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TAX BOOST
SEEN BY EDMUNDS
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, ,V nnancini stringency, mm is snown
viw tha annual reports of Henry It. I3d-
Munda, president of the Board of Educa
thm, and William Dick, the secretary. In
,y, annual reports presented to that body
Mls afternoon.
K -,;'.. Snar.clal problem, both ofllclats urRO rigid
P ' MOnomy and the curtailment of expendl
P, ! tures wherever possible.
, . , "At urst tnougnt, it wouiu seem as it
H, the income of the Board of Education from
!-A taxation would meet the current obllga-
: .;-,, tlons much mom easily than It did ten
il r'ni ftiro." iinvii Mp. TCdmundH'n renort.
6 "This would be the caso If the proportion
? .of the population of tho city attending
IOeSS school always remained tho s.imc; If the
'. 7 tares and methods of education novcr
.-,vanged ; If the salaries of teachers and
,, oiner employes never varieu ; u ine inuie
' rials used for educational purposes were
Constant tn price; If the buildings never
' varied In type nor In tho cost of materials
, and labor; If no now Interests were served
- fcy tho school system : If, In brief, educa
tional conditions remained static."
The report of Mr. Edmunds points out
that the enrollment In the high schools Is
h Increasing to a greater extent than that In
Kill VIOIIIVllkUl jr HiausA lllia .a uua iincil
(O the fact. In the opinion of the president,
that parents now appreolato more than over
the money value of education. Fewer pupils
are retarded than formerly In tho lower
grades, so that fewer children quit school
because of discouragement at their own un-
proflclency. Mr. Edmunds feels that in
creased efficiency In tho city's teaching corps
Is the cause of tho latter condition.
COSTS PEIt PUPIL
Mr. Edmunds's message to the Board of
Education contains some Interesting statis
tics. It shows, for Instance, that the cost
f Instructing a pupil In tho elementary
schools Is about JS3 ; In the high schools
$100. Kindergarten Instruction Is the cheap
at form of all, and In tho last ten years
the number of kindergarten pupils has In
creased but thirteen per cent, while In
"very other department of the public school
ystem the Increaso In the same period has
been far larger.
In the trade schools, where the Instruc
tion coBts even more than In the high
nchoolB. Ihe growth of tho enrollment In
the last decade Is shown to have beon 72.1
per cent. Since tho president of tho board
presented his last annual report mnnual
training has bocn Introduced In every ele
mentary grade.
To the "part-time" problem Is devoted a
large portion of Mr. Edmunds's message
He, deplores the Inability of tho Hoard of
Education to provide a seat In the Bchools
for every child of school age and Insists
that something must be done to correct this
Yll.
JUNIOR HIQH SCHOOLS
As one means of meeting the problem
he suggests the establishment of Junior
high schools. These Institutions represent
the most recent development In tho edu
cational world and have been put Into op
eration successfully In many of tho west
ern cities. If the Junior high schools are
organised, however, the present grading
ystem In the public schools of this city
will bo necessarily overthrown. It Is Mr.
i ' i. Edmunds's plan to have six grades In the
elementary bcuuuib, jumouu " :
present. He would devote three years to
"Junior high schools," and three years to
"senior high schools." The Junior Instl--tutlons
would be housed In buildings now
sed exclusively by the elementary classes
Children under the proposed system would
attend school1 for as many years totally
aa at present, but the grading system would
he different. Mr. Edmunds argues that
the change, though a radical one, would ef
fect a saving of manv thousands of dollars
to the taxpayers and reduce considerably
the number of children who receive Inade
quate accommodations because of oer
crowding tn the schools.
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even larger sum will have to be spent for
new elementary schools. And In spite of
these tremendous expenditures, the conges-
, tlon In the schools will continue, and the
dissatisfaction among parents whose chil
dren are the victims of the present sys
tem will not be allayed.
The reform which Mr Edmunds advo
cates has been championed for several years
by Dr. George Wheeler, associate superin
tendent of schools. Doctor Wheeler has
1 warned the Board of Education repeatedly
that the overcrowding problem will never
i We solved until Junior and senior high
'schools aro established.
