ffpmf THtW TjiT ft"' T" CT y t We- m toBYTWIMNG ( IHIWI . - rants Transit Lease Clause' to Allow City to Abro gate Agreement fOVW AVOID ROBBERY t 7 r Municipality snouiu e ree to Repudiate if "Jokers" ; ' Are Ever Found t -MThi Insertion of an "Indeterminate tlmo" v'aaftiiMi In thn lease between 111" city mid L?Hw Philadelphia Haplil Trutmlt I'omimny k.,Ht,.wltl give to tho city me legui rmiu J(PO terminate me aKreriiirm v "J iiih (Wth fiiliire xliouhl It lie foUtltl to contain '..Mlntr.' wnptitnir Inillrv In the cltV. Will ?.' oi(o of the recommendations In the re- MJMrt or. Transit Director iwinnuiH " K!i Mayor next week. Jjr This wan learned today from an official JcAource In the department of City Transit. $- fhjch a time clause would he a radical de- (ierture from the customary form in nuree ?mnt. between a city and a public service rrirntlnn The nrunosctt lease of tho .Transit Company. If a.lo)led, would hold Jp Urn city to An Iron-bound contract for fifty f J' Tears. AJ TWININCVS Pt.A.V 1 The recommendation oT Director Twlnlnc 'If vu said at the Transit Department. would ,preenl the city from belli tied hand and root to an unsevernnie narKuin i"r .. m.i.. ....... Ill Inn 111. ft4 long periou 01 years. nn inu.., .-.-f -inF Tnlnlnir him wild, has reunited from ' the" operation of the 1907 agreement be- IWI1 II1C tllj uitu m .w.....-..rf. , t "The 1907 agreement at tho time u was Jf." approved," Director Twining Raid, "was 'inougnv lO uo H una i irtiiftiiii.,.,, .... alike to the company and city. Yet It took the citizens only a year to see tho unfair- j& Jiess, the Injustice of tho agreement " H "With auch an Indeterminate tlmo clause In th 111? nereement as the Director now i '.kirinnnn If wan nnfnted out. the city would fet,lot be legally bound to endure unfair Smc rovlslons. during the entire term of the K.'pact, "but could, upon proving mat u was Lf belnr robbed." tennlnate It at once and ar- h range a new and more equitable one. Ef'' MUST PROTECT CITY $KT It tho desire to protect the city against '. .4m1m In .,., Iaqm whlVi 1in nrnmlttetl the . ; jwAcia ... u,, ,w ......... ...- ,--.--,-- nrecior io rccormneiiu nun wrpmiuir. ... la understood likewise that he will favor the Insertion of this "time clause" even in t saa be Is successful In having the leaso . ... . t. -1... . ...... I. A EW taninaea to proieci mo cuy in ma -j " i.i ".,' eia u necessary. ";, "The vital objection to the lease offered trr the l'tinaueiunia unpiu iransn v..oni- Htiv Ammtutant nireelnr Atkinson said tn-' ,, ., utfv ..r.- -------- -. my. Is the "enormous cost to tne cny which ?':' ' 'Kill rii1t from thn nneratlon of the high- f2&' iweea system over the long period of years." "The fact will form tne. basis for vir tually all of the objections raised In the report of Director Twining to the Mayor." -Atkinson said. "The whole matter resolves tS . itself Into this one question. The Director ?i" feels that the city Is not properly protected f,bjr the terms of this lease, and It Is hli Intention to snow wnero mis protection is 'lacking and how the lease can be amended so that the city's Interests-will be secured " ,' That tlta Pnlladelphla Rapid Transit ' Company will fight all efforts of Director Twining to modify or amend tho present form of the contract Is expected In flnan- o;i 'elal circles. The visit to the city this week y, ,ir 'QE Jl, Xj. xruill, Ul Jl IJ. J'lllIU K. -U., l-WII- K'V suiting engineers, of Chicago, It Is said. au wB to plan what steps me transit t-om-M'ny would take to oppose Director Twin- TvL-lntrn moves. VH f 1?AMAn T former Transit Dlrectcr A. Merritt Ta"- m lor Is expected to take up the cudgels n ense of tho present form of tne lease when he returns from Florida. Britain's Food Supply in Peril, Commons Told Cent I nurd from I'nrc One I .ft-toionths and this present month, due to fer .' nnnv'a nirlnl rffnrl In tin hlr wnmi." fV Xfift Prmlr did not mince his word ft " v Jeclarintr tho nation must prepare for MCL ncrltlce. "Enonnoua nacrlflcea are required, he MJ.nl.uil "l..llnw tka nqtlnnnl irwtt TVia .vcumirui iwitnh kiio i.ii..,..ii p,.,,. ... k uovernmeni nopes m ueai euei-inei nun . the submarlno question, but It does noffol- low that we should rest on this hope only. "There Is no sure means to victory wlth- 'iout hunting the submarines from the ; ,ep." t t.