JG DEMANDS UNITY run Never Succeed as Onc-Man ,811 i-'- --- , fc Organization, lie lens nizaiion, xu Business Men V I SPEAKS AT LUNCHEON . . "rads for Solltlnrity nnd Efficiency Be fore wainut oirvui. Merchants t,. Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce "in nvcr bo a success as a one-man inlatlon In the opinion of nrncjt T TH tho newly oleclel president of Iho irtnliatlon. who, with tho new officers of ?;? chamber, was honored at a luncheon of the Walnut Street Buslnesi Association .t'tho St. James Hotel. iuusc which greeted the loninrks of lt Trlpx nhvn ho was Introduced by n. .1 nlrlet showed that tho pinmlm-nt maim future" nnd business men present were In word with his vlowr f in utmusphero calculated to keep tho inlrlt of clvlo prlda thoroughly awakened . provided In tlir decointlons. which consisted of n. tasteful arrangement of the city colors. r Dlrectlv back of tho puests' table was large banner bearlntr tho word", "Phila delphia Your City. My City. Our City." A Jnlnlature of this banner was Riven to each ens present ... , , When Mr Trips was Introduced he was liven a hearty leceptlon. i After cautlonltiK his licairr annlust a one-man conization, or that of any imill Erotip of men. Mr. Trlgi? said thnt II must take the full sharo of icsponelblllty .n(j be rendy at nil times to do their turt In furthering the Interests of the body. He advised a practical policy In tho flection of committees and sugcested the (election of men who take their responsi bilities seriously. Committee appointments, he eald, should not be considered merely ns compliments. 11 The speaker then touched upon the clt s future and prospers, and In this con nection said "We are Just on the brink of the rreatest constructs e era this, city has ever known. Ih many municipal nrtltltlts nlrrmlj de termined upon or nmler ronblerotliin are r.ot only Important to us, but nro most Important to nnd will affect, future gen erstlons. Tho Chamber of Commcico must give serious consideration to nil these mat ure, and action rhould be taken only after havlne a full knowledge of all tho facts and thorough deliberation. There should bo no unnecessary dolny In such action by the chamber, consistent with sound business Judgment."' "As n specific example of what I mean, let me lefcr to the matter of tho Delaware Jllver Hrldgo, agitation of which has been renewed during tho last few weeks." Mr. Trigs continued. "The Chamber of Com merce some time ago asked Councils to tppropriate $1.1,000 for tho purpose of en gaging experts to study tho engineering and financial problems Involved. Further thin that, tho beginning of tho Incline on the Philadelphia sldo Is most Important to u If. ns has been suggested, the Incline starts nt Fifth street, then the com mission merchants located near the river front at tho present tlmo would ho vitally Interested, because of tho question of get ting many of their supplies, "We feel that the proportion Is one which rhould bo gone Into thoroughly , but that no precipitate action should bo token. We should have nil tho facts before tho Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce takes t stand for or against It." Mr. Trigg recommended the policy of personal representation In matters of State and municipal legislation. He urged cceo Ive organization, n that tho various bu reaus would work harmoniously to the end that tho Philadelphia Chamber of ( ommerce may represent n great big, powerful, Im personal machine working smoothly ami without friction for the best Interests of Philadelphia, "the woild's greatest work Ihop." Among those present weio Alba H. John son, Charles Vaughan, A ' Mcdowln, J?ow ell Kvans, vlco president; X. I!. Kelly, general secretary, and It. I, Aus tin, treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce; E. J. JSerlet, president Walnut Street Busi ness Association ; Ouy Oundoher, president Chestnut Street Business Association; Hart ley