rO-)i f.'va tf ! .t" s " t 'I ') M' i i i4t aw V IjZj )' Town & SOCIETY and FOR seventy years it has Jtccn the policy of the publishers to make TOWN & COUNTIIY worth the full subscription price, without, premiums. Today it outranks in quality and prestige nity illastratcd periodical in the world and the subscription price per coyIs the lowest of any class paper published. H i $5.00 a Year - 36 Issues - 25c a Copy Send 92.00 with tills ailvcrtlsr-inrnt for llio next fifteen (IS) lames five months. 1 1 THE STUYVESANT CO,., (1 . PROBE BILL SHIFT BALKED BY HOUSE f Attempt to Amend Sproul Meas ure Thwnrted by Large Majority - . linn h iir i n ni n im SJ, Original Plan to Investigate Governor Ei Will Be Adopted by Assembly pjr By a Staff UOTTtsponarni ; HAItniSDURQ, Feb 13 with tno f Tare-Brumbaugh members of the Housn wuhk wim cue icinuro imwn .. . the Sprout resolution to Investigate Qov- rnor urumbaugn ana me aepaninrmn u &3 Senate all efforts to amend the measure CS. SI failed tn the lower branch of the l.eglsla-E4w-i Representative Wilson H .Sarlg of '( perks, offered the same amendment that M was offered by feenator Washers, of York i, .vtn the Senate !X,Clf Speaker Baldwin ruled that the amend- ! amd nn the nte on bis rulliiE the House fK,J"tooa 148 to 44 to sustain him Seen of &' " the tnirty-seven Democratic inemuers ui J the House voted to sustain Halcluln A second effort to amend the probe meas ure, was then made by Ilepresenntlve Charles Walters, of Franklin. Ills amend ment -would hao made tho proposed com mission report to the Legislature not liter than May 1 next. Instead or June 1. as the wsolutlon now reads AMENDMENTS LOSE A debate that was as hot as the one oer the Sarlg amendments ensued, with Repre sentative George W Williams, of Tioga ! s, f, seconding the Walters nmendment, nnd Jicp- V It ...I. - 1 lL T3.. nf Tlhltn.l.U phla, opposing it. Tho second amendment ' if was yoted down, 113 to 82 7, fr Every member from Philadelphia oted S it'Mialnst both amendments it WH1 f.....l BA.a1i.tt... n n .. miAl U .HAI til Ej y rder for 11 -SO o clock upon motion of t 4 Xepresentatlv e Cox, Philadelphia, seconded ' y Representative Beyer Cox was the l' X Vare-Brumbaugh candidate for Speaker and fi, Beyer Is the Penrose floor leader ' The measure was on tho cnlendir for 1 1fc. Second reading, and any efforts to amend ! had to be made today Milf As soon as 'the resolution was caiiea Aspresentative Sarlg, the Democratic floor pH Ukder. Introduced the so-callca wasners 44Tjj.Bien.ameni. ,?? flarlc- khIiI hnt he "wanted to call the felfift Wuff of the two Republican factions f$jl , WANTS FULL. PROBE K'. IT 1k. man nn In, ..tlffntlnn lfi hnth i u ificji .c, nit , n..n""" -- -" ,KJflo h Invest hrntnd." lie said "I believe : ''t$ that the time has come when tho people of BVT ?' Pennsylvanal want to know If talk of an - l.M.B0-fltlftn l nit n hlnff T rnll ttlA lltllff Javt'W right now, and If we want an lnestlgntlon ft, W let us pass the amendment i nae miro ily. D need. fi 1J( "The Governor has lrtually served notice Sl !? an us that he will not sign tho Sproul reso Ku jif lutlon in Its present form, and 1 don't think 5tn 'I'i. hva jtAttlfl wa am I Aiiai Vila tatn " - r J -ii WO MUIU yODil lb it UIO I t Vf -Hi" wnen nepreseniaiivo sang nua con - ,iriuded. Beyer ralBed the same point or 3 j It rdr that was raised by Senator Sproul It In UIO upper UIUIli;il inni nven, ucvigli inn 3.1. that 4h nmnn.Ml nmnnilmAlit wnn lltimn. l"? T Tl K..MlfnMl mb I. nmnBAt I., tnturrnta .njt lUUllUlldli p,w,uovM w uv&e.i.u ), legislative functions to a commission not ,.".! ewmposed of members of the Legislature !, Representative Goodwin, Venango, also I argued that "this legislature cannot trans fer Its powers to any other bony r, CALLED INQUISITION Representative Laucks, York, argued that 1ke proposed commission was an Inqulsi- sir tonal and not a legislative ooay SDeaker Baldwin then decided that the "jiliw tnenament was out oi oraer, just as beau !vtonant Governor McClaln had decided a f?W ' . . .. - .. .... - . t-vMk aero. Sarlc then aDDcaled from the Il,'.