- eiTT?ira nnnnnct'n fSfif' ,, The restritho measures proposed by i Lloyd ueorge anil announced io ine House if Commons are these: , The Bonrd of Aitrleultnre to rerelte Awern to enforce cultivation of food products. Importation of foreign tea, rolTee and An& nrnltllilfi1 l'4 tmnnrlflllnn nt rnnnrfl mlmiiii rut liv it itty per cent. ifvy x rppcr unpuriN in lie rrnurrn nu,uuu SMTWOI aou m sriirmr in iiiiriiiuiluii niaur hi.'y 'T uppljlns me prinnns irailr. Bpfl' v Importation of timber banned. v! . Importation of apples and tomatne i : .yroniDiteu. imporiaiions oi oranges, nananan and nnts restricted to twenty-Ate per cent f present Import. , Of Internal plans to economize and aid i'JIngland in defeating tho German "starvn vtlon policy," I.Ioyd George declared: "We must find Iron ore ships at all rosts 'Brewing will be limited to 10,000.000 esi: Rrst Aid fdr mold Accidents lame gentle, liealing medication ;h makes Keainol a standard remedy f Un-troublcs fnakes ita most relia- 4refuiff for 'cuts, burns, scalds. ana similar einergenciei. ' ,Kei !r oa ktni. HOI Money- iii t'iV . i , r. ' " 'iftiiiit , tjarms.'s'ytar. thus affecting a saving of 09,0r tons .of foodstuffs now used In that Industry. "Corresponding restrictions will be tnjlde ' lotdlstlllatlon of spirits In order that tho publlo taste may not be driven from beer to spirits." VlI.T CONTtlOL MA, KAIIM1XO Under tho plan for control of all farming y tho Hoard of Agriculture the l'rcmler nnonriced these plans : A guarantee must ho given the farmers for minimum prices "for some years." Hxlng n, minimum wngo of twenty-five shillings a week for agricultural laborers. landlords in rural communities will bo prevented from ralslne rents. N'o one will bo allowed to speculate In food prices. Guarantee of tho price of wheat nt sixty shillings a quarter fur 191"; (lfty-llw- shil lings ucr quarter fur 1WIS and 1919, and forty-live shillings for the next three fol lowing years. rotatoes during the coming season to have u fixed price of six pounds per ton. Unt prices to be llxed at thlrtyrelght and a half shillings per quarter for 191" : thirty two shillings for the next two ears and tttenty-four shillings for 1920 and 1923. The part Kngland has played ns mistress of the seas in giving freely of her ships to ner Allies, was strikingly rexeslcd by the Premier. He said more than a million tons of ships had been ilhcttcil to the urc of France alone. It was In this connection that the Prime Minister made forceful, Impasilnneil plea for- more tonnage, "not only for ordinary needs, hut for military necessity.'" "It was Inevitable that the German sub marine war would Injure the empire's trade," said Mr. l,loyd George. "We must meet It tn nn effectlxe way. Shipbuilding will ho Increased and encouraged by the Government to make up the loss nf ton nage." llefore Ihe war. said the speaker. Hrillh tonnage was Just .adequate for the needs of the empire. Since then there has been an enormous Increase In the demand fi new tonnage. In addition to the ships fur nished to Franco others wero placed nt the disposal of Italy nnd Russia. "The graxcrt measures are necessitated." he declared solemnly, "otherwise thero would be disaster." NT.W YOllK. Feb. 23. More than 075,000 Ions of shipping foi Great llrllnln Is now building In Hie I'lilted States, according to estimates which have been submitted to Congress in connection with the shipping board act amendment In view of Premier l.loyd George's strong declaration before the House of Commons baring Kngland's dire need for bottoms, there was greatest Interest here In reports that the Cunard Line was seeking to lei contracts for additional ships In American yards. Helng under control of the Ad miralty. Cunard otllclals refused to discuss the report, but from another source it was learned that the company has placed orders for four 15. 000-ton freight carriers and Is negotiating for half a dozen more. Trade newspapers commented today on the unprecedented demand for ship plates. BREAK WITH AUSTRIA- i0V SEEMS CERTAIN WASHINGTON". Fell. 23. Germany has solidified her allies In their support of her submarlno policy. Definite information to that effect now is in tin hands of the Stain Department. The long series of discussions between Herlln. Vienna, Constantinople and Sofia hao ended In u complete Indorsement nf the Geiman posi tion. It Is certain that Ihe Austro-Hungarlan reply to the I'nlted Stales icquest that It clear tip the obscure pontons of Its note ot February 2. which has not jet been made public, and saj flatly whether It repudiates the promises In the Aucona case, will soon he delivered If. indeed. It has nrft already been. It Is accepted everywhere In olllclal and diplomatic circles that it will result In a diplomatic break with Austria to be followed later by .eerances of relations with Turkey and Ilulgarta. Meanwhile. President Wilson has com pleted his plans to go before Congress to explain what legislation ho behoves should be enacted to strengthen ills hands in deal ing with the complications Hint lie and his advisers far will arise. All that Is neces sarj' is