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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELl'HIA, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY G, 1.917
MAYOR CHANGES MIND
ABOUT TAX BOARD
Opposes Bill He Helped to
Frame Transferring Appoint
ing Power to Himself
ONE WAY TO BEAT THE COAL MAN
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DEITIES
cmeUimost in Cigarettes
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Jecjxe cfcvmre. refinement and
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THREE BRITISH, ONE
NEUTRAL SHIP SUNK
Total of Vessels Torpedoed in
Barred Zone Since February
1 Now Thirty-five
LONDON. Keb. (,.
The British xteaniRhli) Win ley P'okeiltiK.
(I9S tons, has been sunlt by n Herman miiIi
marine In the war zone water". It va an
nounced today. The Warley I'lekerlnR was
owned by the Constantino nii'l Pli-Kentm
Steamship Company and hulled finm Mid
lfthoro. Llojd's nniiouni'CR the destruction f the
flrltlfh sallintr ship Uelford and the Nor
enlan bark Tamara. briiiRhiK the total of
e.iels sunk In the barred zone Nine? Feb-,
ruary t up to thirty-live. Thetlelfoid n
last reported as sailing fiom San KrntirWi'ii
for Plymouth. The Tatniirn wus limnil for
Fleetwood from Jamaica.
The British pteamshlp Horldlau has mIm
keen sunk H'xtcen f her'oiew were saved.
The Kloridlan Is n I.eyland liner, ivk steied
at Liverpool, mid her tonnage Is 177". She
wn! built In lt:i.
ERICSSON ICEBOUND
IN CHESAPEAKE BAY
Stalled Ship Expected to Reach
Port at Baltimore Today.
Cold and Hungry
Passengers nn board the steamship IX les
ion, of the Ilt-iosson Line, who left here
Saturday nlKht for a trip on i.'he:jpal,e
Bay. were treated to polar-like experience
". la Sir Hrnesl Shackleton." when they
were held fast In the lee about one mile
and a half fiom Town Point. Mil. since
Sunday morning. Last night the steamship.
Its crew and passeim-eis. among which are
twenty Phlladclphlans, slowly proceeded to
Baltimore, convoyed by the Latrobe, an Ice
boat fiom Baltimore. The good ship Kilcs
(on was sighted at Belterton at 8 o'vlnr!'
this morning and Is expected In Baltimore
lome time today.
.Shortage of food and coal supply, mem
bers of the crew jumping fiom one Ice pack
toanother over the water of the I'hesapenkc
until they reached shore uiiil finally food
i tunplled by the charitable residents of
Town Point and vicinity were all u part of
the memorable experience.
The Kilc'ston left pier No. J at ("hejtnut
itrtet wharf about D o'clock Saturday after
neon and accord ng to schedule was due In
Baltimore at 7 o'clock the net morning.
M soon as the ship passed Wilmington the
itrugBle witli the Ice began mid she had to
tut her way down to the Oempeake and
Lldaware canal at Delaware t ity.
After slipping through the Iocs and In
cidentally much more Ice, Captain MacNa
mee, the skipper, decided that It was time
to take on more coal at Chesapeake City,
the Maryland end of the canal. The llrlcs
loli left lhat( po,nt at 7 o'clock Sunday
morning and two hours later was lit inly
wedged In the Ice off Town Point. The
scene that lay before the captain and
passengers was a vast sea of ice.
OFFERS TORPEDO TO U. S.
John Hays Hammond, Jr., Willing to
O.ve Wireless Invention for Coast
Defense
GL0lCi:.STI2rt. Mass., Keb. fi. A weapon
of war for the possible purchase of which
Congreis has appropriated u-aily $1,000.
000 has been offered free to the Secretary of
War by Is Inventor, John Hays Ham
mond, Jr
Hanin.oiid's wircleys torpedo, controlled
fiom shore by wlrelcsn waves and reputed
to be a highly valuable weapon to be used
against an invading enemy and of which
the Government now has a corps of army
engineers making an examination, will be
turned over to this Go eminent upon notice
from the Secretary that it Is deslied for
coast defense purposes.
With the torufdo goes Hammond's ther
mite' bomb, a highly explosive grenade
SEAMEN IDENTIFY WALLACE
Bailor Reported Kilted by Submarine
Known in Baltimore
BALTLMOllB. Keb. 6, Paul Black and
"Ducky" Holmes, foi email for a cattle agent
here, both of whom arrived at Newport
News. Va., last Thursday, said that Klch
ard Wallace was a close friend of theirs,
and that as far ns they knew, he had no
near relatives.