-h'lt?A.nl.lon of the chair. rVuu The vote on the second amendment that jfV-waa offered, the Walters amendment, is P?Cfl regarded as the test vote in tne House on AlfTi ttk niwiria nntr InsiiPAi (Via flnnl rta aa irA nf Lttie Investigation measure by the House l "INVISIBLE GOVERNMENT" DENOUNCER BY PENROSE Joins Gallinger in Resenting Being Left Out in Revenue Bill Conference J ' . T&M WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 Senator Gal 3jMngr, the Republican leader, Senator m'-Boles Penrose, of Pennsylvania, and Sen- rator Lodge, of Massachusetts, expressed terU.thetr indignation in tne senate toaay at ,fjfh vinvislDie uovernmeiiL inetnuus ul tne democratic majority or tne Finance com- , mlttui In fmmlnt, th rinna hill 0re4The bill was reported favorably today by Ln DCItKtUt wiiimiVHo, , iu.v.s a."iwiii4H .iiii - f tn of the committee. jferenator Penrose Immediately gae notice t,frfcfe minority would submit a dlsaentlng re- xU h'he minority was not InWted to the i WAdHnfl An thA hltl nnrl T nm ftrt tiurn that ''( w vmilrl havA hpfn flrtmltt!." mnA Pn. h Kim YXTa waM altitjrufl Kli tnrn mlnntoM S.1 W BCS llio uuvoiuv wa iv va?u v A U41I VOL compiainuiK tun geuing eori. oi cai- kriwed to such procedure." vFenroae also denounced the Democratic eus "held in secret on the Sabbath fell. If I want to get any lesson In alitv I won't ro to the Senator from Bi1fovltt rciuricu oviiuiur oimmuns, :ks up bank heads " 'fAND MAKES $30,000 HAUL f, kd Robber Holds Up Two Officials f Louisiana Institution for Rich Ll ' ' T.nnt rii - ... fWJijNSBOUO, t-a, Feu. is. A masked 'Beta up tne yiTanaun ataie lianK night' and forced' "Vice President rick and Judge S. B. Holsteln to the vault and pasa out sacks full of The robber locked the vault and escaped. It Is reported that at $.Ma was , stolen, although bank tliM-ia1 tamake any statement j ,r. Country COUNTRY LIFE West l()ttt St., New York SUGAR FROM BOSTON Shipload Already Rushed licves Stringency Materiull More on the Way He- Return nf Hie sugar market l not mil i Indlrattd twlav In "tatemnnts tstieil li suear men after a tour of the iclliiern and Investigation nf conditions Prediction mat normal conditions would prevail within a week nude bv .t tep reentatlvo of H S Horer and Son su.tr broker", who sild that boatloads nf mikui being rushed bete from Boston would re lieve the situation ' hugar Is coming here from H stoti sild this ofllclal 'Ino fntt one boatload has nlread arrived 1 am udvlsing niv ins tomer' not to Imv moio sugar than ihe need for them Is good promise that tho shortage will be telleved wltlun a weeks time I visited the plant of the Mrfjhdti Compinv todn and soino of the strikers havo returned Tho Pennsylvania hugai Itellnlng Coinpanv has put In strike brnkers and has I understand an output of mom than a thousand barrels u d.iy alreidv Albert T Ink head of the pavtoll de partment of the Pennsjlvanll Sugnr Com pm said todHv 'Our dnv force Is now running normal Willi 450 men and we will start u night shift tonight I .believe that the back of the strike is broken nnd that before the end of the week our refinery will be run ning full capacltv The report Is untrue that the clerks nnd bookkeepers of tho Pennsylvania Company helped to unload a cargo of raw sugar This may have hap pened at the Spreckels refinerv whloh Is an Independent concern Thn strikers today denied tlmt any nf thtlr number were returning to work Thev declared It was a fight to tho finish and they would not return to work until their full demands had been granted which in cludes an