to Ilx tho tlmo which. White House otllclals saj', may come nt any moment, and certalnlj- will not lie later than the early part of next week. The Cabinet today had before It all of the facts in the International -situation nnd planned n general discussion, but it was not expected that any particu lar' new policy would bo considered. Inasmuch as the International Mercantile Marino Company haa abandoned Its opera tion of tho Mcnmshlps of the American Line and tied them up for an indefinite period, ofllclals arc seriously concerned with the status of these craft. P. A. S Franklin, president of tho cor poration, has been In this city again, ask ing that the I'nlted States furnish guns and gunners for the fleet This the Govern ment does not want to do. It has been suggested that inasmuch as tnese vessels Directory First! Particularly in a big city like Philadelphia, with the whirl of business such as it is to-day, does the telephoning public fall into the habit of trust ing to memory for telephone numbers. And nothing has a more serious effect on the service than this attempt at "cutting corners." The telephone directory shows the number to be Filbert 2795, for example. From memory it may be given as Filbert 2975 or Filbert 2759 or even Walnut 2795 ; for not only is the transposing of numerals but the miscalling of central office names of very frequent occurrence. The first essential to good service is that the calls shall start right that numbers be given carefully to the operators ; otherwise, persons are called in error and there is delay and annoyance all around. In short, the effective way is First, to consult the directory; ? -S3j4 The !& vVfSJ S I) actually are naval reserve craft (hey be takirt over as transports. This, however, does not meet with the approval Of officials generally, who say this can be done only In case of actual war Instead It has been suggested that the fleet, the St. Louis, St. Paul, New Tork, Philadelphia and Kroon land, be acquired liy Ihe Federal Shipping Jloard and operated by If Another augges tlon, and one that Is receiving real serious consideration, Is that when the President appears before Congress he specifically re quest that that body authorize him to "utilize the armed forces of the I'nlted Htntes" to reopen tho Aincrlcun Lino. Then he could freely arm and operate tho Ameri can Line steamships In any way that either he or the Navy Department considered wise. It Is not believed here that If the Intter plan was adopted German submarines would torpedo the esscls of the American Line without warnlnir. Hut they could, and probably would, hold them up and search them for contraband, as oven though the American liners were armed, they would hardly lire on a German submarine on sight, .while the big l'-boats could He well off the Hrltlsh const mid stop and search these steamships for contraband. The re sult .would be and this Is the chief ob jection raised against the plan that the vessels of the American Line would always be In danger of being sunk by a German submarine commnnder who would provide for the safety of crew and pnssengers by towing their boats, as has been done In the past In the rase of fielghters. President Franklin has emphasized every lime that he has discussed operation of the essels that whut his company wanted to make sure of before resuming operation" was that they would not be destroyed, ns the line was not In poltlnn to leplnce them. U. S. STILL UNDECIDED ON ARMING LINERS WASHINGTON. Feb. 2.1. Secietary nf the Navy Daniels admitted todnj' that this Government has reached no decision regarding the furnishing of de fensive guns and gun crews to the American line, although P A S Franklin, head of the line, lias renewed his request for such armament. The Secretary said that Mr Franklin made It clear lie was not pressing tho question, bin stionglj' Intimated that If the guns, which ho says cannot he ob tained from private sources, were furnished sailings of the lineis now held In New York would be lesumeil. It was denied that the question of the Government taking oci tho liners or that of convoying the ships by naval vessels was discussed at the cor.fetence. There was great probability that the whole matter would be gone over at length at this afternoon's Cabinet meeting. It Is admittedly a question of glowing Import ance not only because nf the International situation, hut also on nccount of Hie effect the Idle liners lias on fielght congestion In this country and the consequent fhortagu of food and fuel, NKW YOllK". Feb. 23. Ofllclals of the International Mercantile Mm Ine, operating company for the Ameil can Line, were called Into a conference today by P. A. S. Franklin, president of the concern, on