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FEDERAL RESERVE AGENT
Deposit of Gold Reserves Sug
' gested by. American Bank
1 rs' Association
Tttcitty-secn rcprcscntnllxcH of the llf-ty-nvc
trum companies in Philadelphia, t
,a special meeting tills ufiernoon, adopted
H resolution favoring the deposit by the
'trust companies of their cold reserve with
'the Federal Reserve Rank of Philadelphia.
The meeting, which was held In the of
.flees of the Pennsylvania Company for in
surances on I.lvcs niul Granting Annuities,
'lit 517 Chestnut street, compiled with a
Jjviggeatlon made by the Trust company
icctlon of the American Rankers' Assocla.
tlon on Ap'rll 10, that tho trust companies
throughout the United States lako this step
'to strengthen the position of the trust
companies to faco the general conditions
4 brought about by the stato of war.
The resolution setting forth the deposit
of gold iesere reads as follows:
, That this meeting Is In general ac-
cord with the suggestions of the trust
company section of the American Hank
ers' Association that the trust com
panies of Philadelphia deposit golrt re
sen e with the Federal Reserve Hank
of Philadelphia, and that the chairman
of this meeting appoint a committee,
of which he shall bo a member, to con
sider further this question, which com
mlttco shall report at a later date Its
recommendations to the trust com
' panics of Philadelphia,
C. S. W. Packard, whd is tlie president
Of tho Pennsylvania Company, was tho
chairman of tho meeting, and the others
who were on the committee which sent out
the notices calling the meeting were
Effingham R. Morris, Thomas Dc Witt Cuy
ler, Richard Y. Cook, Thomas S. Gates and
William P. Gest. '
RECEIVE RANK NOTES
The trust companies will receive In re
turn for the gold deposited with the Fed-
ral Reserve bank Federal Reserve notes.
At present the notes of tho reserve bank
cannot be counted as lawful reserve, 'that
Is, under the present State banking laws,
and the meeting approved, among other
legislation which Is now before the legis
lators at Harrlsburg, a bill which will pro
Tide that the Federal notes bo counted as
lawful reserve.
Legislation which was approved by the
bankers was contained In the following
resolution:
"Resolved, That this meeting approves the
following legislation which has been In
tioduccd at this session of tho legislature
at Harrlsburg:
"First. A bill authorizing banks and
trust companies to accept drafts and Issue
letters of credit.
"Second. A bill amending the act of
1007 relating to reserves, so as to provide
that a portion of such reserves may be In
any hank or trust company approved by tho
State Banking Commissioner; and albo that
the notes of tho Federal reserve banks
shall be counted as cash rcscrjes.
'At present these reserves may be kept
In a bank or trust company In a reserve
city when approved by tho hanking com
missioner. Under the Federal reserve sys
tem It Is probable that the designation 'Re
sen e City' will be eliminated, and this bill
would clarify the situation should this
elimination take place.
"Third. A bill to provide for the appoint
' ment of a commission to revise and codify
' the laws relating to banks, trust companies,
ate.
The "meeting also approved passage of
Joint resolutions by the Legislature propos
ing an amendment to the Constitution which
Is Intended to remove the constitutional pro
hlbltlon against discounting by trust com
panies, and an amendment Intended to re
move the constitutional prohibition against
nnestment by trustees in the securities of
private corporations.
BOTTLED BEER COSTS MORE
Twenty-five Cents Added to Price of a
Case
Those Intel ested In putting beer down
Will be discouraged to find that It has
rone up. At a meeting of thc local Bot
tler's Association today It was decided to
ttok twenty-five cents on the price of each
case of 21 bottles.
The action of tho bottlcis has been ex
pected for some tlpie. as not long ago the
m ewers lalsed the price on tho bottlers.
High cost of labor and materials Is the
reason given "for the advance.
Rejected Guns Taken for Emergency
WASHINGTON, April 19. Tho entire
output of Lewis machine guns, once re
jected by the Government as the official
light weapon of that type, has been tnken
up by the nrmy and navy in emergency
orders placed today. Each branch will re
ceive 3000 guris as soon as delivery can be
Wade. The cost will be more than $5,000,000.
U-Boats Sink More Hospital Ships
LONDON, April 19. More Allied hospital
'nips have been sunk by German subma
rines, Chancellor of the Exchequer Bonar
J-aw announced today In the House of Com
mons. He said details of the additional
sinkings would be made public later.
SAVE BY BUYING COAL NOW1
KTOELSACOAL
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Belmont 7500
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Record in All Lanquaqes
6O4-0O6 S. SECOND ST.