Incerasa of five cents an hour, double pay -for overtime and Sunday off It was reported today that Patrick Gil day of the Mato Department of Labor, would come to Philadelphia 'o attempt to arbitrate the differences between the re finers and sugar workers The rerlnerH siy they have raised tho wages of their employes at least fifty per rent since the war began, and Insist that the present de mands aro excessive Tho stevedores who went on a sympathetic strike are still re fusing to unload raw sugar destined for tho refiners. Chain stores and other grocer marts throughout tho city are still selling sugar for "Ight and one-half cents a pound many grocers In tho outlying sections nro getting s high at fifteen cents a pound BLANKENBURGRIDICULES C0UNCILMANIC PROBE Ex-Mayor Regards Printing of Report as "Crime" in View of High Cost of Paper Ex-Mavor Blankenburg todiv said the councilmanlo committee which Investigated the workings of the civil service In his ad ministration committed nn economical crlmo In printing its report bceing that white paper costs so much The committee which some call the Iexo committee will submit Its report to Coun cils Thursday Principally It attacks the way Morris L Cooke ran tho Department nf Public Works nnd it nlso siys tint the Shern law was used by Mr. Blankenburg s directors, "at least one of them, to keep olTlceholders In politics rather than out Mr. Cooke Is convalescing In the South from a severe attack of pneumonia Mr Blankenburg himself has Just reiovered from the grip, nnd reading the report was like a tonic to hlni Ho observed Jocularly that It ought to be put on the stage as part of a minstrel ho Alt through the reading nf It he i buckled stopping at timet to observe that 'Its taken them a vear to find out these things," meaning that nothing was In the report or they've got their dites wrong; they say I appointed Cooke December 11, when the fact is I mmed him the diy I took otllce on tho fourth ' When he finished the reading nnd the humor of It, as It appeared to him, passed, he observed serloul 'Tho whole investigation and Its result nre nothing but nbsurd I didn t even know the committee hid been i rented I was in California at the tlmo tho report sijs It was named but 1 would hive liked to have been a witness before it "I want to say cmp-iUknlly ngaln that there was no j olltlos In any department during my admlnlstiatlon Such dismis sals as were mado were made for cause The civil service rules were observed to their last letter "The whole report Isn t worthy of notice The Investigation was mado for n purpose, but has absolutely railed to establish what the Inquisitors were after 1 sny again, It is entltely absurd " Then Mr Blankenburg made his com ment that ihe high cost of paper ought to have prevented the printing of such a report. AMERICAN BREAD CHEAP IN IRELAND, SAYS RAINEY Illinois Congressman Lays High Prices Here to Bakers' and Millers' Conspiracy WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 Bread made out of Minneapolis flour at Jtl a barrel Is selling cheaper today In Ireland than bread made out of the same flour In the United States before the present Increased prices of bread, Representative Ilalney, of Illinois, today declared In a letter to the Secretary of Agriculture, Ilalney declared there was a conspiracy by the Master Bakers' Association of the United States and the wheat millers to prevent passage of the bill repealing the tax on mixed flour, cornstarch, corn flour and wheat flour also a concerted effort on their part to boost the price of bread throughout the country. , (w'BsJiMy says he will tel the ., Federal nasam saioa an asiaiM in lis invests ' : PENROSE LAUNCHES FIGHT IN LEGISLATURE ON SMITH RULE HARRISBURG, Feb. 13. SENATOR PENROSE has assumed the role of "reformer" in his program of legislation, which