steal Only More Valuable Articles, In
cluding 25-Cent Ciprars and
Narcotics
Thieves forcibly entered two drug stores
In Tioga List night, stealing drugs, cigars
nnd other Roods The) discarded the
cheaper articles, taking only those of the
best (pinllty, Including twenty-five cent
clears
One of Hip stores rohhpd wnn Hint of
Leech lirothers. Ucrinantovwi nvenue and
Tioga stift When i lerks rami) to work
this morning, they missed $J.1 worth of
V perfumes ni well ns cigars, elRiirettes. $20
Jn cash nnd rpjnntltles of heroin and mor
phine At the store of N M Streeter, Pu
laski aiH i:iio avenues, they took only about
$10 woith of ciRnrs.
Tho police believe thnt both robberies
were peipotratcd by the snmo en mi of
thieves tli.it forcibly entered druK stores
In the northwestern section of the city sev
eral we Uh ago.
PHONE POLE ENDS JOY RIDE
Younp Men and Girl Arrested When
Stolen Car Is Wrecked
Three voungmen and a girl, nfter lourlnn
the ritv and suburbs In a large automobile
all lat night, ended their Journey early
toda ut Twenty-third and Federal streets
Tho ar hit a telephone polo A policemnn
from the Twentieth nnd Federal streets
Btatlon going to their aid, disco ered that
the autrinoliilo wnn ono thnt had been
Ftolen mini Twenty-third and (Ireenwlih
Btrects where its owner Jack Iliady, of
182G Addison street, had left it.
Magistrato liakec, in the Twentieth nnd
Federal streets court, held them In $100
ball each for tho hearing next Monday.
They gave their names ns Edward F Mo
loney, nineteen yeara old, 103 1 MllUin
street , William Campbell, twenty yeara old,
2643 nalnbrldge street; Nicholas Noilly,
twenty-one years old, 613 South Schuylkill
venue, and Mary Murphy, eighteen years
old, 1315 Taylor Et.
BOLD ROBBERS MAKE HAUL
Thieves Loot Show Windows of Goods
Valued at $5uD0
In full view of passersby the store of
Fomernnts & Co , dealers In stationary. 34
nnd 36 South Fifteenth street, was robbed
some time between Saturday night anil
opening time today by thieves, .who gained
entrance by forcing a sido window In nn
alleyway on the bide of tho building More
than 200 fountain pens, some worth as high
as $37 penknives, gold pencils ami Inger
eoll watches, alued. according to the police,
at $3000. wero taken from showcases which
can be plainly seen from the btreet
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FUEL SAVER
For the Raott
Price 93.00
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RE VITTORIO A ROMA
IN UNA BREVE LICENZA
I Rusai Sfondnno lp lAnoo Forli-
fic.ntc Auslro-Tcdcsclic nella
RcKiono di KinipolimK
IloMA, 21 tlennnlo
II fo e' Inrnatrt ilnlla fronts ill bnftnftlM
tfr passftre una hfovn licenxa ill qttlfiilici
glorni ft tlnma, rnn In fnmlglln '"Cll e'
gluntn alia cnpllnle nccompngnnto tin tin
nolo alutanto til impo. lnjlnniln in un
trenn illretto nritlnnrh) ed ncciiiMindo un
cnmpitrflmonto specinlp
Apppnn Blunlo nlln i npltnle prII hn n
forllo siihllo pon II prpilrtonle del I'lin-iljtlln
nn IIoip. o rol inlnNtro defill Affnrl Miieri
on Sonnlno, rl hn iitilndl Msltntn p fnb
brlihe til mutiltlntti Ion Inltm l re rl
ceveltn in iidlenxn I nmbnsclntnrn niliprlcntm
Tlmmns N'elson I'ngp he rll presento' ll
nuovo nddetto mllttnre Rll'nmhiisclntn, II
mngglnro HpIIipii?