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AMERICA SHOULD "ARM
HER LINERS TO TEETH"
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MUST BOOST TAX 1UTE
An Increase In the school tax rate Is in
evitable, according to Mr Edmunds. He
Issued a similar warning in his report last
year. The school system, like the munici
pality, has found Its expenses growing at
a. rrmlrr rate than the Income. Mr. Ed-
1 unds argues that the public will agree to
Vi F mn Increase lii taxation. On this sublect he
IVfs aays:
p - Iie UUUtU Ittvco viio auouiuio invtpon-
f mt economy. This economy may bo made
kHBlli "nnatltiitA thn mnln elpment. tr In
Pfi-i the building program, or In both. Probably
& V", If all the possible economies In the build-
' ' lna: program, which are outlined aboe,
4 should be practiced, there would need to be
ifA" but slight curtailment In any of the activl-
, ,- 11CD JIUW WllllCU w,l 411 utv DW.tuwta. a, .a itiw.
- ' Important part 01 a scnooi is not tne duiiu
kA"l, .- Ing, but the teaching organization. I would
trongiy urge mat lmmeaiate steps De laxen
to make every .possible economy In the
YWJ Dullan program uciore ioucuiiik any omer
fctr part, of our educational expenditures except
jV'! vioie in wnicn a reaucuon may De maae
,rM without any Interference with the efficiency
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Copyright, Internntlonil Film Krrlce
CENSOH OF THE ARMY
Major Douglas McArthur, who lias
just been named to this important
position. It will be his duty to see
that no news of importance bear
ing on movements of the army is
passed for publication.
twenty-one rooms, ilto to bo obtulned
Nineteenth and Bigler ttrects, thirty
rooms; purchase of land nccebsurv.
Slxty-flfth street nnd Lnnsdow-no aenue,
fifteen rooms, hao lot
Forty-third nnd Thompson streets, iipIbIi
borhood of l.cldy school, fifteen room ; lot
needed.
Washington lano and Chew street, fifteen
rooms ; lot needed
Botween Klchmoiid and Ontario stiects
nnd Brldestiurg, fifteen rooms; tflto to be
obtained
Fountain fctreet. Hoxhorriugh, elRhtcen
rooms; site already obtained.
Wynncfield, six rooms, lot, needed
Neighborhood of Slxty-flrnt street nnd
Washington acnue, eighteen rooms, lot
needed.
South of Boulovard. east of Third street
additional accommodations
Forty-sixth street nnd Woodland ncnu
additional accommodations
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Winter Day's Blazes
Cause $50,000 Damage
Continued from I'nire flue
and hli sister, who lto ni f,MJ lloerford
avenue, wero awakened at 2 o'clock this
morning by the Insistent scratching nnd
barking of the dog, King .Scepter The ani
mal hurled himself ngalnst their respectle
bedroom doors with loud yelps Schmidt
awakened and found tlio house filled with
smoko and the (lames eating their wny up
stairs. Ho hurriedly ran to the assistance
of his sister
Policeman Blair, of the Sixty-first and
Thompson streets station, saw tho smoke
coming from the dwelling nnd turned In nn
alarm Then he rushed to the asslstanco
of Schmidt and his sister, who were descend
ing the smoke-filled stairway
After loading his sister to safety, Schmidt
rushed back In the burning building to get
King Scepter. The dog refused to tome out
of the house, but the firemen extinguished
the blaze before, be was hurt The loss was
about J 1500
Mr. and Mrs John Garden, who lic next
door to the Schmidts, wero-also awakened
by the barking of the dog and made a hur
ried exit to the street when thc fnund
their home filled with smoke.
Fire In an open hearth in tho Delta Tnu
Delta fraternity house, of the L'niersltj
of Pennsylvania, at 3535 Locust street,
burned through a wall into the Kappa Al
pha House, at 35S7 Locust street, early
today and destrojed $500 worth of rugs
and other furnishings before a volunteer
fire brigade, clad In nrled colored pajamas,
quenched the flames.