John M. Bradley
TAILOR
300 Wldener Mds.
Snappy Suiting
FOR VOUNH MKN'S
SUITINGS Rich, exclu.
slve effect Forty to Sixty
Dollar. Tailored in the
"Uradley way."
-Ready Money
United States Loan Society
lH'North Broad St
US, 6th tt. 2518 Otrmantown Tt.
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'Nail Flag to Your Plow,"
Georgia. Farmers' Slogan
...... OCILLA, Ga., April 19.
JVJAIt, n flag to your p6w ana
wn.,uVfl i.fo y?ur country as you
Htc,1p(,y nrs of Ben Hill and
!,? " Cou"tIcs' Preparations arc
r ?u w.ay by n committee of safety
of tho two counties to furnish the
Hags following a mass-mceting here,
nt which South Georgia farmers
were urged to produce larger crops.
CARLISLE ASSERTS HER
MILITARY PRECEDENCE
With War Rearing His Frowning
Front, Cumberland Valley
Town Is Well Prepared
CARLISLE, Ph., April 13.
Sustaining tradition as to military pre
paredness, Carlisle has Unci up as tho
W prepaied Inland town In the United
States.
it Is the homo of Company C, Eighth
Regiment, has an organization of .-Spanish-American
War veterans, the Eighth Regi
ment band. 100 members Sons of Veterans,
Hoy Scouts, Indian Scouts, five companies
of Indians at tho Industrial School, bat
talion of Dlcklsnn College students, bat"
lallon of Dickinson School' of Law. bat
talion from Conway Hall, Cumberland Val
ley Rllte and Pistol Association. Mnllv
Pitcher Commandery, St. John's Command".
cry. Order of Independent Americans nnd
, Patriotic Sons of America. Tho town has
in addition more than .100 men who hae
had military training all prepared to do
tral military service and aggregating over
-000 In n male population of 6000.
The women of thc town aro organized In
the War Relief and Navy League, and
are augmented by fifty Indian girl helpers
and 100 girls from the public schools'. Camp
Fire Girls, nurses from Carlisle Hospital
and from the Indian School Hospital, about
"'00 in a female population of fiOOO, with
facilities not exceeded anywhere ns to medi
cal or surgical care from a corps of fifty
excellent physicians. .'
A war board of 100 citizens coveting
every section of the county ready to act
at once on any suggestion from the Gover
nor's committee and with machinery started
to raise a regiment of men with trained
officers to command It.
Every vacant plot of land has been as
signed and merchants and farmers are co
operating to reduce profits and give quick
service.
Factories that In forty-eight hours can
transform their output into war munition"
Instead of bar steel and frogs and switches.
A live Chamber of Commerce acts as a
clearing house for the whole movement. It
comprises more than 350 of the backbone
business men In tho community
Councils Protest
for Dual System
Continued from Phec One
Ing." He Is known to favor a single small
body.
The resolution passed Select Council with
only two dissenting votes.
The late John G. Johnson, who was Amer
ica's foremost lawyer and greatest authority
on municipal finance, was evidently of tho
opinion that the hour of the bicameral sys
tem had struck. In his will, regarding the
disposition of his ait works, lie referred
to the "president of Councils of Select and
Common, If there shall be two bodies) "
Fire Destroys Waynesboro Barn
GETTYSBURG, Pa., April VJM-Fiie of
an unknown origin destroyed the barn on
the farm owned by Frank Stouffor, of
Waynesboro, three miles soutli of town,
together with all tho hay, grain, Implements
nnd harness. Five calves also perished.
The loss is estimated at $3000.
Edmund C. Felsberg
Edmund C. Felsberg, a former Philadel
phlan. Is dead at his home, S09 Argyle road,
Flatbush. N. Y. Ho was sixty-one years
old. Mr, Felsberg was a retired business
man. He was born In this city, but had
lived In Flatbush for the las three years.
Three Firemen Killed in Blast
TROY, N. Y April 19. Battalion Chief
William Bailey, Jr., Ladderman John T.
Hoar, of Truck No. 3. and Albert de Cour
vlllc, a volunteer, were killed and ten
other firemen were Injured In a fire
which destroyed thc store of tho Mohican
Grocery Company. Tho fire was virtually
under control when an ammonia tank ex
ploded. The loss will be $75,000.
Protect Your
Men Bko
Come to the
demonstrated
SEE OUR
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SPRING DISPLAY
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$5, $5.50 & $6
Ynu'll find every
ivJp-h.P-rade style in
evprv tvue and shade of
lontlipr Hisolaved here: at
a saving of $2 and $3, and
even S4. on every pair.