II re converno' mnlto rorrllnltnenla etl
lutiRn con I'nmhnsclntore p col nuittSlorn
llnlbprtf. intrnltpnptitlosl rtplla Nllunf.lonp
mllllnre o molriindo ihr rgll nwva cegnlln
con vn IWpressp gli sfornl ip pielilpiito
Wilson it fnoip ilplln pnci NebliPtie II re
iop nrnnio n uotim sin dnlln prima mptn'
ill (tennnlo Hollmlto or In nullum pole1
eere piibbllcnln Hal glotnnll
A prripoito i1p prpsirlenlp Wilson jrior
tinll roiimni si mosttniio Mrmpin pin' m
illtinli ml nrietliire II progmiiinin del prpsl
drhlo per II IliiggliixtntiiPhio delhi uirl.i
irl-hiropn dopn la niterm si fn notnrp rpil
chc nui'tn e' In ciulnin unerrii che rilnlla
cnmbnttiK rontm I Austria ppr fur ninn
fitlp II prlnclp'n ill linxionnllt,! ,.ip .n-tl-tulsrp
inntn pmlp del pioBinmmn ill Wil
son I'n srtnplicp nnnnnln nlln enrtn rpo.
Rr.lllcil rllplll l.i iov7loIP prri.nlon del
Treiitlno clip si plngp ionic unn pnn iipI
ciinre ilelln plniiurn lomliiirilo.etirfn, mpi
tre lutti snmio fim Trieste In lotlnto per
clnqup secoll cotitih I tentntlxl dell'Austrln
ill dlstniBBerne I'llnllnnlta' e la linlmnstln
lottn nncorn per ronserxiiie In sim i-hiitn'
Intlnn e le glorloon tuidlxliml dell.i Iiepuh
blli'n Vpiietn
Tuttl loloro i h,, si sono foi'ni.iln unn
oplnlnfip in ptopooifo sono d'necoido nel
rnlTermnrP ehp sniehbe Imposslhile i onclii
dere unn pace gliisln p diimtiiin riiio n che
ipipste ipi 1st Ion I nun fossolrn rlsolto serondo
I dlnttl ill riixzn
IpH sern it Mlntstprn dplla nnPrrn ph
bllcaa il spgupnlp rnpporto del gpiiprnlp
'ndorna circa In silnnnlone nlln fronle
Itnlo-niistrlnen: .
I,n ngo tuttn la frontp dl bnttnglin
si sono nvuto Ip solltp nalonl l nrli-
gllerln n rlcngnlalnnl dn pnrtp dl r-
partl nppplnll. Non si p' nvutn nlcim
nvVenlmcnto di Impnrtnnzn
Telegrammi dn t'etrngrnd dlconn che'Ie
forze russp. dopo una vlgorow prppnrnxlono
dl nrtlgllPiln rlpresern lerl PolTenilMi con
tro lo poslKloni fnrtlflcate nustro-tedesche
sill flnnchl della stinria Klmpolung-.incohe-nl.
nello vlclnanxe dpp forntiprn noiil-n(cl.
dentnle delln Moklnviu. Dnpti un necnnlto
comhnttlmento lo forze russo spezznrono la
linen dl reslstenza del nem'lco su dl una
1 1. our oi circn cino migiui prenilcndo pilgl
onlpri p bottlno dl giierra In ciunnlita' non
nncorn nccertnta.
Iisinccl da Tarlgl dlcono che mum
fronto macednne, nonostnnto lo foul hpI
catp. si sono nvutp lopnte nzlonl di nrtlgll
trln nelln reglone dl Prllep. In rpiella ill
Oipghpll ed In fiuella dl Vprna
MIRACLES WROUGHT BY CARREL
IN SAVING POILUS FROM MAIMING
Wounded French Sol
diers' Limbs Saved by
New Process of Rocke
1'oiiei' Institute
Surgeon
Method First Surgical,
Then Antiseptic and
Mathematical Date
of Cure Accurately
Forecast
By HENRI BA2IN
Rprrinl t'nrrMjHwrfpnre fti-esltts ,rtfop
fAttlN, .tan. !.