J. Dovle, lco piesldent World's Sales manship Congress; William Eldrldge, presi dent Maiket Street Merchants' Associa tion; W 11. Metcalf, president City Busi ness Club ; Rowo Stcwnrt, president Poor Richard Club; II. S. Aunstrong, president Boosters Club; Dr. Augustus Koonlg, presi dent Rotary Club; l.ee J. Kastman, presi dent Philadelphia Motor Truck Association; Gilbert S. Smith, director Jolau Klectrlcal League, nnd officers of various other busi ness organizations. WOMEN HELD IN DOPE PLOT AT ATLANTIC CITY Ring Leader Said to Have Planned Wholesale Robberies to Supply "Needy" Friends ATLANTIC CITY, Feb. 7. Police ofTl elals. In charge of tho Joint campaign of .Federal authorities, county oillclals nnd tho Atlantic County Medical Society to mako Atlantic City a "tlopeless town." today eharged that Mis. Add'o Henderson, flfty Ithree years old, deliberately planned whole sale robberies of shore pharmacies to sup Ply diugs to famished users here when hjslclnns. worried oer threatened expos, tires, refused longer to supply demands nt iicj- prices .lams. 1I.I....I .. .,.... ' --......-. ....ii-.i-cu, uupiain or tieicciives. ,iaj he has evidence, forced from sceral of the eight drug fiends now In the city prison, that Mrs. Henderson engaged a. Jitney to take threo men nnd two women lo the drugstore of George Campbell, which if" rifled n week ago of dope vnlucd nt 100. Tho prompt arrest of Robert Bralth- yalte. Walter Clark nnd Charles Rcarduclo m L theft halted the other robberies .wnich had been planned. It Is said 6 Clara Irwin, alias Ford, thirty-one years SaS Mazlo Rteelman. twenty-seven; Kva Henderson, twenty-five, nnd her mother, """"rested late last night. Detectives say they havo a confession from the Ford rL1!an that Bhe Personally directed the robbery of the di-ugstpro. and that nil of tneir booty was taken to the Henderson nome nnd distributed among "fiends" In a oesperate way for drugs. STORM-BATTERED CRAFT ; ' PUT IN AT NEW YORK Many Steamships Forced Into Port by u.uuient seas; some uaaiy Damaged NRW rnmr w-i. m ... . t . vvrv. ten. (. uaiierea anoui ny ,? "arms which have swept the western ,; i c thls weck many vessels f.ra today Svl?.f. ,nt0 New York harbor In a crippled condition, 'n.Th'i rr,ru Frederick Hondrlk and the JwTJ? . nru were 'orced to put back Into Ih. a ii r clcarlnB 'or foreign nhores. The ni..i ,.'' " damaged propeller nnd the 'cargo WaS listine wlth a shifted fL7 """-Ivors of the baree Edward V. In k fi w London. Conn., were brought (..' f "teamshlp Saratoga. The ba,rge M?aded wlth coa' -n"1' was anchored mil, ,Btorma had made her unnavlgable. Soned" " Blnklns condition when aban- rihe steamship Verdi, arriving-from Uver 'Wl. reported picking up a distress wireless, ,?n January 31 from the Arrlno. ftlmer.. y"aJu' bound frojn Cardiff to Dal- ha v "ii""" '0 put in here for Tuel. Ji ... V, Sffivinit from Llsbon.re riM "troulil J&.IH. ...i... i. .....'., M .A..i .Wfcli ""uumimB- uui wiu- W 1WIA not'g v.' dtail.iv, NEW YOEK FEARS FOR SAFETY OF No vehicle is permitted to -"" cross-examination. The pho cross photograph the Brooklyn Uridcc. The guards Offers Draft Bill to Recruit N. G. P. Contltiurd from Tnee line eery hand, a wave of patriotism uurhaled h1mci Spanish-American war days, Is sweep ing tho city. Tho battleship Xorth Dakota, with lv months' supplies and ammunition on board, trdny whs reported ordered Into tho Delaware lllver from Its position In the back channel at tho Philadelphia Xay Yard This, with the opening of an employment offlco at League Island, was tho chief dc clopment at tho naval base up to noon. The opening of tho emplo.iment bureau was a htep In Inci cased preparations to cnlnrgo tho working force of machinists and carpenters, who nro whipping the lighting potentiality of tho warships into shape Ily Saturday or Monday, It Is expected by nanl authorities, enough workmen v 111 hae been obtained to allow continuous work In threo