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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1917
COMMISSION CAUTIONS
AGAINST PNEUMONIA
Malady Claims More Victims
Than Tuberculosis, State's
Experts Report
SUGGESTS PREVENTIVES
Proper Clothing, Good VenlllrtUon Mid
Avoidance of Uxcosscs Ahlong
Suggestions
Pneumonia Safeguard
Advised by Commission
THE report of tho Pneumonia Com
mission f.'lvci tlieso hints to tho
public for warding off imoutitottitu
Wear proper clothing.
Oct plenty of sloop In well
ventilated room.
Avoid execsaeo.
Use handkerchief in snoozing
or coughing.
If you catch a cold
Avoid patent medicines.
See n doctor.
Ai1Icp tn tlio public nn to limv to cecnjio
pnrumnnln. ttlilrli cMiiiflm more ilenttin I linn
does tiilirretilnHlH, Ik rnntnlnnl In Hip re
port of tlio nowly orontPtt t'lipumonla Com
jnlislnti pulillshed totlav.
Tho report wiw KPtif to tlio liomo of
Dlrpctor Written, of tlio tJrparttnpnt of
Public Ilenllli nul (Minrltlps, who Ih rnti.
fined to his homo with tcinsllltlK. Up prob
ably will lint bp nt bis nlllm for Kperat
ilnf
riniirr Inter dolhlnit to prevent rtiltlltiK
of tho lioil. proper amount of nleep In u
pll-eiilllntel room, iivoldanie of liny ex
cesses mid prciMiutluna In iu.Iiir n hnndUor
chlef t' Hbleld othei'.t from wiper.liiK in
couBbliiR eie tinnied by the cmnmisHinn
pb pood inensurea to be token III wnrdhiR
off the iIIrpiikp Ventllntlon of workshops
nnil olllres uiih leooniinenilcd.
'I'lio rrpnit uiRod poisons Willi cnlilg to
tea a plnsleinii before tho ailment became
worse, r.itrnt medicines, It said, often n&
gravaled tho trouble.
The tlieorv that pneumonia Is cnnlnRlmn
would leipilre further liiicstlsntloti, the
coinrnlsMon lepnitod. nlthntlKli It was s.ild
that kiveral c.ises often occurred under tho
h.inin i oof The combined answer to a
questionnaire submitted to liimilieds of
phjKicl.inn w.is that bujleulr conditions do
not inatc;lally affect tho possibility nt
pneumgiila, which attacks rich ami poor
alike Th'e inininlsslcm si ited that It would
continue Its woik ii'.idc possible) by tho
$."00(i npprfipi Intton set a-'lde foi Us 10
tearch. "LIBERALS" WILL PLAN
TO RULE NEW CONGRESS
Ivledill McCormick Invites "Un
hitched" Members to Confer
ence for Tonight
WASHIXOTOX. .Ian 2!) Taking tlio bit
In thejr teeth, nepubllc.in "liberals" In
Congress 111 meet tonlRht to plan tho open
kidnapping of tlio next House of Itopro
eentntUen. Tho plot will be foimulated nt a dinner
Chen by Modlll McCormick, mlllloiialro CM.
ciRoiin, who wns elected to Coiiricss last
fall. ,
Hespltc the fnct that McCormick- sent In
vitations In tonlRht'B nffalr (tlio purposo
of which was generally known to tho scoro
or mnio invited) more than n week ago,
Bticcessful secrecy inatked tlio plans of tlio
llheials until today.
When tlio secret "leaked" and some of
thoho United were nsl.ed nbout tho affair.
It wan paiticularly pointed out tliat It la
not to bo ii "progressive affair," but a mat
tor In which "libeinU" of both Houses and
perhaps both parties. will pai tioipate.
Souio of tho Senutors who hno boon In
vited aro K01.1I1, f'um.-niti.i, (Srunim, Xorrls,
Kcnyon nnd Senator-elect Halo, of .Maine
Thoso IIoiimj members United aro of tho
eamo so-called "liheraV' stamp Jinny of
tho Incoming House membero of similar
otandlng as to "liberal" or ' progressiva"
typo alho have been Invited.