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NOISELESS
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PLEA IN CITY COUNCILS
FOR NAUTICAL SCHOOL
John H. Baizley Earnestly Sup
ports Resolution Adopted
by Bourse
Councils today received an earnest plea
from thc Hourse that an appropriation be
made to re-establish nnd support tho Xau
tlcal Training School.
The communication was sent In the form
of a resolution by Kmll P. Albrecht, seere
tary of the Bourse.
Councilman John It. Baizley spoke In
nupport of the resolution.
He told how necessary It was now and In
the future to have trained men of the sea.
and said Phlladelnhln. nt hn nrv ,lr,ni. nf
I the sea nnd with thc possibility of becom
ing one oi me greatest ports In the world,
could not afford to let no tho opportunity of
training men to help her gain and maintain
sea prestige. He discussed the geographical
reasons for Phl.'adelphla's need of more
trained men of the sea and urged that
Councils liberally support thc project once
again to build and maintain a nautical
tialnlng school.
Councils referred tho resolution to the
finance committee, where action will wait
on what the Legislature docs, there being a
similar proposition before that body.
COUNCILS MAY SET
CLOCKS HOUR AHEAD
Measure to Save Daylight Is Intro
duced by William E. Hcxnmer.
Provides for Appointment
of Committee
A move to put the so-callc I "daylight
saving plan" Into effect In this city was
Inaugurated In Select Council today. Wil
liam E. Hcxamer, of tho Fifteenth Wnid,
presented a resolution providing for the
appointment of a committee to icport on
tho feasibility of a daylight saving plan
whereby nil clocks would be set ahead one
hour.
This committee. If appointed, will confer
with city officials concerning the advis
ability of putting tho plan Into cfTcct. The
system would be In operation from May un
til November. The committee If appointed
will report back to Councils May 17.
Select Councilman Isaac D. Hetzelt, of
tho Eighteenth Ward, Introduced a resolu
tion temporarily closing Cumbeiland street
cast of Richmond, ns n war measure. This
pot tlon of tho street, he explained, Is occu
pied only by Cramp's shipyard nnd the
Reading Railway, nnd should be closed so
that guarding would be easier.
ONICO FIRST HOME IN
TWO-YEAR-OLD SPRINT
Parrington's Mount Leads Speedy
Field in Opening Dash at
Havre de Grace
HAVRE DE GRACE. Md April ID.
Onlco proved the class of the two-year-olds
at four furlongs In the first race of the
day here this afternoon, tho well-backed
sprinter leading Tlpplty Witch and Miss
Burgomaster to the wire.
The machines paid $.1.10, J2.50 and $2.30
on Parrington's w Inning mount. The prices
wero close on the others to finish In the
money.
Summai y :
KinST RACi:. fnr tuii-MMr-oliK t fnrlnmis:
1. Onlco. 10H. r.irrinBtoa
3. in Jl..( t- 30
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'.'. Tlpplty Wltchet, 111'. Itoli-
tnson
3. Mis nuriiomanter, 100
Haynes , .110
Time. :18 3-n. Shasta. Land l.uhber, Mioliien
Glow. Itahunta It and Virginia Yell ulsn ran.
SECOND HACK, steeplechase, four-MMr-oldi
nnd upward, selling. miles:
1. I'ussv Willow. 132, Pleven-
son J5.-IO J.-. 00 $3 in
2. Klllx. 1.10, l.andry ,, . 1K.A0 H.uil
3. Urazenose, 133. O'Connor 3,40
Time. 4:13. Dul.e of Norfolk, Hugh Hunter.
Tredette. Oriental Star, Julia, I'ennjroik and
Tudor Kln also ran.
THIRD RACIJ, sflllne. maiden threi-- car-olds
and up. 0 furlongs:
1, Heckna. 110, Williams .. J8.S0 1.R0 J3 iO
1. VVIour, 100. Watta 4.00 3.211
3. llrlght Star, 1110. I,. Collins i.sn
Time. 1:15. Star Pearl, Kd Dond. Water
Wings. Woodfalr. No News, Three Cheers, Dull
and Hudtlv also ran.
FOURTH RACK, for three- car-old, sell
ing, n furlongs:
1. Swift Fox. 111. Rolilnsnn J7.S0 $1.30 $3.70
2. Queen of the Sea. 1011, Fore
hand 13.30 7.30
3. Kalmla Park. Ill, Haynes 11,(10
Time. 1:14 4-3 Satsuma Ilelle, Owasa.
Sleepv Sam, Al Hudson, Wall Street, Highway
nnd Odds and Knda also ran.