They said that ha generally lodged at
ne of the seaman's boarding houses on the
ater front here, and that he gave Baltl
"?ore his home when signing on. He
Igned for the present trip at Galveston,
Tex. Black and Holmes said the ship passed
the Eavestone on their way back.
Burlap Prices Harden
NEW YORK, Keb. 6,-,There was a fur
er tightening In burlap prices in this mar-
yesterday as a result of the International
situation, though it wan not reflected In an
ual rise. Leading Importers have with
"awn their goods from sale, and quota
!?" " largely nominal, on the basis of
'gnt and a quarter cents for eight-ounce
'Os and nine and three-quarter cents for
"." and a half ounce cloths of the same
"lata. Some Improvement In demand was
"Ported wtth stocks especially of light
lghts, limited.
IRADBURN & NIGR0
Correct Mtn't Tailor
Corner 13th and Sansom
$35 and $30 SUITINGS $OC
Cut to your measure I
Blf week's selling: last week now
H.?"cordl Your choice of 100
ty e. P?terns to choose
Ju.71rBl1 i"? ""'chest and smartest
JMICns. Sale ends Feb. 15. Ask
w..,u?mpLe.! toT comparison.
'""'" "t Kuarameea.
I . hONT mate in
2Si.Ik th ."nj'KUMerscorntniF from
,2r Jlcrn'. JuBloBi, oalleutM. , Consult
GUARDS WILL NOT RUSH
TO FRONT, ASSERTS ONE
"Sore." He Says, Because They
Got No Fighting and Were
Not Appreciated
One of th Pennsylvania notional guards
men lecently returned from the .Mexican
bolder said today that the men wele not
Inclined to show th same enthusiasm for
rerv'ce against (lerminy If the evil conies
that they hhovved when Pies'dcnt Wilson '
issmd his call lal .limn a nil when the all '
limits-ill It meant ival lighting, not mete
miliary tialulng
Tli leason. he said, was the iiunppreei.i
t'.nn the Slate of l'ems,vlvaniti showed In
ii'ttirn for the ei thuslasm given.
This KUHidsmiin r.teil the illffcienee nf i
niipreciatlton between Pennsylviin a and i
Massachusetts by saying that wheieas the ',
latter slate greeted Its men on their return '
w t'l n bonus, the Keys-tone state docked
the guardsmen of mone "'glitfully ranted.
"I'Vr Instance." h said, "we did not get
the State pay t$l,.il pr day) which ran
from June 211 to .lulv II III- date on which
we were musteieil Into IVderal set vice, and I
were docked fO.tn for uniforms given to
its two years ago. Man.v never woie tlie"e
uniforms because they were not fit to wear
and some of us nevei teceived tli2iti.
"The boys gave up ifVir Jobs willingly
and enthusiastically when Ihe ctiuntiy's call
fur service came, thinking they wire really
needed. We found Instead that it was
mcrel.v an excuse to get us Into a military
tialulng camp These mm nil came back
home a shoi'i while ago sl months In ar
rears In finances, and even now as I walk
up Chestnut street four out of ever.v ten
men I meet are still without Jobs.
"Von can readily s-e that they are not
In ii vety fine liumiir to serve the country
again If they run up against this same e
p?rience again. And nattnally they feel
that they will be Healed the same way.
"I think it would be well for the State
to make amends while there Is yet time.
There Is u bill In Ihe Legislature now to
appropriate Jl.iiOO.dnii to lie used as a bonus
for the guardsmen who were on the border.
That would mean about JJrtO for every man.
If'thev got that I think the humor of the
men would soon change and they would be
grateful instead of sole, as they ale now.
"in 1 80S the State rewarded its men who
enlisted, and the men who went to .Mexico
ate Just as good as the men who went to
tight Spain.
"Now that thli ".rouble with Germany Is
looming ahead the .State should be trying to
get Its potential soldiers In a good humor,
not n dlsgruntlej one. As It Is now The
guaiilsmeu think they have been handed n
very raw deal. A lot of men when they
came home signed the payioll under pro
test They couldn't do anything then, but
the.v can be mighty hesitant If another call
for their services comes."
DANIELS SPEEDS U. S.
CONTROL OF WIRELESS
Secretary to Take Up at Once Pending
Bill With Congressional
Leaders
WAStlLVCiTON. Keb. (1. Secietary or
the Navy Daniels, in view of the present
emeigency, will take up at on with con
gressional leaders the wireless bill, now
pending and which would give complete
control of all s.vstems In the I'nlteil States
t.i the Navy Department.
The depaitment lias as yet taken no
actual steps to take over the entire opeia
tlon of systems, but the .Secretary will
consider immediately legislation that will
facilitate the needs of tliu depaitment and
prevent Interference .with this "vastly Im
poitaut means of communication."