Elery Dllky one of the resident studentsi
of the K A Chapter house, was nwnkenedi
by the crackling flames lie roused his
comrades, who fought the blase with Water
filled frylng-p.un, buckets, bowls, dish
pans, milk bottles nnd other kitchen uten
sils. Engine Companv No fj finished the
Job,
One hundred dollars' worth of goods
stoied on the third door of the residence nf
William Adams, a liquor dealer, at Han
cock and Thompson streets, wero destroed
by fire this morning Tho sweeping winds
caused such a draft in the furnaco fire that
an oerhcated flue resulted, Adams was
awakened by the smell of smoke nnd tele
phoned a fire call The blaze was extin
guished by a chemical engine
Fire of an unknown origin began In the
drlng room of the William Scholcs carpet
weaing establishment nt Berkley street
and Wayne avenue shortly after 4 o'clock
this morning nnd caused damage eMIinated
at $1000
Smoke anil water caused several hundred
dollars' damage In tho adjoining mill -o
William S Lloyd.
So Declares Chief Stewnrd of
British Tanker Cheyenne, De
scribing Voyage Here
HOLY WRATH IN THE ARK
f the work or tne educational opportunity
yi.
"Af fhf niintla.
K CFor ten years the rata of taxation for
ehool purposes has been unchanged. It Is
W ?vlden that the time Is fast annrnaphlnor
V- when' a five-mill tax rate will not furnish
V- mAelent revenue for school purposes. It we
arc to meet the legitimate demands of mod-
irn education made upon us by the com
, lauslty, even though, every possible econ-
r wir la practiced. I am confident that the
'mmunttv will not InlernoSA nerlnns nh.
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,jf a creditable plane aa compared with
'mm euier progressive cities or tne country."
BUILDING GOING ON
report of Secretary Dick shows that
0ana buildings and additions to buildings
ew in course or construction. He ex-
that while these will help to re-
the number of children attending
time" sessions, the occupancy of these
ea will by no means eliminate the
ding problem.
addition to the building; operations
Ik progress, plans have been drawYi tor
structures. Tney are tor an addi-
the Blrney School, Ninth street and
'avenue: new building at Ann and
street ; an addition to the Fox Chase
D and Khawn streets; a rour-room
u tne uuriin tscnooi, juusgrave
ter streets : new building-, at Twen-
aad Jackson streets, and a three
aaex at the Marshall School. Frank-
rairenta ,ot eniiaren attenaing tne
appeared several days ago
grape ty OawmlUae of the
Msoatloffi saA ' MajtaaAed aa!ast
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American transatlantic liners should be
"nrmed to the teeth" to protect the lives of
passengers nnd crew. This Is the opinion
of Alfred Griffith, chief steward of tho largo
tank steamship Cheennc, nnd James Mose
dale, tho gunner of tho oil nhlp. Both men
li.no seen scrvlco during tho present Kuro
pcan conflict ns members of the British
n.ivy, nnd they nnrrato many colorful nnd
thrilling Incidents that they have expe
rienced on the Lngllsh Channel nnd the
North Sen.
The Choyenne. which Is a 3000-ton lantcr,
under tho command of Captain Hudtan,
steamed from Hull, Unglnnd, on January IB,
ran the gauntlet of Herman submarines nnd
arrived nt tho Atlantic Ileflnlng Company
plera nt Point Brieio Into Snturdny nftcr
noon. Just five days overdue It was nn
eventful trip, nccordlng tn the members of
the crew, not duo to submarines, however,
for they never sighted n periscope during
the entire vojnge. but hecnuso of tho rough
Hem that continuously threatened to upset
the uncargoed vessel
"Submarine! I'onf" wns tho nnawer of
the busy members of the crew when the i-iib-Ject
was broached All of them havo n
nieleps disregard for the undersea fighters.