wn. announced here today. , , Tho first of his bills, most of which aro nimed at the administration or Mnvor Thomas B. Smith, will bo introduced in the House today. The 'nti'-p Ponrnqo legislative, program, which is the most comprehensive the senior Senator has supported or advocated ai yet, includes the following bills: To equalize assessments of realty. To reduce the size of tho Board of Education, giving to the Mayor of Philadelphia power to appoint the board. To make the City Solicitor of Philadelphia an appointive office. To give to the city of Philadelphia authority to do its own street cleaning. A smaller City Council of one house. To abolish the county offices and combine the citjr and county govern ments. To take awav from the Judges the power to grant liquor licenses and give this power to an excise commission. To abolish the magistrates. To eliminate the assistance to voters' clause from the general election laws. A readjustment of the civil service laws. To prohibit political ncttvity by municipal officeholders. To prohibit the solicitation of campaign funds. Representative Frederick Bejer. of Philadelphia, will introduce eight measures todnv nq the first cIToit on the part of Pcnroe to legislate against the city administration. The measures he will introduce will include a resolution to investigate Hie ptcent Civil Service Commission of Philadelphia. The other measures me the following Two amendments to the Stnte Constitution that would abolish the present magistrate sjstem nnd give the Municipal Court the powers now held by the magistrates Two bills to eliminate the .issis-tniuc to voters' clause. lull t. owi-i tho civil sofviro laws to take tho poluc out of politics. Two bills to prohibit political activity by officeholders and the solicitation ot lampaign lumls. The bills were drawn by the Philadelphia Charter Revision Committee nnd the first batch of them was brought to Hamsburg by former Director of Public Safety George D.'Portei. SALOON FOES REJECT GIBBONEY AS LEADER Thirty-fourth Ward Committee Also Refuses to Deal With Law and Order Society n i limn Jibbone head nf the Law and Older S-oclet) will no loifger lead th anti-saloon fights In West Philadelphia A rerplest has been sent to the West Philadel phia Ministerial Association by the execu tive rommltteo of tho Home Protective As sociation of the Thirty-fourth Want asking that (ilbboney no longer be permitted to represent thn association In license fights The ministers were asked tn file future re monstrances In person and to avoid the Lnw and Order Sorletj The Home Protective Association was or gnnlzed to fight tho saloon which lodges Barrett and Divls allowed to be trans ferred to Sixtieth street nnd Lansdowne nvenue The executive committee is com posed of from tno to four member from each of tho fourteen churches In the ward The West Philadelphia ministers In sev eral remonstrances against the proposed sa loon transfers In that section of thn cltv have been represented by 1) I'laience Gib boney He represented thn Tlilrtj -fourth Ward remonstrants In their light against Michael .1 Burke" transfer at Sixtieth and Lansdowne avenue, until it became known that Glbbohey was president of the build ing nnd loan association which negotiated the sale of the propel t occupied hj tho saloon Actions lias nlo been taken toward ap pealing to tho Superior Court from the de cision of Judge Shoemaker who refused to grant a preliminary Injunction More than J200 has been raised for the flRht Appointed to Berth nn Survey Bureau Director Dalesman of the Department nf Public Works, today appointed lloritlo B Moclear 221 ! Amber street to the pasl tlon of rodman In the Buirau of Survjs salary $800 a year I City News in Brief AN TTrK 11V TIIIIKF. Ml on l- thons Iluvck thlrtv -eight jcars of "itlli North Third street, with