elcht-hour shifts. There was n rush for the Jobs that are nffeied at the navy ard. By twos and tluees workmen filed Into the office nt the gato and with very few exceptions were employed. Tho former rigid requirements wero lessened bv Nnnl Constructor Snow In view of the pressing need for skilled nnd Unskilled labor. All men with applica tions who were eligible were sent for nnd vvoie ellgl o nsked to bring fi lends who were glhlo for work Tho torpednho.it destroyer Amnion will go Into drdoek today for repairs that will keep tho speedy fight ng boat out of com mission until February 1". The Xorth Dakotn. reported unable to manemcr back watd, Is In excellent shape. It was stated authoritatlely , A visitor, believed to be from the C.eiman Kmbassy at Washington. nrrled at tho nay yard today from Broad Street Sta tion, nnd after n parley with the marines on guard, was drlen In his taxlcab direct to the Interned German raiders Prlnz l'ltel Frledrlch nnd Kronprlnz Wllhelrn. Speak ing with a German accent, ho showed a pass that admitted him under guard by two marines. Tho visitor carried a brief case. Tho Stato police, commanded by Major John C. Groome, of Philadelphia, nro co operating with the local police and private guards of big munition plants throughout Pennslvnnla to protect these works. The four troops, each flfty-llie strong In addi tion to olllcers, are scattered In tho State, with headquarters nt Wyoming, near WHkes-Baric; Pottsvllle, Butler and Ureenslmnr "The .State police are prepaied for every emeigency," Kilil Major Groome. "Our am irk now Is n general surveillance of territory where tho men me acquainted, our theory being that more can bo accom plished by s-eatterlng the forces than by toucentratlns them ill ono or ceeral places." , H was reported In maritime circles to day that the German crews of the Hamburg American liners Prlnz Oskar and Rhaetla, moored at tho Christian 'Jtreet wharf, had dismantled the engines t-o that It would require months to repiir them Tho re port could not bo verlllcd, as no ono was allowed gn bmnl tho ships The ciews are at liberty to damage tho engines, according to Collector of tho Port Berry, becauso the ships me private prop el ty In charge of the crews Ho added that his authority did not go further than keep ing tho vessels under observation to pnuont their being blown up or sunk In the haibor contrary to law. For that reason tho cus toms guaids stationed on the pier mado no moo to Investigate tho truth of the leport William J. Clothier has announced that the men who served at Plattsburg last sum mer will rcoele notice within the next few days as to how they can sero the Govern ment In case war Is declared. Hoy1 Scout officials in this city nlso havo announced that 4600 scouts could bo mo bilized here for duty within a few hours. Thee would not bear arms, but could be very useful In Red Cross, hospital and other work. It wns said A big mass-meeting Intended ns a dem onstration of Philadelphia's patriotism and ns n pointed warning to any who are dis loyal Is being planned In this city The Chamber of Commerce will name a "Council of Defense" of fifteen representative man ufacturers who will give all necessary co operation to the Government. It Is planned to hold the mass-mectlng cither In the Academy of Music or In the Metropolitan Opera Houso. GERMAN CLERKS LOSE Granted "Leaves of Absence" by Trust Company Xi:W YOBK, Feb. 7 The Guaranty Trust Company has given Indefinite leave of absence with pay to fifteen Germans em ployed in Its foreign department, pending the outcome of the break between tho iTnii,i stales and Germany. All the men, with possibly one or two exceptions, havo taken out first naturalization papers and expect to become American citizens nt the end of their five-year probation period. "For reasons of neutrality," was the explanation given by an official of the com pony. "We did not Relieve It good policy. In the