Konio of tlio House members invited aro
Lenront, (Jniiluer and C'opely Sonator
elect Calder, of .Vow York, also was asked
to attend.
"Wiillo OcorRO V Perkins so far baa not
appeared In the llno-ttp. It is known posl.
tiely th.it bo has been and will continue,
to bo ono of tho c'i!-f plotters.
With tho now r- so exoiily divided
between tho two 'i.-tles and tho 1ml
nnco of power In i .l bunds of a group
of progressives of hj'h, Itepnbllcan "lib
erals" conceived the Idea that thoy will
forco not only their organization uu tho
lower body, but also to put through a
program all of their own making.
JENKS ESTATE $7:1,000;
S100Q TO CHARITIES
Lawyer's Will Aids Visiting Nurses
and Civil Service Reform.
Others Probated
Bequests of $500 each to tho Visiting
Nurses' Society and tho National Civil
Service Iteform League aro Included In tho
will of Itobcrt D. Jcnks. 1705 Itlttenhouyo
street, which was probated today. Tho
major portion of the $76,000 estate left
by tho testator Roes to IiU widow and
children.
Other wills probated wero those of Kath
arine S. Keblger, 3121 I'lw.ltou avenue,
which In private, benucsra disposes of prop
erty valued at $00,000; lananuel Cohen,
1000 N'orth Seventh etfVst, $10,000; Michael
Brady, UJD South Seventh btreet, $11,300 s
Enoch Walton, J81S North .Seventh btreet,
$10,000; Louisa II. Mattlwier, -1613 North
Colorado btreet. $5000 ; Margaret S.
VauRhan, 4508 Urgent street, $5500; A.
Louis Klkin, 918 North Forty-eighth street,
$6500. I'eter Kaber. 816 Oxford street,
$5000; William Wright, 1223 West Tioga
street, $1700; Henry M. Krnhart, who died
In the Samaritan Hospital, $1000; Cath
arine Hnckett, 2407 North Seventeenth
street. $3900; Frederick I' Ulmer. 3301
Poweltou avenue, $3000, and Alice S. Fish,
111 South Sixteenth street, $2G00.
Fire Takes Tltusville Buildings
TITUSVILLK. Pa, Jnn 20 Fire, orig
inating In the L'entervillo Hotel last night,
destroyed that building and Its contents
and communicated to the general Mora of
Itodler & Son, lazing the oldest store in the
village and emailing a loss of $6000 on
goods and $2000 on building Both proper
ties were insured for abouk-lmlf their value.
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A fianscom's
We aro not asking for thanks,
but we would like our patron3 to
remember that we havo held our
prices down while many others
have followed the extreme ad
vances of this peculiar year. No
careful housekeeper can afford to
overlook our inducements.
K3S Our niieclul price for thU
" .
weak rover all I)eDurtinent.
They're worth, your while.
MIKE, HIGH-POWERED TOURING PIG,
PUTS POLICEMAN AND HORSE TO ROUT
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South Philadelphia Porker Eludes Pursuerd and Gains
Point of Vantage in Impregnable Mud Hole Soft
Words of Boy Bring Him to Bath
A pig with n iloublo chin and a price on
his head Is nwaltlng doom down In the
Neck.
nT'le ',or'(cr' w'10 answers to the iiamo of
Jllke, was first seen romping along Mnga
iilno Mhe He was headed for Chester and
vni breaking nil speed laws for pigs
A moulded cop. who was aware that povk
clinpi sold for thirty centi a pound, gave
chnso No one knows what was p.mstng
Ihrougti tho toil's mind ns ho chased the plR
persl-Ueiitly. H0 ,vns within threo plR
engthi of tho Inll when Mike showed that
he wns subtle deplto lili nvolrdtipoli Tho
race wns so closo thiijt he could feel tho
breath from the horse's nostril breezing
IhroiiRli ,l l.iacu i,nCk hair. I.lko a (lash
Jllko switched hN direction and pointed his
homo due northeast.