Intent to rob him according to the police of the Front and Westmoreland streets station, resulted In their at rest They were held without ball for court bv Magistrate Wrlglcv Thev gave their names as Christian Wetzel nineteen vears 153 West Tioga street. Mek Madgie twent-sK vears of 3416 North Palethorp street and Kdward Paul, nineteen ear of 26J West Cornwall street BURNS ON Till: 1 ( I. nnd hrnd loilm resulted .In the death of .Sarah Cohen ten icaf3 olfl. of Norman J . at the Penn sylvania Hospital She was plavlng cs terday near the kitchen of her home when her clothes were Ignited HUH IDF. Ill' (1 S was attempted lit n drew Lasos, nf Master street, above Twcutv ninth Ho was revived by phvslclans of tho German Hospital '1 he man had nailed up the door tn prevent It being foiced and police of the Tent -eighth and Oxford streets station battered It down llOTVKV. ( I t II Ollsi'.ltV r.s hullrs night with a dinner-dance In the Bellcvue-Strat-ford Stewart C McFarland governor of District 1 International Association of Rotary Clubs delivered an address on rotar More than COO persons were pres ent Gi:uviAN-vir.iiicN ciiutm iivi.i. will be held tonight In the Academv of Music under the nusplees of the Mnenner chor of Philadelphia Thu grand march will be led bv Director of Public Safety Wilson and Mrs Wilson IIWIMONI I llti: rOMI'ANl. which boasted of a membership of 1400 in the das of the volunteer fire brigades held a reunion In n restaurant at 1B34 South sueet Tho men present were John R. Green Samuel McCellan John McPherson, Richard O Donnell Frank McCluskey, J T Cunningham William Penn Smith, John English, James C Wllhelm, Charles Gray and John Nelllns PURE FRESH PAINT Believe Me 'HA Cheap painting is poor economy. We never do cheap painting, but we do quality work at very reasonable prices. Get our (imaf no-obligation Kuehnle PAINTER m llS.l6thSt,.U3 , . STATE WILL TAX WAR PROFITS FOR REVENUE Measure Will Be Used in Raising .$10,000,000 for Roads and Schools Bv a Staff Corrrftporfrf H A It R I S BURG Feb 13 - Munition plants and corporations that have been pay ing unusuallv large dividends during the last vcai and n half will be levied upon for an Increase of 110,000 000 which the proposed new "levenue commission' must find for the additional appropriations for roads and schools A majority of the members of the pro posed commission which Is composed of the chairmen of the Finance Committee of the Senate the Ways and Means Com mittee of the House and the Appropria tions Roads and Kducatlon Committees of both branches, held an all-day conference estcrday and decided to tax the war mu nition plants In the State and the utilities corporations that have been paving un t sually large dividends during the European war In order to obtain the 110,000,000 that Is needed to meet the demands 'Ihe proposed Sproul nmendment to the State Constitution which would ghe the State authority to float a loan of 150,000, 000 for good roads, cannot be voted upon for at least two ears and until It Is voted upon the Legislature must find rev enue sufficient to meet the demands of the good roads program. The appropriations that will bo granted this session, according to present plans, In clude an Increase of approximately $5,000, 000 annually for roads and for education, BANKERS OPPOSE BILL TO TAX EXCESS PROFITS Group No. 2 of Pennsylvania Associa tion Protests AgainBt Proposed Measure Adopt Resolution Vicoious opposition to the revenue bill providing for nn eight per cent tax on In comes showing inoic than $5000 profit, has been expressed in resolutions by 200 mem bers of group No 2 Pennsylvania Bank ers' Association The members represented many banking institutions In Bucks, Berks, Montgomer) Chester, Delaware and Schulklll Counties. The rcsolut'on was adopted after a short hut bitter discussion