event of trouble between the United States and Germany, to have In our offices persons known to be of German birth. By this Is meant no reflection on the char acter of the- men themselves." HOLD WOMAN AS FORGER Registers at Hotel nnd Is Accused of Passing Worthless Checks riTTSTOX, Ta.. Feb. 7. Anna Ilaigan, aged twenty, Is under arrest here charged with forging- checks, which several mer chants cashed, The check signatures were "Anna McDonald." The young woman was registered at one of the leading hotels and when her room was searched several checks were found made out to merchants In vari ous parts of the Wyoming Valley. Fred Itlnus, of this city, was also ar rested by the police, the assertion being that ha and the girl consplreu to pass ins w li cheeks. The clrl says she had , Influenced by Itlnus. Both havo been',) s EVENING LEDGE-a HITJADEIHIA; WEDESD&Y, nny of ISCW tork.i mimprnns vi'mluds shows members of Iho Srrnml Xnvnl are inquiring the reasons for the presence of the vehicle before searching it for nny bombs that may be hidden, 50 VESSELS SUNK BY U-BOATS SINCE FEBRRUARY 1; TOTAL TONNAGE 98,413 SINCE Febru. Germany's announcement of runry 1, the followinp; results in REPORTED SUNK TODAY Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. Saxon Uriton. British i:i:i7 Azul, British 3071 Vestra, British 1021 Crown Point, British G218 Lorton, Peruvian l-llil Total reported sunk today 12.0G9 REPORTED SUNK YESTERDAY Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. Port Adelaide. British 8181 Floridian, British 4777 Wartenfcls, British 451 1 Cliftonian. British 4H0;i Warley Pickering, British.... 419(1 Cercra, Russian 3512 Palmleaf, British. 320(5 Total reported sunk yesterday Total reported sunk today Total reported sunk yesterday Previously reported sunk Total tonnage sunk since February 1 SUMMARY OF American Other neutrals. 1 20 WOULD CHANGE MILLS INTO WAR WORKSHOPS Reading Could Furnish Weap ons, Ammunition, Food and Clothing RI3ADIXG. Ta., Feb. 7 If tho United States declares war this city will become ono of the chief workshops of the nntlon Its Industrial plants will furnish nil kinds of war munitions, food supplies, weapons, ammunition and clothing. Dig guns, shrnp nel, rifle barrels, castings for gun car riages and warships, textile goods, under wear, hosiery nnd sweaters In enormous quantities can be supplied from this city nnd vicinity at short notice. Heading Is ono of tho few cities In the Union that have not directly been engaged In making war supplies, outside of textiles, during the war, but It can quickly change Its output. Its machine shops, foundries and textile plants, busy now to tho limit on domestic orders, are leady at a few days' notice, to begin supplying tho Government with almost nnythlng needed for the army and navy, nnd mott of the heads of big plants here would volunteer to let the Gov ernment uso them without profit, local business men say, In the event of war. JVrht A v i (1 assortment with ribbon various sty cs link bracelets. Worthy of mention is a solid 11-kt. gold octagonal watch, with reliable jeweled movement on a band of black moire ribbon $5. S. Kind & Sons, DIAMOND MnnCHANTS Mw ITS BRIDGES t'opyrlcht. American Prem Association. without first coiner thronph n ricrlu Ttattnlinn stnnninir nn mitomnhiln on her new blockade order, to take effect tho war zone have been announced: Thor II, Norwegian 2141 Snngal. Norwegian 208!) Bclford. British 1005 Wasdale. Norwegian . . . Rigel, Norwegian Bravalla, Swedish Tnmara, Norwegian . . . , 185G 1771 1553 453 . . . . 4 1,457 12,009 44,457 41,887 98,413 SHIPS SUNK British 25 Other belligerents. 