The liovernmeiit has for some lime had
supervision of the Tuckertnn and Sayvllle
stations, and these, u' well ns other sta
tions, have been liistiuctfd to use the great
est care mid judgment In the selection of
operators and employes.
The depaitment has taken every precau
tion to prevent the establishment of
activities of "lawless" or "secret stations"
that flu nnautlmt Ized, Infunnntlon may be
distributed.
1200 VOTEIIS SKJX PETITION
Joseph O. Kerbaugh Seeks Montgomery
County Commissionership
NOrtULSTOWN. Pa.. Keb. 6 A petition
signed by 1200 voters of Lower Merlon
township was presented In court yesterday
to have Joseph O. Kerbaugh. of Hryn Mnvvr,
n Commissioner of Lower Merlon township,
appointed a Commissioner of Montgomery
County, to succeed the late Ueorge Sulli
van, of Cynwyd. Suporters of Mr. Ker
baugh here yesterday said that additional
petitions were. In circulation In Lower
Merlon vvh'ch would Increase the signa
tures to 2000.
The name of Israel Supplee, of Bryn
Mawr, was prominently mentioned for the
County Commissionership appointment yes
terday. He is a Hepubllean, and has been
a county committeeman.
LEATHER BELTING
gives Ihe greatest amount of
continuous service per dollar of
cost of any belting produced to
day. For over 20 years we've
been making and guarantee
ing it to most critical buyers.
CHARJJ
COMPANY
520 Arch St.
.Ready Money-
tfniUd States Loan Society
MSfW
.Mayor Smith announced today lie was
not In favor of the legislative bill which
would take the piwer of appointing mem
bers of the Hoard of ttevlsloll of Taxes
from the Hoard of Judges and give that
power to the Mayor.
It Is reported that this bill had his ai
pioval when he wont to ttarrlshurir Willi
Ihe members of the Councllnianlc l.egls
1 latlve Committee, but upon his return last
night It was learned be had changed his
views regarding the measure. It was an
nounced by the Mayor today that lie would
vail n meeting of the Hoard of Hevislon of
Iaes for the purpose of discussing means
ir revising the measure. The members of
he boaid ,-un Simon tlrnU. David N Kell
and J. Wesley Murium. Durham will lie
unable to attend the meeting, being In
Florida. At the conference It may be sug
gested that the bill be remodeled to pin
..I. t. .. .1... . .,.
i w.tr in, i, uir .viiiyor maiie llie hiihiiiu-
S
menlH lllulor
the supervision of Select
Cll.
I'he Mayor snld i menu to confer with
I the members of the board and get their best
views as to how Ihe hoard should be made
. lip and peipetuated ns well as their views
I on amendments and changes In the pies
i ent system of assessing property. I want
Mr. ilaffney. chairman of the Finance
Conini ttee. to be present at the confer
ence so that we can have a complete un
derstanding jicfoie (lie people at llariisbuig
pass on the bill I will try to have this
confeience before going South."
It Is understood that Hie bill as now drawn
not only nrlgitiallv had tin- approval of Ihe
Mayor but also the charter Itevislon Cum.
nilttee
ROLLING'S PERSONAL
AFFAIRS UNDER PROBE
Leak Committee Will Examine
Private Bank Account of Presi
dent's Urother-in-Lav
WASHINGTON. Kill ti. -The personal
bank account and ptlvato fltin'ticinl te-t-ources
of It. W. Hulling, brother-in-law of
Piesldent Wilson, will lie examined by the
House Itilles Committee to determine If he
had any connection with the "lak" of
lies. dent Wilson's December peace note.
This was decided todn.v at a stormy ses
sion of the committee.
Hulling was grilled for seveinl hours con-"
cernlng Ills connection with the brokerage
Hi m of K. A. Coiinoll.v & i'o.. nf Washington,
through which it h.id been established tliele
wns a leak. Dolling declared he did not
know until after he had nppsnied before
the ociiiin'ttee several weeks ago that a
message was sent over Conolly's wires b.v
,1. Kied llss.iry. a correspondent outlining
the teinis of the peace document.
I!epie.eulative Hairisou. of Mississippi,
objected when Itepiesentatlve Campbell, of
Kansas. Imputed as to wheie Holllng got
the funds to enter the film. Campbell de
clared this was of highest Importance nnd
after a wiaugle It was decided that Poll
ing's private nff.ilis will be delved Into by
the rommittee In seciet.