The following officers were elected: Chairman, Charles B. Scott. Bristol, Term ers National Bank of Bucks County ; sec retarv and treasurer, W. H. Koliler. Ma hanoy City Union National Bank of Ma lnnoy City: executive committee, W. K. Terrv First National Bank of Perkasle ; William F Wilson, Hatboro National Hank: 13 H Doan, National Bank of Coatesvlllo, C Percy Wilson, Swarthmore National Bank, and C N. Klein. Pottsvllle, Union Savings Deposit Company, COAL As we have always done, we are taking care of our regular Coal cus tomers. Where there is serious need, we can spare a lit tle Coal of certain sizes to non - customers. If persons in such need will send a wagon or other vehicle to the yards named below they can obtain the sizes named in not pver half ton lots: 26th and' Spruce Egg Coal 47th and Girard Ave. Nut Coal 22d and Westmoreland Nut Coal 9th and Jefferson Nut Coal Frankford, Tucker & Jame SU. Nut and Pea Coal J! COMPANY ..... i. -. . . iii PLAN TO SMOTta OPTION BILLS FAILS Foes, Who Planned Quick Death, Decide Jto Grant Hearing ARGUMENTS ON MARCH 21 ?! a Staff Correspondent .. HARRISBURG, Feb. 13 -The Repul, tv local option bill, and havo agreed at. least to hold a public hearing on tho meas- ""pen their arrival here last night I her ..... .i..hJai. tUnir iil nil tn Kill tHO aeciara iu uiiu" V ' V bill without fo much as a hearing - t. il in Viaan sf fl ft Infl Wednesday, aiarcii ., '"",?, ; ,,,,, date for the public hearing It wl be held In the hall of the House and all of tho local option organizations will have op portunity to urge the passage of the bill The bill will probably come out of the JW and Order Committee this week and then he recommitted until after the hear- "Representative Vlckerman, who Intro duced the bill, said today. "The people of Pcnnsjlvnnla were In no temper to stand for the proposed railroad ing of the local option bill nnd I think thev demonstrated that to the complete satis faction of an one wllh slnlstei motives with respect to this legislation I was amared at the number of protests that poured In here tn members nf the House Under the clrcumstaii-es It would have been an easy matter to have upset anv unfair tactics resorted to fecores of members who mnv not support the bill on final passage could not have supported any scheme to smother It nnd I was assured of m.inv more than enough votes to gain our point I am now advised that thn hearing will be arranged to the satisfaction of that great mass of people of the State who think this bill should become a law I believe It will be the greatest demonstration on this sub ject we have ever had In the State IRISH TO FIGHT. IF NEEUKH Hibernians Offer Services in the Event of War Irish brigades to fight for the Lulled States will be raided among the members of the nclent Order of Hibernians In this State In the event of war, according to resolutions adopted bv that organization The resolutions called upon all members of tho order of military age to enroll. If pos sible, in battalions In the event of war Ac cording to Judge Bonnlwell, thore are 17 000 Hibernians In Philadelphia, and of these he said, probably 12,000 are of military age The number of members of military age In the State has been estimated at 80,000 .Airs. Oakley Cancels Lecture Owing to a severe cold, Mrs Imogen B Oakley has found It necessary to cancel her talk on Japan before the Faculty Tea Club this afternoon She expects to go to Haiti more on Tuesday, February 27 to speak on the noise ordinance before tho Civic League rtDTYLE," said a famous Frenchman, " i s the ,man him self!" 