The swerve was so rpilck that the horso
anil the cop went about twenty jnrds before
they could turn nrnund. Again they ruMied
pell mell after Mike Again ho proved that
ho was rt strategist. lie Jumped Into a.
flock of mud mid nestled to It Id tieek. Juit
ns though it were Iho heart of a. silvery
lake. The horse stoppeil and the cop tried
to root the pig out with n pole. Hut Sllko
was confident He turned his bark on tho
cop and sent a cycloim. of mud toward lite
bliieco.tl, which made him and the liorso
"beat It" home for u bath.
A few minutes later n small liny hap.
pened along and spoko to Miko lit kindly
lotiei. The pig emerged cautiously from his
mud haven and consented to be cleaned
Ho was taken to No 2 Latterly row, where
ho awaits his owner.
If you've loit a pig which fits In with
tbeso cliaraolcrlttlci you can Ret blm If
you will call nt the address named and pay
his board for tlio list two dajs.
BIG DEATH TOLL FEARED
ON SUNKEN ENGLISH SHIP
Only 121 on l.aurcntic Accounted for
and Ciew May Have Num-
hered flOO
LO.VDn.V, Jan. 29 Fears wero ex
pressed today that heavy loss of life nt
tended the destruction of tho British ntixlt
Inry cruiser Laiirenllc orf tho Irish coast
by a mlno or a torpedo. Tho Ltiurcntlc.
a steamship of 1 1.S02 tons, went to tho
bottom Thursday. Only twelvo olUcers nnd
100 incinbeis of the crew wero saved
Tho naval reserve crow of tho I.nurontlo
wns said unolllclally to bo nbout .100 men.
Her commander, Captain IteRliiald Norton,
was saved
HIS NAME IS ANANIAS
AND HE'S PROUD OF IT
A. David Miller in MnkiiiR Correction
Insists Ho Is Not Followinjr in
Footsteps of Sapphira's Husband
IlAItmsm-nr., Jan. 20 There Is one
member of tho LeRlslnturo who Insists upon
being called Ananias. That Is his real
name, ho declares. When tlio legislative
directories wero first printed his nnmo ap
peared A. David Miller, Mount l'lensnnt,
Westmoreland County -i objneted and
Insisted that it be made to te.id Annnlns
n.ivld Miller on the later editions of (1P
directory and on tlio roll call.
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MISSOURI MAY BANISH
PRO BONO PUBLICO ET AL
.
Bill in Legislature Forbids Printing of
Anonymous Communications
.Ti:PPi:itSON CITY. Mo, Jan. 20 There
will be no moro anonymous communica
tions printed In newspapers, periodicals and
m.ign7lnes In Missouri If a bill Introduced
by Senator Klder, of St Louis, becomes a
livv. "I'm Holm Publico." "Veritas," "Tax
payer," "('Illicit." etc, will have to retire.
"No person shall hereafter offer for pub
lication or Indirectly secure the publica
tion In any newspaper, magnalne or period
ical published within thli stale, any nrtlclp,
statement, composition, letter or conlrlbu.
tlon which Is not signed by Ids or her true
and correct name," tho bill says.
Violation of the law Is made a misde
meanor punishable by a fine of not less
than $B0 nor more than $300, with possible
Imprisonment of from thirty to ninety days
in tho county Jail, or by both fine and Im
prisonment. Ilegin Fight to Make Maryland "Dry"
HALTIMOJtn, Jan. 25 Tho beginning of
the Anti-Saloon League's fight to mako
Maryland a "dry" Stato was marked by iv
large mass-meeting. The Hev T)r Thomas
M Hare, Stale superintendent of tho league,
announced that an effort would be made
to put through the Legislature next ear
a bill making Hie State "dry'' without a
leferendum attached.
Diamond Rings
Our stock is renin rknble
for its great variety ns well ns
the superb beauty at each
individual piece.
An unusual ring is one con
taining three large diamonds
in a platinum mounting paved
with small diamonds -$365.
S. Kind & Sons, 1110 Chestnut St.
DIAMOND MCnciIANTS JnWCLCItS SILVnnSMITHS
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I Ma'Wson & DeMarry
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Toddy!