Ills return fiom Washington. It was stated the olflclals took up only routine matters, hut It was generally be lieved tlie meeting might hnvo gieater sig nificance In v lew of Finimtln's Washington visit. TWO RIG LINERS SAIL; CARRY WAR SUPPLIES Ni:W YORK. Feb. 23 Two transatlantic liners carrying muni tions and passengeis sailed from New York today to defy Germany's submarines In the barred zone. They weie the Giuseppe Verdi, an Italian liner for Genoa and Naples, and the Cunard liner Cnrpathla, for Liverpool The passenger lists of both cs!els were withheld, and It Is not known vvhcthei American citizens aie aboard. Ttotli vessels offer rich prizes to l'-boats. The Giuseppe Vcidl carries a heav.v cargo of various sorts of war suppHes. Including 500 horses. Theie are 200 pasengers in her stealage and twenty In the cabins. The Carpatlila Is said to have on hoard ap proxlmntely 13,000 tons of munitions. Thn Italian and Ilrltlsh lineis went down the baj- together and commenced their Journej' about tho same time. Two vessels reached here tndaj' after having come safely through the barred zone. They were tho Hrltlsh steamship Stentoii from Liverpool and the Spanisli steamship Ascurca fiom Valencia. Hoth reported sighting no submarlno en route Stole Sawmill, la Charge aKorcOKTOWN. Del., Feb. 23. John Sparrow, of Georgetown, is charged with .Ueallng a sawmill and, despite Jts perma nent location In a large timber tract, is al leged to have gotten away with about $500 worth of brass and engine materials. Second, to give the nunlber sloiuly, one digit at a time; Third, to speak distinctly and in a moderate tone. t Bell Telephone Co. of Penna. . i 4- ADMEN PROVE GOODS OFFERED FOR MARKET Value of Products Tested Before Advertising, James M. Mathes Tells Club Diners Advertising was the luncheon toplo be fore tho Huslness Science Club at the Adelphla todAj', with Jnmcs M. Mathes, of V. W. Ayer & Son, as the speaker. Mr Mathes took h(s listeners vicariously through tho advertising headquarters, de tailing each step that n client Is put through when ho comes there. Step No l Mr. Mathes gave as an ex ainlnntloii of the product to be advertised. "Advertising won't sell nu Inferior product, you know," he cautioned, "even It does so mightily Increase tho sales of a good product So we always test the prod uct, sometimes on our own people we have 300 down there or In some other wnv. and determine to our satisfaction whether it Is worth advertising." .Mr. Mathes went on to say that if the product Is worth advertising the advertising counsel then decides how to dress It up: In most cases, he said, this means the package In which It Is sold. He Illustrated his remarks with experiences with well known names In advertising. After tho dress, he said, comes the gath ering nf Information of selling methods that have been used, If it Is an old product, and this Information is used In framing h tiling plan. He told how often the ad vertising counsel suggests, nnd usually car ries its point. In putting over n complete (.organization plan In selling. After the plan is thus worked out. the time has come to pieparo tho eopj and the only step after that Is to rheck up on ac complishments. Mr. Mntlien said the check is made fiom Hi. 000 different publications itad In tho Ajm olllccs. $100,000 ESTATE DIVIDED IN PRIVATE BEQUESTS Wills probated today Include tlinpe of Freddie W. Tunnell. 250 West Tiilpehocken street, which In private bequests' disposes of piopeity valued at more than $100,000; Llewelvn T McKcc. 540 Pelliam road, StOO.000 : Mary T Hlddle. Ridley Park. $50,500; Mary Culln. 4812 Chester avenue, $23.000 ; F.mma W. McLaughlin, who died in the Presbyterian Hospital.. $.'0,000 ; W. C. Hammond. ti55 North Twelfth street. $l!.r,00: Henry nerkowitz. 2tr. Mori Is street. $13,500: Herman Hillebiand. S39 South FIfty-sevonth street. $S20O: Joseph G. McKenna. S00 South Sixteenth Mreet. $600(1 : Theiesia l.elehner. 19 'IS Ninth .Marcher street. $5000; Julia MrCaffney. 413 North Twentieth street, $3800; William Wil son. 2Jti St Albans street, $3500. and William Kyle, 51510 Arch sticet. $2M0. Incendiary Fire at Cynvvyd A lite of Incendiary origin today diove the family of Louis lllrstfleld Into the street. The blnze was dlscoveted on the flist floor nf a three-story building at Hala and Highland avenues, c.vnwjd The ground llnor consists of stores and offices, the llirstfleld family occupying the two up. per floors Damages to the building has been estimated about $1000, and the occu pants of the offices have suffered a loss t1 i 33 i S mi m 53 18 S3 fej E3 IS 1 fm gllj!ll!!l!!l!!!l!ffi 7Jr"1 B COUPON El E3 "Spuds" ALHANV, N. Y Feb. 23. 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