HELD FOR TAKING COATS
OF FELLOW CHURCHMEN
Detective Says Man Who Faces Trial
Left Church Early to Raid
Cloakroom
Accused of stealing four overcoats from
the vestibule of the Centenary .Methodist
Church while the owneis of the coats were
worshiping, Carey Kllgors, twenty-six years
old, who gave a lodging house near Kighth
nnd Vine streets as his residence, was held
under 11100 bail for court by Magistrate
Stevenson at the Thirty-ninth street and
Lancaster avenue police station this morn
ing. District Detective Farmer testified that
Kllgors would go Into the church and at
tend the Services. When time came to
pas the collection plate, it was testified,
Kilgnrs would take advantage of the con
fusion and leave, taking the overcoats
with him. Kour of them weie recovered
In pawnshops In the ctnter of the city.
JERSEY SENATE PROVIDES
FOR PROPERTY PROTECTION
$100,000 Appropriation for National
Guard and Naval Reserve Sup
plies Authorized
TltKNTON. Keb. C The Senate today
passed a bill introduced b.v Majority Leader
McCran appropriating $100,000 for purchas
ing supplies for maintaining the Xntlonal
(Juard and Naval Iteserve nnd protecting
public property In the State. McCran said
about J5.000.000 worth of property was In
volved. The Senate adjourned for the week nfter
the introduction of a preparedness measure
providing adjournment from day to day, to
be called together III case of emergency. If
not so called the Senate will meet again
.Monday night.
Deposed President on Way Here
WASHINGTON. Keb. fi Alfredo Uon
zales, Costa Itlca s deposed president, In on
his way to the I'nlted Slates aboard a fruit
utetvtnshlp, according to official dispatches.
Mann & Dilks
1102 CHESTNUT ST.
Ladies and
Misses Suits
of
Tyrol Wool
Spring and Summer
Models and. Colors
The models, stylo, colors are
original, new and are not on tile
eliewhere,
Alio the New
Hats
MANN & DlLKS
1 1102 CHESTNUT ST.
(1 AMii4wtfe.y.u""" i$WYNMMIIMoe'" '. 'w Matt. "4 T
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aaaiassjfflsr;" : .rznsrwi
lobl waves nlu.ivw mmir out tlie city s poor in a levensn intempt to
j;et fuel for their decrepit but invaluable little stoves. This elderly
woman was photographed on Sixth street carrying a basketful of pieces
of wood withered from box covers and other packing. She wore no
gloves anil the shoes, which nre laced with pieces of string, were out
in the sole.
MIDVALE STEEL CO.
GETS HUGE WAR ORDER
J. P. Morgan & Co. Gives Phila
delphia Concern French Con
tract Amounting to Millions
The Mldvale Steel Company bewail work
tndav nn the lnrgest Kiiropriin war nider
lecehed b.v that concern slmo the lieBln
nltitf nf the I'onllli't. The. contract was
awarded to the .Mldvale concern by the
Kreiuh (!ov eminent through the firm of
.1. ! Morgan & Co several weeks ago.
No announcement of It was made at that
time, and It was not until today when plans
for the execution of the work were an
nounced at the plant that the award of
the contract became known. How many
millions of dolhira the order totals could
not be learned from otliclnli of the com
pany. The contract calls for 2"fi of the 220-tnlll-nietcr
guns and sixty of the irr.-inllllmeter
guns, to tie delivered to hr l-'rench C!o em
inent 111 monthly lots of fifty of the larger
and ten of the smaller guns. The first de
livery Is scheduled for April. The guns
are to be delivered In rough finish and
the dual finishing will be dona in France.
The work on the guns has been appor
tioned among four nf the seven shops of
the Mldvale .oncern In tills city All plants
nf the company nre running m twenty-four
hours a day now, with 10.100 men working
In eight-hour shifts. The number of em
ployes will have to be Increased consider
ably on account of the new work.
The Mldvale concern Is already working
on an order for one hundred eight-inch
guns for the Urltlsh Oovernment These
guns are being finished complete and will
For Gall Stones
and Disorders
of liver, kidneys
and stomach take
daily treatment of
BEDFORD
MINERAL
WATER
Famous Since 1804
. If in doubt about treat
ing yourself ask your
physician.
Handled by ilnirnlstit
and leudlntc grocarit.
Write um It you nava
any difficulty In belni
upplled.
Bedford Springs Co., Ltd.
1325 WJdenerBldg.,Phlla.,Pa.
But" M,'" . - ,.f i-'.n "Tl
f!
-T.'wiir.j
be ready for actual field service when
shipped. The contiact at present Is about
half filled
Work Is also under way on an order from
the Culled States Ooverninent for twenty
flvo fourteen-lnch guns. These nre to be
delivered at the rate nf two n month until
the order Is filled. Much gun when com
pleted will he worth approximately $80,000.