We Close Out 102 Coats and 43
Sets Regardless of Cost
Reductions of One Third to One
Half Off the Original
Tagged Ptices
One
Hundred
and
The Sale begins
Thursday Morning,
February First
Tn'fai is the Opening
Day for Inspection
and Selection
The Van Sciver February Sale
is the Foremost Event of
the Furniture Season
Efe0REM0ST, because we present the largest and most varied stock of fine
Stela furniture and furnishings ever assembled in one great building and this
RwSvJ js tie iargest Store devoted exclusively to furniture and furnishings in the
United States. Foremost, because we offer the lowest prices on the higher
grades of furniture, for we are manufacturers as well as retailers and our
advantages of inexpensive yet prominent location and specialization in our line,
enable us to make, buy and consequently .sell better furniture at lower cost.
Foremost, because this great Store is the natural outlet for the most famous
furniture factories of the country, and we have drawn upon over four hundred of
them for their most desirable lines, which, in addition to our own output
constitute the most complete and beautiful collection of furniture ever assembled.
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A Uuffet in the Willtam and Mary style , modernized. Executed in
rich Hroivn Mahogany with gold ornamentation.
The-Finer Grade of Furniture at Prices Lower than
the
Commonplace
That is what this February Sale means to the peo
ple of Philadelphia, Camden and for hundreds of miles
around. We anticipated the high and still advancing
market conditions, and made our purchases many
months ago, taxing tho space of even our enormous
warehouses to the utmost. It is no exaggeration to
say that much of the furniture to be offered in this
great Sale could not be manufactured now for tho price
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at which we shall sell it. So great and diversified is our
stock that the price range is all comprehensive. Here
you will find' everything 'from the most inexpensive
single piece or suite, up to the most ornate and perfect
Period reproductions; yet all Van Sciver furniture is
characterized by soundness of construction and cor
rect designs. This Store is well named the "Fairyland
of Furniture" the Mecca of home-lovers.
Wwm
$200,000 Stock of Rugs and
Carpets reduced rrom 10 to 33AF"
And these figures do not by r.ny means represent tho actual saving in
volved, for the reductions have been made on our regular prices thoso in
effect before the sharp rise in cost of dyes, materials and manufacture. All
kinds of Domestic and Oriental Floor Coverings aro included in the February
Sale, representing the output of the most reputable makers of the world, now
offered at prices frequently below the manufacturers' quotations of to-day.
From all indications it would seem that such values may not be available
again, perhaps for years, and wo euroestly urge our patrons to take advan
tage of this unusual Sale.
AY
A Trip Through tho Van Soiver Store ia L,ike Glimpa Through Thoumntk of Prgtty
Homeaand You Will Oe Just as Welcome Whether You Come as Visitor or as a, Purchaser,
Store Closes
Daily at 5.30 P. M,
All Van Stttif
MARKET ST. FERRY, CAMDEN
, N. J.
Market St. Ferry Boats
Land Opposite Store.
wo Fur Coats
(14) Russian Pony Coats
10-inch Model. Dcaver or Raccoon Collar.
26.50
(12) French Seal Coats
40-inch Model. Skunk Opossum Collars.-
34.50
(19) French Seal Coats
Collar of Skunk Raccoon or Seal.
r49.50
(22) Hudson Seal Coats
40-inch Model. Skunk, Beaver or Seal Collar.
64.50
(16) Hudson Seal Coats i
10 and 45 inch Flaro Model. Selected Skins.
78.50
(14) Hudson Seal Coats
43-inch full Model. G-inch Border and Collar of Skunk.
135.00
(5) Scotch MoleSkin
Selected quality. 43-inch Model. 6-inch Border and Collar of
Skunk or Fox.
195.00
Forty -three
Fur Sets
(8) Hudson Seal 17.50
(9) Black Fox 34.00
(5) Beaver 34.00
(3) Slate Lynx 49.50
(6) Slate Fox 79.50
(12) Cross Fox 79.50
125 Muffs
Specially Marked for Immediate Clearance
Black Fox 11.00
Hudson Seal 11.50
Beaver 18.00
Black Lynx ..;.,... 28.00
Purchases will be reserved in our storage
vaults until next fall on payment of a
deposit. Payments to be continued
during the spring and summer
Charge Purchases Will Be Billed March 1st, if Desired
Purchasing' Agents' Orders Accepted
I Charge Accounts Opened
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