v,
I1
IVn
r. '
I
I'
tENZIED FINANCE
RUINS TWO ROADS
i. recking of Pere Marquette
and u., xi. ana u. xoia oy
U. S. Commerce Board
TAINT OF CRIMINALITY"
. 1
Congressional Committee Hears
Astounding Tale of Reckless
Manipulation
r WASHINGTON, April 20.
The story of tho wrecking of a great
railroad system today wan told by tho In
t.ntate Commerce Commission when that
v4 body transmitted to tho Houso Interstate
Atld roreig" uiiimv.u iuiiiiiiiiit:u ub j-q.
nort of the corporoto history of tho Pere
F Maraueiic anu mu viui:iimuu, uamnion
and Daton Railroads. The financial pow
6 ers which sapped the life of tho Pero'Mar
6 quette system for private gain followed
the same general system ns that operated
if. In the wrecking of tho New York, New
.Haven and tho Hartford and tho Chicago,
l "Rock Island and Pacific Railroads, the
V commission finds.
'. The commission declares that the rove
s' j latlons of tho Inquiry seryo further to em
h phastze tho need for Federal regulation
r, v'of securities andfor legislation giving tho
jbommlsslon authority to have access p rall
i .iroad files and correspondence, so that It
Ucan prevent corporato manipulations from
flfcitng carried dh In the shadows.
The commission's Indictment of the rail
'tr road promoters contains many counts. The
f. facta were largely gathered by Louis Bran
If dies, of Boston, now Associate Justlco of
Y the Supreme Court of tho United States
Mr. Brandcla was retained by tho commls
1 tlon In 1914 as a special Investigator In
the case and conducted hearings' hero and
, to other cities.
t ' Tho commission's story says that tho
f downfall of the Pero Marquetto began
t .hAn. In December. 1902. P. If. Prlnno ..
) 'cured control from the Thaycr-Crapo In
ft -terests. Until 1904 Prlnco and his asso
ciates managed tho road, according to the
commission, with abandoned profligacy, add
ing millions to tho long-term debt of the
property. Then he sold out to Eugene Zim
merman, the Cincinnati multimillionaire,
and H. B. Holllns, the New York broker.
Prince bought tho road at $85 per share, ran
It down, added to Its debt and generally
embarrassed the property, and then sold
at 126 a share, according to tho commls
llon. ,
The Zlmmcrman-Holllns syndicate han
dled the property until In October, 1905,
J. P. Morgan took over tho combined Pere
'Marquetto and Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton system and put both roads In tho
hands of receivers.
1 CRIMINALITY TAINT
Of the Prince control, tho commission
says that only a court of criminal justice
could deal properly with their manipula
tions, and of tho Zlmmcrman-Holllns syn
dicate, that body declares the taint of crim
inality clings to their deals. Tho latter
group, the commission says, "stopped at
nothing." Tho action of the Zlmmerman
Holllns syndicate in unloading the two
bankrupt roads on tho Morgan house at
$160 a share when the highest price paid for
the road w hen it was in good condition was
185 Is described bv the commission a an
t "astounding coup."
A glimpse or a contest between financial
giants Is given by the commission when It
briefly tells the story of how J. P. Morgan,
upon whom tho two shattered roads had
been unloaded, passed them to the Erie
Railroad because Morgan controlled a suf
ficient Interest In Erie control to mako his
suggestions that tho Erie purchase vir
tually mandatory.
But meantime E. H. Harriman was
springing up like a mushroom in the rail
road financial world, and-Morgan reckoned
without him. Harriman had qrept Into con
trol of the Erie under Morgan's nose, ac
cording to tho commission's story, and when
he felt strong enough forced Morgan to take
back the bundle of troubles which con
stituted the Pere Marquette and the C,
H. and D. Tho commission says this ac
tion of Harrlman's saved tho Erie from
serious loss.
With the white elephant back on his
hands again Morgan Anally got the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad to take over the
C, H. 'and D. In the commission's hear
ings It was testified that mere ownership
of this road by the Baltimore and Ohio
meant an annual drain of $3,000,000 a year
on that corporation's funds, just to keep
Up Interest and operating charges.
MEDICO-CHI ALUMNI at their meet
ing at the Rlttenhouse Hotel elected offl
cera as follows: President, Dr. A. C. Mor
gan; vice presidents, Dr. George E. Pfahler,
Dr. Joseph C, Doane and Dr. M. T. O'Mal
ley; secretary, Dr. E. H. Erney, and treas
urer, Dr. John A. Brophy.
PRESIDENT EDWARD B. GLEASON,
f Common Council, has been appointed
captain in the medical division 'of the Offi
cers' Reserve Corps of the United States
rmv, Ho has been a lieutenant In the
corps for several years. He Is a specialist
in diseases of the eye. ear, nose and throat
"EffABDS FOR U-BOAT destroyers are
suggested by Henry W. Brown, of the In
surance firm of Henry W. Brown & Co.,
-& Walnut street. The plan calls for the
Institution of a rust fund of $5,000,000 to
b distributed under the direction of the
Kvy Department to men In the Government
City News in Brief 1
n rvice who aid In the capture or destruc-
"-. nun ur liermnn anhmn, nn
is i.nuiiuit DHEno are running tne
it four nailtn nnii.... i.nMunH .. ...,...
to a strike of the thirty-six deckhands and
HTQIRfin. TViA tnArt nra mit aolrtntr nt watVAfl
liL ?' "5 Instead of $66 a month. The four
I" tun arrant..! ... .I .-. .- -U.I..t..u
Gwynedd and Adriatic.