1 saw indny In a hospital near fnrls
seemltut mlrarlen In nperntlnn. Yet Ihpy
wpre slmplli'lly llspir when explained in
tne. Thnt which nt flrxt Blanco struck mo
iim liiltattilntiH prnpil but a series nf day
chnvts iich an aro usiinllv hung nl the
hpdsido of ono who is III to record Iho
dally prnjtrpss for Rood or ill of Hip patient.
tint IIipsp churls contained nn nilrlnri line
wtilnti rpAfl. tvrtlltfil will lip ComllleteU
heated on tVcpnlhpf ,ln. l!Ht" Collie .
speelllerl the hpnllim rPtl finller fUllPis
crn weeks nhPiul, mid In some cnc till co
months
As I looked III Hondu. I will liifni med
the I'lilciilntlnn were found lit Ihoii'- ind i
if i',ipm to hp collect to the degrep oT
nlnpU-spven ppr cent the mnn who m -compllshrs
dnllv this nrpmlngl Unpte-Hlhli
thing Is tir. Alexin t'nnel. n Frehch siii
Rpoti, who nt Iho oiitlneiik of the war wns
111 illlllgp of (he ItocliPfellPl lllMlltllte nml
Who eloSSPil HlP Atllllttle in enilv August
IPII, lo plni c Ills profi sMomil ufMlcis nl
Ihe dlsposiil of Ihp r'rrnch Mlnislrv of
War Since IiiIp August of the siiiiip cn
rioetol t'niiPl Iris iei n in Miipieme cltiige
if ullinry ljoplmi No 21 nt Complcgiip,
uhPip I spent two bonis with him lodnj
The doctor i a modem, spectncled mini In
em ly middle life, wonting the uniform of a
surgeon In Hip Krpiich nimy In puisult
of a method enllicly Ills own nnd bused
upon simple rommnti sense procedure, ho
hns piescived life nnd limb for many n
poilu.
With him I unit escnrlod from ward In
ward nnd bed to bed, wdiPie 1 saw wounded
soldlprs on Hip certain road to recovery
In most cases thev would hnve lippn in
otlior hospitals, lucking nn nrm or n leg
In other enses Ihev would hnve been dpiul
nnd bulled riut hpre vlrtunlly every man
was In possession of his nllntted number
of pxtrpmltlPH, and mnnv nnswpied mv
sjmpnthellf incpilry with n smiling word.
INFKr'Tln.V fo.VSTANT V'or.
"Kvery wound fiom bnllpt or Imjonot.
nnd from sholl fniguipiit in particular, re
ceives nutomaliinll, In the very nature
of the Injuiing nilist.ince. the source of
infection." said Doctor f'nrrpl, "nnd In-fp-tion
hi Hip ciuso of mnrp phvsicnl dis
aster nnd death than wounds thcmsplves.
We remove infection If It exists when
1 ! I fs&'Jfv Wk
fimhilfiTWil i ili ifwrffiTrTrrf
DR. ALEXIS CARREL
the p.illenl reaches us pmiided. of cotnsn,
he Is not too far gone to ne life Then
we banish now infpiiion niiirp ilnen tho
rest fiur inethnd l flisl suiglcnl. then
ninthemntlcnl and nnlltepllcnl Ilut you
shnll see."
Over ex cry bed hung a glass funnel
shaped vessel. From one sldo was sus
penderl n small nlomlxrr bulb Fiom tho
hfittom of iho gliiss receptacle a lloxlhlo
rubber tubo rnn down lo the patient and
dis.ippearprl under the hedelothps. When
these wpio In id aside I saw that tho tubo
disappeared again through tho bandages
Into the wound
"The glass, ' continued Poctor Carrel,
"contains nn antiseptic solution thnt is
suio ilonth to n genu Tho end of tho
tube entering the wound indlulpn Into a
number or smaller tubes with slightly
bulbous ends, peiforatcd like nn American
garden-hose fn Inkier So much for tho
nppnrnlus, which ymi see Is simplo nnd In
expensive. "The treatment Is nn open book nt the
disposal of whomsoever will ndopt It, ns
$221
January Clearance Before Inventory
The Approaching Inventory Period Influences the Disposal of
Many Short Lengths and Discontinued Lines of the Best
Merchandise Particularly Useful at This Season and
Creates Many Opportunities for Economies
In Silks and Cotton Dress Goods, Household and Decorative
Linens, Muslin Underwear, Hosiery, Sport Apparel,
Infants' and Children's Wear
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of This Week
Special Mention Being Made of
Suits for Women nnd Misses
at $25.00, $35.00 and $45.00
Reduced from $',0, $00 and $80
Dresses for Misses nnd Women
at $25.00, $35.00 and $15.00
Reduced from $',0, $60 and $80
Our Entire Stock of
Fashionable, Guaranteed Furs
Offered at Reductions of One Fourth
from Present Prices, Including
Coats, Matched Sets,
Muffs and Scarfs
Of Hudson Seal, IMoIo, Caracul, Silvor
Fox, Cross Fox, White Fox, Black
Fox, Rod Fox, Pointed Fox, Taupo
Fox, Poirot Fox, Rose Fox, Lynx,
Kolinsky, Fjshor, Raccoon and
Skunk.