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Am going to get two more Autocars in the Rnrinrr SCHlJYLKHLICEtOYER AFFECTS WATER TASTE Objectionable, Gnssy Flavor in West Philadelphia Can't Be Cured Now As long as the Schuylkill River remains solidly frozen over the water furnished West Philadelphia will have an objection able, gassy taste. Last fall decaying vege table substances, formed during a drought, made the water unfit for drink. Now a heavy coating of Ice, !y pennlijg in the water nnd keeping it from cleansing con tact with oxv gen In tho air. bids fair to accomplish the same result Kvery time the upper reaches of the fcchuvlklll River are frozen over the supply of water Is made objectionable, and after a long freezo such rs tho present one tho water becomes charged with gases, which nlthough not dangerous In themselves are nnvthlng but pleasing to the tnste Chief Carleton IJ Davis, ot the Bureau of Water, today received numerous com plaints from residents of West Philadelphia, but was unpble to promise any relief until a thaw shall start the Ice moving down stream He patiently explained that the gases affecting the taste of the water, which first mado their appearance three or four dnvs ago, were occasioned by the "bottling up of the stream by the heavy Ico coat The gases, ho said would be released more rpncklv In boiling water, but no nnaea tnat no real relief would be obtained until the present cold snap wns ended nnd tho stream was once more running free of Ice Thn West Philadelphia water supply Is most affected by weather conditions he cause It Is drawn from the Schuylkill River a stream greatly Inferior In size to thn Delaware the source of the water supply furnished most other sections of the city At no time this winter has the Delaware been frozen over for more than a day or so along that section lying north of the city that Is tapped by the Intakes at Torresdale and the ljirdntr s Point pumping station NOW THE "HREVKFAST DANCE" Chicago University Freshmen Get It Up Oatmeal Displaces Frappe CHICAGO Feb IS Enter the breakfast dance Freshmen at the L'ntversitv of Chicago have Introduced the new function lis first presentation will be next Saturdav morning Also they plan to replace the well-known dance refreshment frappe with oatmeal Progress in ny tne iioimes organization, consti tutes a complete andup-to-datc service for the protection of your property. HOLMES ELECTRIC PROTECTIVE COMEANY 8lZ'CHESTNUTSl telrWalnut 6lh Amethyst February Birthstone An extensive stack of pretty jewelry, artistically mounted with Amethysts acceptable February birthday gifts. Rings Hrooclics Bracelets Bar Pins Studs La Vallicics Scarf Pins Link Buttons S. Kind & Sons, DIAMOND MERCHANTS GOES TO CHESTER TWICE A DAY LINDEBERGH GETS A Wfel TO OBTAIN EVIDENCE House Committee Not Impressed Ki' tn. ri...... a i i t, . u i mo uui.iKci .ivKimisi reaeral Reserve Board WASHINGTON", Feb. l.-Aft,P K pr A iiiiiiiih,! j iiri.iiuas luufcijr m IIOUS Jii(H 4 'rlarv f!nrnmlttA env Tnpani.iiu . rl ' : " vfHiauTi wnd. " hrrsh. nf Minnesota., nnnth ..l i ... s Impeachment proceedings brought fcy hm is against the members of the Federal R. H serve noaro. t.lndeberffh mod. nn imf.MMci. . -"nuiu imprei. (1 slon before the committee today. RepettM m 'I""1"" '"" ""is irom him thT fi namn nf nm tvltn.ft. h. m,U . VI substantiate his charges. Members frel Hi declared that he had not produced on. 'fl concrete fact unnn which tn h... i "" J ment. ""p""" cJehrucayJofuHeenii Jmrw )(iieptfine FLOWERS Valentino Gifts fromtQSoiip Charles ffenryRx. e $igr oftfeltyse "Broad St.helow'WkJnui Na.221 Protection w AnlM tor tj During the past 40 years the policy of the Holmes Company has been a progressive one. Whenever our engineers work out a sound improvement in our mechanical equipment or devise a more efficient routine, it is adopted. Today the Holmes System, backed up 1110 Chestnut St. JKWKLKnSSILVUnSMITHS , H , The Atttoctr &wk Co;,'f2M and fcrl SU., Philadelphia y:f n ' zJffrWMSBS!, r?r& i A
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