but 11 Is apparent that tho owners of the
tanker or Uh officers have another view
point This is best nnd most forcibly ex
pressed by that gun that rests on n swivel
nt tho stern nf tho Chryenno nnd the pro3
enco of Ounner Mnsedale, who. Incidentally,
hai somewhat of n reputation for handling
huch deadly weapon, with considerable ac
curacy "Never saw a submarine," grunted First
Mato Williams ns ho passed by on the gang
way to "speed up" tho crow tn having things
shljiKh.ipo for n return Journc) "Not both
ei oil about tliein." ho added
Finally Steward Griffith nnd Gunner
Moaodnln slipped below to nvold tho strong
und cold winds that whlfckcd ncross the
Scliuillilll Hats, and thcro they both admit
ted thnt tho submarines wero not n myth
"Tho men that Invented submarines nnd
dirigible balloons for wnrfaro nhould bo ,"
said Griffith "It seems to mn that tho only
thing the United States i.in do Is to nrm
Its ships to the teeth to fight off tho ub
marines If It wnntH to nave the Uvcb of pas
sengern and crew
"I wish these German would come out
and fight. We'd show 'ofn." continued Grif
fith "Uct ou 'nt we would, assented the gun
ner "I wouldn't tnlnd Inking a shot nt
'em."
By nnd by Griffith liegnn to loopen up '
und told of his experiences on a mine
sweeper. Ho said
"I spent nearlv a vcar on the mine
sweeper William Wavcrlv. She's a steam
ship about the sizo of the Cheyenne. Let me
tell yon It Is tough work Wo nlvvavs wore
two life belts, a cork belt nnd n rubber one.
Wo worked long bourn with theso heavy
affairs about our bodies
"Mlno sweepers travel In pairs Somo
times thero nre as many as ten to n doien
P'llrs of sweepers trailing ono another on
the Channel or on the North Sea. Tho
nets or sweep wires, as they nro known, nro
stretched between two of tho ships. Then
tho work begins, dragging tho soa to a
depth of two or thirty fathoms. Somo days
wo discovered and exploded as high as
thirty mines, but tho next day wo could
go over tho samo spot and catch almost
nn eipinl number
"They nre like an nrmv of fleas When
tho mines nre cnught In the wlreR they nro
raised to tho surface nnd exploded, either
by rillo shot or n hhell from a slx-pounder
If they aro hit In the right spot you hear
n deafening roar, sometimes they nre
merely punctured. They fonm nnd sizzle,
fill with wnter nnd sink, perfectly harmless
bulbs
"The mine sweepers am not accompanied
by destroyers, cruisers or other wnr ves
sels They uie. In n way, fighting ships
themselves, armed with guns of vnrying
caliber They rldo tho seas in nil kinds of
weather, nro toss-ed nt times like so many
shells.
"Ono rinv we accidentally drifted a little
too close to Ostend, where we had no busi
ness to be Zeppelins were sent out to de
btroy us Then the fun began, ftifor
tunatelj. It was largely In favor of the
Zeppelins The dropped bombs In our
midst. It seemed to raln bombs, but we
escaped In some manner or other without
mishap
"Another time we caught a powerful mine
In the wireK It exploded und broko the
wires, cnuslug a terrific recoil duo to Una
tension that exists b.v stretching tho wires
It hinted the mine sweeper almost flat on
its port side. Nearly every memner of tho
crew, nnd they numbered nearly 100, suf
fered from bruises as the result of the
Wtmlnit-r Osteite.
The Kaiser Is said to be foaming with "Holy Wrath"; tho Crown Prince
is reported to bo taking a rest-cure; tho German Eagle is very excited,
and the public wants potatoes.
bumps they recolved when thrown against
tfin decks, tho comimrtmcnti or onulpmcnt
nhoard tho Wnverly,"
The flow of conversation from the stew
ard seemed to bring Hhe gunner from his
shell of silence and he Jumped Into the con
versation with zesst. Little by little ho told
of his experiences, then flnnlly led tho listen
oi on until ho begnn to tell of his observa
tions during tho most famous naval struggle
of the wnr, tho battle of Jutland, Mosedale
at that time was n gunner nboard the
British cruiser Argo.
"The fight was a purely mechanical propo
sition," said tho gunner, In his little cockney
accent "You couldn't tell whnt wan going
on Dcvtroicre nnd strango shell fire spread
clouds of smoko overywhero nlong the lino
of battle. We couldn't tell where the enemy
The
Merchant Tailors
Association of
Philadelphia
cordially invites the public
and especially all gentle
men who are interested in
Good Clothes
To
The Garment Exhibit
of the
National.Association
at the
Bellevue-Stratford
Wednesday, Feb'y 1 4th
12.30 to 5.30
Cards of admission can be
had from the following:
Devereaux, W B, 1100 Walnut St.