Two French Ships Torpedoed
NKW YORK. April 19. The French
bteamshlps, Queen Mary and Cailnhlll,
which sailed for Havre about two weeks
ago. have been torpedoed nnd sunk, ac
cording to a report in shipping circles this
nfteinoon. News of tho sinking of the
ships caused a jump in marine Insurance
rates.
Pocketbook
Know Prove It Every Day
"Basement Shoe Shop" that has
over and over again its ability to
undersell all Philadelphia. By its many
economies no enormous street-floor
rent, no free deliveries, no wasteful
charge accounts has delivered a telling
blow to the high prices charged at
the Chestnut and Market street ground
floor shoe shops.
Truly Fashionable This Spring
choose your "Master-Made" ?8 styles
. OOA 'RaiiI in Pbllnfllnllnl, wnfm-rta
in high or low shoes in Cordovan Calf,
French Black Calf, Koko Mahog- t r
any Calf, Royal Calf and Kid, Pmj
Cherry Ualt. Here at
Royal mien cordovan, equal to
Philadelphia best $8 C t C(j
to $10 quality, here () a Ph'au
at
N. IV. Corner Market
and 13th Sts.
DOWNSTAIRS
Entrance on 13th St.
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OF THE FIRST, RETIRED
Veteran Commander's Connec
tion With Regiment Extends
Back Thirty Years
Mnjor General Wendell P, How man.
former commander of the famous First
Regiment, today was plated on the ictlted
list by Adjutant Ucneiat Stewart nt Har
rlsburg. In describing his retirement. General
Bowmnn said: "I nm placed on the le
tired list with the lank of major general.
pudjoci to orders to serve In any capacity
In which I nm able to act."'
General Bowman has been connected
with tho "Famous" First for more than
thirty years. He entered thc regiment with
tho rank of captain and was later iniide
colonel. He was promoted, to hilgadlcr
general commanding the First Bilgade. nnd
later made major general commanding the
Pennsylvania Division. During the Spanish-American
War General Bowman was
stationed with his icglmcnt nt t'hlcka
mauga, Tcnn.
"1 nm very sad to see the chunge of pub
lic spirit In this country." said General
Bowman. "Wo are very short on patriot
ism, nnd men In public olllce fear to show
their patriotism because they am not cer
tain that their conMltucnls me n.itrlotlc
Wo have become a very subnormal nation,
nnd I believe wo havo got to bo humiliated.
nnd perhaps very badly whipped, befnio vo
respond to the Ideah of the forcfuthets.
"America should go fotward nnd enter
this war with a vim. I ngice with Colonel
Roosevelt that we should send a great fight
ing force to Curopean battlefields."
Hebrew Society at Dickinson
CARLISLE, Pa.. April 19 Oiganlzatlou
of a Hebrew mclety at Dickinson College
lias been effected by twcnty-fUn Jewish stu
dents for tlie purpose of teaching and dis
cussing Jewish lltcratutc. hlctor.v and re
ligion. Tlie olllcers elected were 1'iesldent,
Jerome I. Meis, Sciauloii; vice president,
I'M waul Coleman, Alleutowu; sccretarj,
Reuben C. Saul, Reading, ticnurcr, Gordon
M. Marks, Carlisle.
Hurt Trying to Save Train
NORRISTOWN. P.i Apil! 19. M i:
Shade, of Hanlsburg, is In a sciious con
dltlon at the Norrlslown Hospital. Ho Is
employed on the Pennsylvania Railroad
Trenton cut-off division To prevent an
nccldcnt he leaned down to remove a diag-
ging chain while the train was speeding
near Whltemarsh Junction and was struck
by n water plug.
Carry Women to Safety
LANCASTER. Pa.. Apt II 19 Flic of un
known origin damaged Moseman Brothers'
grocery store on West King street and the
htock of Swcnk's shoe stole Tho upper
stories of the building contain apartment?
nnd firemen nnd police wero obliged to carry
a number ot women and children fiom their
rooms. Tho loss is estimated at $ln,000.
Eminent Omaha Lawyer Dies
WASHINGTON. April 19. T J. Malm
ney, a prominent attorney of Omaha, N'eb.,
died suddenly In the corridors of tho C.ipl
tol today. While sitting in the Senate gal
leries lie became ill and was untried out llo
died within a fnvv minutes.
Austrian Cabinet Out, Berlin Hears
C0P1CNHAG1:N, April 19. The entire
Austrian Cabinet has resigned, nccoidlng
to the Rerllii Vosslclie Xeltung tills after
noon, Amsterdam advices ycsteid.iy as
serted that two pio-Gcrman members of
tho Cabinet had resigned.