4 RURAL PROGRESS BODY TO STUDY LIVING COSTS Pennsylvania Association Will Dlscus3 Relations of Consumers and Producers of Food Important problems In tho relations be tween producers nnd consumers of food prod ucIm nro being studied today nt the sixth annual meeting of tho Pennsylvania Itural Progress Association. Tlio afternoon sit ting In Houston Hall wns addressed by John J. Dillon, chief of tho department oT foods nnd markets of Xew York Stato, one of the foremost nuthoritles on food prob lems In tho United Stales. lr. t'lde I King, of tho University of Pennsylvania, chairman of tho trl-Stnte milk commission, and aifford Plnchot, presl-duit-elcct of tho association, nlso spoke, Tho evening session will he held at the C'ltv Club, 313 South Broad street. In con nection with tho annual dinner. Mrs Hdlth nillcott Smyth, retiring president, will pre side Among tho guests will be C. C. Harrison, former provost of tho University of Penn sjlvanla; Franklin Brewer, Charles F Junkln, Mrs. Henry Pcmberton, Miss Mary Ingham. J. II. Llpplncott. John McSparran, master of tho Pennsjlvanla State Grange, and Frank Wllletts, president of the In lerstato Milk Producers' Asroclatlon. Morris T. Philips, of tho Philips Farms nt Pomeroy, will tnlk on the farmers' re sponsibility for tho rising cost of living: Mrs. Xevada D. Hitchcock, chairman of tho homo economics committee of tho Civic Club, will speak. HSatcher in or 1110 Chestnut St. JEWKLURS SILVEItSMITHS &mdalm Room Sizes During the month of February we will continue our speoial offer ings of Oriental Rugs. These comprise practically every desirable size and weave and, in many instances, are priced greatly below the present cost of import. Small Rugs A special assortment of small nnd medium sizes consisting of Kurdistans, Daghestans, Mossiuls, etc., nt about whole sale cost ranging in prices from 528 to $35 MardwiciTIVIageeCo. 1220 Market Street . EEBRTOltY ?, FOUR BRITISH SHIPS SUNK; TWO MEN DIE Captain and 14 Men of Crew Landed U-Boats Show In creasing Activity LONDON. Feb. 7. Two persons aboard the Ilrltlsh steam ship Saxon Uriton wero killed when that boat was sunk by a submarine today. Tho captain and fourteen members of his crew were safely landed. Twelve were sur'v Ivors of the Ilrltlsh steamship Azul, nlso reported sunk. Tho Hrltish steamships Vestra nnd Crown Point were oHlclally reported sunk today. Tho bark lirton has been sunk by u sub marine. The crew has reached shoie safely. The Saxon Hrltnn was nn Iron-screw steamship of 133? tons, built In 18S3, legis tered at Grangemouth. KngJ.md, nnd tho properly of tho Kerse Steamship Company. Tho A7Ul was a steel-screw steamship of 3071 tons, built In 18JS, icglslered at Lon don nnd tho ptoperty of tho Humus AIlcl Great Southern Hallway Company. The Vestra was a steel-sciew steamship of 1021 tons, registered nt flrangrmouth. and owned by J T. Salvesen & Co. Tho Crown Point was a steel-screw steam ship of B2I8 toll", leglsleied at Liverpool, and owned by Norfolk and Noith American Steam Shipping Companv Tho Lorlon was an old sleel vessel of 1419 gross tons. She wns built In 1SSS nt HelfnM. Sbo was the property of F fl. Plngglo and was registered nt Callao, Peru. ONE DEAD, TWO DYING, RESULT OF JOY RIDE Chorus Girls Fatally Hurt and Their Companion Killed in Riverside Drive Crash NLW YOtlK. Feb. 7 Hobert Barber, of tho n.irber Steamship Company, was killed and two chorus girl companions i ero prob ably fatally Injured on Illversido Drlvo early today when llarber's car crashed Into the limousine of Mrs. Bessie Abott Story, opera singer Mrs. Story was but slightly shaken Bar ber, whose father founded tho Barber Stenmshlp Company, was thrown twenty feet against an Iron railing nnd died shortly afterwnida In a hospital. Madeline Smithy twenty, n cabaret singer, nnd Ylnv Hnmon, twenty years old, n show girl, with whom Barber started on a joy ride from Churchill's restaurant, nro raid to be dylnif. Tho chauffeurs of both cars wero held by tho police, with n chargo of homicide against them. BE oa DOT They're the same yet different. They're both hats-on-heads. Don't judge by externals. Several kinds of tobacco come in tins. VELVET tobacco is put up in tins. But that doesn't make it like other kinds. The finest selected leaf from Kentucky's richest Burley fields is only the beginning of VELVET. Then a full two years' ageing in" wooden hogsheads a matter of large storage and investment exnense. an SES in MB ra am EV3 1121 an KM- Htl !fi)t7 TOWNS MAY CONTEST STATE HEALTH ORDER Contend That Installation of Sewage Disposal Plants Jlqans Bankruptcy HA'LKTON, !'