Cretonnes nnd Curtain Materials
New Imported Cretonnes for curtains,
Blip covers and fancy work. Orig
inal price 85c lo 50c yard.
Reduced to 24c yard
Sprrtal Tablet, rirxt rioor, East, and
Vpholstrru Department, Third Floor
Sash Curtains of voile, Swiss muslin,
cluny, Arabian and novelty not in
lots of ono to four pairs.
Reduced 3 1-3
Sash Curtain Materials, madras; filot
and novelty nets, voiles and Swiss
muslin. Regularly 25c to $1.50 yd.
Reduced to 1,1c to 75c yard.
fpholnlcty liipaituieut, Tklitl Floor
Special Reductions of 25 on novel
ties in mahogany furniture, boudoir
lumps and shades, mirrors and
book ends in our Gift Room, 4th
floor, center.
Neckwear, Laces
Valenciennes Laces specially priced
Narrow widths, by dozen, at V-j
less than regular values; also
edges, insertions and broken sots,
1J4 to 4 inches wide.
Values 30c to 90c yd., 15c to 45c,
Handkerchiefs of Embroidered Linen.
Values 18c and 25c each, Price 15c,
Soiled and Mussed Neckwear
Reduced 1-3 nnd Vi
off former prices.
White Goods Special
34 to 38 inch Fancy Voiles, Organdie
and Skirtings.
Prices 25c, 35c, 40c, 50c yd.
and White Goods
Marabou Scarfs and Stoles, mostly
silk lined, black, natural and mole,
Were $1.50 to $11.50.
Prices 75c (o $5,75 yd.
Metal Laces, of silver and gold, on
silk nets, G to 27 inch widths,
Were 65c to $7.50 yd.
Prices 35c to $3,75 yd,
40.inch Indestructible Nets, jn the
most desirable shades,
Values $1.25 and $1.50. 75c yd,
43-inch Silk Tulles Firm quality, in
a good assortment of shades.
Value $1.35 yd, Price 95c. yd,
Remnants of White Goods
Embroideries, Laces and Veilings at 1-3 to 2 off regular prices.
A Special Sale of Hand Bags
at Reductions oflA to Vi
Bags of Velvet, Silk, White Kid, Antelope, Pigskin, Calf and White and Black
Leathers. Now $3.50 to $20.00 Were $5.00 to $38.00
J am n:nd to say many hospitals In f ranee
have done Wo first remove every lota of
foreign matter or Anbitance that could be
come the source of Infection In a vvonnd
To accomplish thl. wo deliberately enlarge
(ho wound Itself at Ihe first operation, cut
ting beloiv Its depth nnd rojond Us width
nnd length to n-wire a healthy, uninjured
condlllon of tlues (o begin with When
tho opcintinn has been performed nnd the
wound Is surgically clenn, wo place Iho
indent upon his bed and rig up this appa
ratus oier him tnlo tho wound, generally
now of nne form, we Insert the tubo and
sprnH, the latter In gienler or less quan
tity ns tho wound demands And then we
begin n system of periodic sprnvlng Im
pressing Ihe atnmlrer bulb nt regular In
l"rnls. I'us cannot fotm. nnd between
sprayings; nature ecr eager In tepalr an
Injury, wnrKn under unhampered condi
tions, nrcompllMiliig n given distance
lowatd healing In a given time
'Kliice wo 'have measured Iho depth,
wldlli and length of the wound nt the opcia
tloii. a diaulng Is inado nf II frrm which
nie made a number of cithern, each show
ling Iho gradual ilecrenso that will ensue In
the slzo of the wound within twentv-foin
hours Thin Is n surely calculated nlcetv,
pi mlded nlwnys pus tiocM not fotm, nnd
since thin cannot happen, II becomes a cal
culated certainty, based upon the wound I
seif nnd the nge and physical condition of
Ihe patient,
AHIJPTIr' TllRAT.li:.'T
"Wo mntce, nevertheless, a dallv mlcm
scoplr examination of the solution tint has
inn In and nut of tho wound thai cetlalniv
mnv be matin doubly so An the wound
lion Is from tho bnlfotn. wo raise tbq ppiai
picpiirllonalely until, ns the new tissue
leaches Ihe surface, wo can remove Iheni
nltoffelher and sew up what Is left nf the
otiPtiltig We are utile to tell lo n under nf
linnrs when a patient fresh from Iho oper.