Wilson Gives $,")00 to Bed Cross
WASHINGTON. April 19. - Piebldent
Wilson celebiatcd Patriots' Day by con
tributing $000 to the Red Cross. Scorei
of Washlngtonlans followed his p.ainpl
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GENET DIED FOR FRANCE
JUST AS HE HAD DESIRED
"puld Consider It an Honor," De
scendant of "Citizen" Wrote
to Mother
"I would consider It an honor to die for
France."
That was the nt message received from'1
Kdmnnd C. C, Genet, young American
aviator, killed In France, contained In n
letter to his mother, Mrs. "Albert Rivers
Genet, of Norrlstown, Pa.
Young Genet was killed Monday by Ger
man shrapnel vvhllo attempting a reconnals
sauce over the battle lines. He had a full
military funeral.
Genet was 'wounded recently when he ac
companied .lames R, MeConnell, another
American aviator, across tho lines In a
flight that resuttel In McConnell's death.
He left two hiothrts. Glthcrt R. F, Genet,
a tT S, Naval Reserve, and Albert Rivers
Genet, now preparing fqr the navy. He
hh a dlicct descendant of "Citizen" Genet,
French envoy to the Culled States after tho
Revolution.
Word has been received of the death In
Franco of Lieutenant lCverett Royd Fallls,
nephew of Arthur II. I. Jackson, an at
torney, 128 South Seventeenth street
Lieutenant Fallls, whoso homo was In
Toronto, fell In Inst week's terrific light
ing on Vlmy Ridge, when the Canadians
lost in killed 330 ofllcers nnd between 5000
and fiOOO men.
J E Caldwell (o.
Chestnut Juniper South Penn Square
Crystal Stemware
Decorated With Bands
of Sterling Silver
G. A. Schwarz
1006 Chestnut Street
announces his retirement from business after fifty-eight-years
at the same location.
To reduce thc stock all goods will be sold at a discount
of 20 Vv onoriginal prices.
Business will be discontinued after
Saturday, April 28th
Property for Sale or for Rent
Economy! Cheapest, power is that which
makes best use of Nature's resources. With the
gliding drive of a full rigged ship plus a speed
no craft ever had the. twelve agile and
powerful cylinders of the Packard motor will
carry you anywhere in greatest security and
comfort at least possible cost. The econonv
ical use of gasoline is one of the major advan
tages of the Twin-six. $ There are twenty and more
Packard styles- to select from. The prices are three thou
sand fifty dollars and up, at Detroit. 1? Packard Motor
Car Company of Philadelphia; 319 Nor(th Broad Street,
Philadelphia.- also Bethlehem, Harrisburg, Lancaster,
Reading, Trenton, Williamsport and Wilmington.
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FLEE BURNING BUILDING
Three Firemen Overcome by Smokn in
Fighting Flames Among
Curled Hair
Tin ee hundred employes, Including men
and women, were driven to tho' strcot nnd
three fltemen were overcome this afternoon
when a spark from a machine set fire to a
largo (pintitlty of curled hair In the bnll-
bead department ot F. P. Woll U Co ,
Charles nnd Tncony streets, Frankford
The firemen overcomo tiro attached to
Knglno Company No. 14, They nro Benja
min Stanley, Charles Butler and Albert
Uroadbent. Stanley was removed to Frank
ford Hospital, while Broadbent nnd Butler
wero treated by police suigeons.
About fifty men nnd women employed In
the "bntthead department" lost no time In
getting to the street when flames began to
dart from a great henp'of curled hair. The
alarm spread quickly to nil parts of tho
two-story brick building, and all tho other
employes got out In snfety. Fighting of tho
fire was made dllllcult by denso clouds of
smoke which filled the building, Much of
the curled hair was damp and smoldered,
adding to thc density of t lie emoko blanket.
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With licit all nround, some
Duclilcii, 8O1H0 buttoned, hlnnt
ccl outftltle pntch pockets, or
vertical liinltlct brllowH pockets t
form-fitting or loose back. One
of scleral models. 18, $20,
$25, 30, $35.
1. Because .they have
the goods.
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2. Because of word
of mouth advertis
ing. 3. Because people
eventually find out
what's what and,
who's who.
4. Because the clothes
correspond to what j
we say about them!
5. Because so many Tj
Philadelrjhia men ' ' $
have found out that,
in point of Value,-;
Workmanship, F i t; h
Style, there are nov.
clothes the equals otl
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you see the proofs of tkf!
above "Becomes" todaffl
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