The Mldvale concern nlfo holds outers
tor large quantities of French and bngllsb
shells.
Hoy Nearly Perishes in Drifts
SIIIINANDOAH. Pa.. Keb fi. Clarence
Cart, fifteen yeais old, while returning home
from Sheppton In his automobile be
came stuck In a drift on Locust Mountain.
He attempted to walk home nnd fell ex
hausted nnd was found by fanners. His
ears, hands anil feet were badly frozen.
J. E. Caldwell & Co.
Chestnut Juniper Soutk Penn Square
Banjo Clocks
reproducing the rare and valued antique
timepieces made in the
Eighteenth Centur?.
The
Mezzanine
Central Office Service
ns developed by the Holmes Com
pany assures tho prompt and efficient
protection of your property.
A burglar, fire, leak or other unfore
seen irregularity, coining in con
tact villi our wires, causes an alarm
to sound in the Holmes "Central
Office."
Here trained nnd capable men arc
always on duty. They respond at once
to protect your property.
HOLMES
ELECTRIC PROTECTIVE COMPANY
8lZCHESTtSTUTST telrVfaJnut 611
M f4-5sg saJaSJIartBBBBBiSBaQII
is congested. Orders are delayed. Manufac
turers' desks are daily piled with "hurry ups."
Western Union Telegrams are opened first.
From front office to shipping room they get
immediate action.
Is your S. 0. S. one letter among many or a
WESTERN UNION
TELEGRAM
which gets first attention?
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO.
-PALL, MALL-
A MullnWin lonJotv
A Qjwt let- Here
WESLEYAN GKADS HONOR
COLONEL JOHN GRIBBEL
Head of Hoard of Trustees nnd Donor
of Organ to University Lauded
at Dinner
Alumni of Weilean I'nlverslty. at their
annual banquet at the Art Club last night,
honored Colonel .John flrlbbel, president of
ihe t'nlon League and head of the board of
trustee of the university, as a man who
stood squarely for what was good in life.
Colonel firlbbel recently gave a $10,000
organ to the university and oftlcers of the
Institution were present to pay personal
1 1 Unite to him. Colonel I.ouis .1. Kolb and
lir. William Arnold Shaklln( president of
the t'nlv entity, lauded Colonel flrlbbel, as
llt fiovernor Hrumbaugh In a letter he sent
legrettltig his Inability to lie present.
Doctor Shaklln deplored thn tendency to
tegard education as only a basis for money
making and advocated a return to the old
Ideals of liberal culture training
(eorge I. Itodlne. Jr., president of the
Philadelphia Alumni Association, presided.
The speeches were Interspersed with college
songs, led by a chorus composed of C 11.
Smith, the ltev. Dr. Thomas S. Cllne, Harry
Thompson, Frank C. llrodhead. Aubrey Sut
ton. Walter II. Hrovvn and Harry Dresser.
The speakers were .lames A. Develln,
member of the hoard of trustees: Herman
I.. Collins, Warren K. Sheldon ami Charles
M. Boswell, .Ir.
Wills Admitted to Probate
Wills probated today were those of Kills
.1. Ilanniim, BStil Larchwood avenue, which,
In private bequests, disposes of property
valued at $16,700; ICllzabctli M. Wagner.
t:7 North Sixteenth street, $16,000. and
Adam McLean, S835 Wallace street, $11,400.
Business
Perry's
February
Clean-up
Sale
of Fine
Suits
is,a
Perry Sale
and, therefore,
unlike any other! m
J We don't print ridic
ulous reductions be
cause a Perry Stock is
anything but ridiculous !
Cutting a $43 Suit to
$37, a $40-Suit to $33,
or a $30 Suit to $23,
doesn't sound as sensa
tional as if the printed
figures said $40 Suits
for $22, or $30 Suits for
$15 but, consider what
Perry forty and thirty,
and every other priced
Suits are! In a Perry
Reduction Sale the
savings are as real as
the Suits! The assort
ments and sizes are
satisfying to all
comers, and all men
have a chance to exer
cise a choice !
That's what makes
this Perry February
Clearance Sale an
Event! If s booming
along today! Slip
out here early fov
yours
t
We are selling
SIX
o.c$40 & $43
245Suitsf0r LjgJ-
$3
3Si
$30 & $35
Suits for
798
and
$26
7oo' $25.00 1j1Q
166 Suits for ;$lv
1389 ? $16.7
PERRY&Col
"N. B. T."
16th & Chestnut St!
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