nllng Inblo will be able lo niKe wltn noth
ing hut n scar.
"We have never had n enre where niupulii
tinn hn ,ime neicai nflci wc had stirled
upon tho method I describe. Wo have never
had a case of ankylosis. Our patients at
recovery havo virtually perfect use of their
members, since Immovable union of tissue.
or structure cannot occur In the process or
healing Of course, some cases lake months
cither pat'ents, In which les grnvlty of
Injury existed, nre about In a much shorter
time
"Our reeotcls fnr two vrnrs show we have
avoided nmpnlatlnu In sixty per rent of
cases In which It would otherwise havo
been necesnry Wo have turned out many
hundreds nf men to go through life upon
their own pins We know Ihe average frac
titto nnd wound nccnmpnnvlng II cured In
other methods leave the pitlent with physi
cal power reduced from Iwonly-rtvo to forty
per cent Our method of simply keeping
gcrma away gives tho Fama man at re
cnveiy from ninety fo tilncty-flve per cCnt
ns much physical power ns ho had before
being wounded
In nn nverngo of loo case? wo aro able
lo pi edict tho exact day healing win occur
among ninety-seven In the other three pir
cent wo havo been fiom two to five days
out of tho. way Wo are sending thousands
of men either back lo Iho ranks or to work
mit their tlostlnv In civil life, who aro in an
average nlnelv-flvo per cent in perfect
phvslinl condition lo tight life's battle in
wnrkmin's blouie or again to enter the
bnllle fnr civilisation's cauo In uniform"
iiiiii)iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiliiiiii iun,riuituiiiji.i iiitL;i. .nniiiii.i :;! . I h.lt li tH)iJ.r, m7ki ihj i ;.,i 11,11 j ; imjiKtn jrnH''JMriinmMiiiM ni .ipul J
leweld
in tltrj newest settings, for nil ocensions where
jewels nre worn important Diamonds, lnr&o
Emeralds, Rubies nml Sapphires nre shown in
tho Special Exhibition of Pearls, Pearl Necklaces
niul Jewels fi-oiu DREICER & CO., Now York
NOW AT
RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL '
(South-West Salon)
Philadelphia
Until rrbttury l
bpiriiitti
III. II i'Im 'I Willi iMlilili.ili.ml!! liil'...!Jj'' illlll!illllf
:'l!IIHIllllf(?J
KgsaMmaiiiiyt
m -but pleasing your
fc taste isn't all
Wmw
lifer
If
Not by n long shot! Because
lots of cigarettes may please your
taste j'ou've never expected a
cigarette to do more than that.
"Rut Chesterfields do soirictfmig-
else besides pleuse the taste-
Chesterfields just "touch the
spot," they do what cigar smokers
say n cigarette can't do they
"SATISIWI
And yet, they're mild!
It's the blend that's the idea ! Tliat,
together with the extra high-quality of
the Imported nnd) Domestic tobaccos.
And the blend can't be copied.
If you want good taste in a cigarette,
nnd then something else try Chesterfields
today.
20firlO
Attractive tiiuflf l nn rfuvi.
Icrfiilda sent, prepaid, on
receipt of 00 cent, if your
dealer cannot supply you,
AddreMt Liyeett & Myers
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tiuw ioruutty,
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tlMPOKTED DOMESTIC tobaccos -Blended
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