Dixon, Wm II., 1111 Walnut St.
Fern. Thomas, 1307 Walnut St
Holly & Frltsch, 1106 Walnut St.
Holzhnuser, H. & Co , 1120 Walnut St.
Kendlg-Whelen-Mason. 131 S. 12th St.
Llpshutz, Jack L, DOR Walnut St.
Magerl, John E. & Co , 135 S. 12th St.
Mathews, A. B A Co , 1200 Walnut St.
Muller, Geo. K. & Son, KIT Walnut St.
McN'ell. H. W & Co . 1018 Walnut St.
Osborn & Osborn, 126 S 16th St.
Peterson, V. It. & Co.. 1119 Walnut St,
Pyie. Innes & Barblerl, 1115 W'ln'tSt.
Stafford, T J. & Co , 1302 Arch St.
Sempliner, D D, 118 S, 12th St.
Thomson, Peter. 12th & Walnut Sts,
Waters, W H 1306 Walnut St
and
Philadelphia Headquarters
Bellevue-Stratford
was; but the chiefs, I menu the officers,
"We would never havo known there wns
ii i tnu sound of our
guns nnd nlBO the dozen or more shells that
punched us Fifty of our men wero either
killed, wounded or overcome. Tho Gcr
mnn shells threw off a gas that Is not un
like that tho men In tho trenches nro forced
to bear nlmost dally. It blinds you; It
chokes jou nnd you grow 1lz7V," said
Mosedale,
WAR PLANS COMPLETE
AT PHILADELPHIA YARD
Battleships Laden With Six
Months' Provisions Midvnlo N
Steel Plant Guarded
The provisioning of tho reserve fleet at
the Philadelphia Navy Yard Is reported
completed. Since the break with Germany,
Just ten days ngo, the forces nt tho ynrd
have bent to tho task of preparing for
war with nil possible haste.
The sea fighters nre reported to have
sufficient supplies nboard to Inst six months.
Everything Is being dono to "speed up"
tho work on military nnd naval munitions
and supply contracts. At the Frankford
and Schuylkill Arsenals, shipyards and
scores of private plants handling Govern
ment orders the work Is being dono with
out Interruption.
At the Mldyn1o Steel Company, which Is
busy with Government work, .every pre
caution Is being taken to guard tho plant
from alien cranks, Twenty big flood lights,
such as havo been proposed for tho navy
yard and the arsenals In event of war,
havo been erected, They throw a glnro Into
every part of t,he grounds about tho mill.
A slmllnr number of Iron picket houses nro
being constructed upon trestle work about
thirty feet high. Lach picket will contain
an armed guard who will be in command of
a Inrge and powerful searchlight
Hxamlnatlons for clvlllnn wireless oper
ators, It Is announced, will bo held at
League Island this week. Tho examinations
will probably take plaro next Saturday
Scores of applicants have already applied
for positions with the naval radio service
IfP.f.ll A a Arrum nr .. . -
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Kleft, believed to be a German 72'? '
held nt tho Angel Island ifflrtiSL111' U
tlon today while United 8UU secret 8 ' &
ngents nro Investigating his .m r.1
Kleft arrived from Manila as a ."vUI
on the transport Sheridan. st0lry
According to officers of the rk..i 41
u u jimerican noiaier, lie w. ,. .
covered until the Sheridan wns Ve?a
Ills trunk contained papers ini- .,
i wns a German agent. "clln
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By Lincoln Colcord
IN tomorrow's Public Ledger there will
be an article by Lincoln Colcord,
written from Washington, outlining,
the policy of the Administration, if war
does come. Mr. Colcord demonstrates
the wisdom vof the President's waiting
course, and emphasizes the depth of the
spiritual unity with which the nation
would back him in the event of hostilities.
Incidentally, if war does come as a
result of Germany's recent action, the
United States will not enter as one of the
Allied nations, says Mr. Colcord. Read
his article in
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