.. Feb. 7 Haileton. Freeland, McAdoo, Wentherly, Berwick nnd other towns throughout tho northeastern section of Penns) Ivanla say they will be bankrupt If they are forced to comply with the, orders of Dr. Samuel (1, Dixon, head of the State Department of Health, regard ing the Installation of sewage disposal plants Hint the construction of supplementary sew nge systems one to care for tegular houso drainage nnd the other for cariylng off water fioin storms and snows. It Is estimated that an outlay of from 1700,000 to JSOO.OOO will he required In Hntleton to meet the demands of Doctor Dlxnu nnd proportionate amounts In the smaller municipalities. Orders for surveys on the sewerage sys tems nnd disposal plants were received somo years ago, nnd January 1 was set ns the time for filing most of them nt Harris burg. Harlelon has had men from Its engineer ing department on these plans for the last four years nnd the work Is not yet finished, Doctor Dixon has been Informed that they won't be ready until July. There Is a dis position among some of the third-class cities February Sale of Office Furniture ONE of many specials in this sale ia this deskof selected quartered oak top and panels, 6 drawers, sanitary design, 60 by 34 inches. Many other desirable pieces of Office Furniture in this February sale at reduced prices tables, desks, 'chairs, etc. Tnls 3J K0 Mat Top nk M'KCMI. AT SiO.30 :V5Wj-'.v..')3S A number 8 hat may . cover a mighty in tellect or it may cover a plain case of big head. llt Then a careful manufac turing method employing the widest experience of life-long tobacco men. What goes into the tin governs the pipe satisfaction that comes ' out of it. And we believe yom will prefer VELVET to any .other pipe tobacco at any price. 10c Tins 5c Metal-lined Bags One Pound Glass Humidors ) '-a, fTM ot the 8tt to fkht Deeter Disc the courts on the rround that Mm a plants will necessitate such blr aomert- tlons (hat the bonded debt will be erectly exceeded. ' , The object ot Doctor Dixon It lo about purification of the rivers, which V'i -i recelvo the sewage from hundreds of clllM and thousands of rmaller communities. , Sewage from Ilazleton nnd the neVrbjA -centers finds Its way Into the Leh'lh, an4 ;' Susquehanna rivers. These stream !.. carry off the Immenso quantities of lutphur water thnt Is pumped from the anthracite' , coal mines. " '.j In Butler Valley, one of the prettttst tis$ tlons In this part of the State, the Neseo- If, peck creek, a large stream, has been caaf laminated for nearly thirty years by nil . ' iilitir water from the famous Jeddo tunnl. . 1 that etj(ptles tho mines of the O. B. MarklV.c ' Company, the largest Individual anthraclt 'Jt3 IIlllllllK vuitv-ciii mv r vitu,. Alio lUlMlO runs inrouRii n inuummu lor nearly ten ml I4 and has enabled the MarJila Com'1 pany to do away with pumpa. l Unlontown Rector Arrested UNIONTOW.V, Ta., Feb. 7. The Re .1 1). Kreshka, pastor ot the Russian Ortho dox Greek Cathollo Church, Was arrested on a chargo of larceny by bailee. He was accused by one of tho church trustee with keeping property of tho church. A suit for $20,000 damages for alleged slander also was Instituted against the clergyman by George Herdar, a trustee, who alleged that Mr. Kreshka In his sermon accused him, of misappropriating tho church funds. 34 and 36 South 15th St. omre Furniture Department miN0vj'f0RvTlIRTrTCe rV.3 of J ,.v.u m i j . A " ,,a i- r.fl -t it : '' .K i,i- . .- X.... ; .vO unuw iwu iur uwi. i X'y , A?s f - . . . riMrf &l friiASv l f i xtfs.y. , t! ,' "T5SU rj i'ku. SfiSvW