PHILADELPHIA EXHIBITORS are
wylng off many of the honors at the
Brooklyn horse shows. Mlsi Isabelle
Wanamaker won a Dluo ribbon last night.
wiving her pair of chestnuts, Eva and
tJJv rall's prlde. Other Philadelphia blue
ribbon winners were A. W. Atkinson and
"Is Jean Lister Austin.
, VKoroSALS WERE RECEIVED today
IT Assistant TVIrint TtaMnrln tt tho De
triment of Public Works, for highway
Improvement work that will cost approxl
tely MOO.OflO. The various operations
COntlst nt vrfllni. anA n.iilnv anri MtuV-
K'Sfif 80tl0ns of many streets, with as-
v-v ana uelglan and wood diocks. -ine
l wrds will be -announced In a few days.
r IfAYfllt Qvv.i,r -..... --.-.t 41. .,.
Ayrni, T " ivuif a,ffwv& "' .""
- .2 lsea rjy uouncus aesinaiiu m
joutn Philadelphia State Bank as a de
Kwtory of the city funds.
U. "UMBER of contracts for ptermaaent
uniclpal Improvements were approved to
rT?, y Mayor Smith. Among them are
LIt!yon t0T -0,625 for Installing . Matin
K:1"' Ventilation i.m In tha main bulld-
l wf' h9 F" library to be erected at
t H!?nth and Vine stret. nd the Eat-
uSL'vln Company for $11,800, for re
." the west .side' of Sfxty-thlrd street
lrfv'Mrk"t o Vlne'wlth asphalt
rARE MABOHINO ttts fer
i of FasquaH rvuciwn "-'
of 1(11 Alter Wr;"-
SMOKE CLOUDS HALT
FIREMEN IN FACTORY
Six Persons Overcome in Blaze
at Potter Concern, Second
and Erie
atinin .t. W7e vercom by dense and
a. fiw m0kVr?.m. a nre whlch darted
Potter f ,the bullllnRs of Thomas
llnA r I8?""' Pointed, oil cloth and
avenue? ' "d Street nnd Krle
nirhi mJVer.lous caso ls that of Frank
lendonV a .nnRlne (-omnany . Superlh
M. nA,?arSOn' of BulWfii 21. where the
imnn fi,nr,ed', was overcome by smoke, but
ami hpr.C,flnNer.lngJ8lsted UPOH Boln back
u he "lmfto "Kht tho names.
nvi .wU "F where ,h0 flro occurred Is a
.vnyrMk Bt.ructure abutting tho Pennon.-
ft Jtllllrtm1 rns. The men In the
culling room on .tho fifth floor had just
?h- S" .. c?ats rca,y for ,ut,ch when
tho fire started at one end of the room.
Tho material used In this department Is of
oxtrcmely Inflammable naturo nnd home
remedies applied to tho blao had little
effect.
,x.ayi M1?, tlmo lhe flro company arrived
tho building whs a furnace that speedily
clouded the neighborhood with smoke. The
firemen had to Krotin their venv trx va k.im.
Ing building, nnd the rumor spread about
that many had been overcome. Ambulances
from the Episcopal, tho Samaritan and St,
Mary's Hospitals hurried to the Bcene.
Then It was deemed necessary to send In
a second alarm. The firemen wcro handi
capped in their work by inability to get
a line of hose to tho fifth floor of the build
ing. They could be seen through the smoke
rifts weaving around on the fire escape, and
heard shouting for the hose. Those who
put their heads inside tho .building could
not stay for moro than three minutes. Then
they came out and breathed the fresh air
for live minutes.
At 1:30 o'clock the firemen thought they
had got the conflagration under control.
It Is believed that the fire was caused by
tho friction of a rapidly moving cutting
knife upon somo material.
FOUR TRUSTEES QUIT
CHURCH; DENY FRICTION
John E. McCully Gives Reason
for Chambers-Wylie
Resignations
Denial that his resignation nnd tho
resignation of three other trustees of Cham-bers-Wllo
Memorial Presbyterian Church,
Broad street below Spruce, was due to
friction of any kind, was made today by
John E. McCully, an attorney with odlccs
at 1429 Chestnut street.
Mr. McCully said ho and his fellow
trustees resigned at the annual congrega
tion meeting last Monday night because
they had borno the burden of tho financial
conduct of the church for many years, and
thought that others In tne church should
take a hand at the task. Tho other trusteos
who resigned are James B. Robinson, 6029
Pino street, president of the board and a
member of that body for twenty-six years ;
Albert Fagely, G310 Larchwood aenue,
treasurer of tho board, and Joseph Hutch.
Inson, of Westvllle, N. J. ' Mr. McCully had
been a trustee of the church for twenty
eight years ,
"I have helped to conduct the financial
affairs of the church for many years." said
Mr. McCully, "and I feel that somebody else
should take a hand nnd do his bit. Some
time ago I moved to Overbrook, and be
cause of the distance It Is hard for me to
attend the board meetings. Besides, my
business occupies nearly all of my time.
Tho report that the resignations were
brought about by friction ls absolutely un
true." The resignations were not accepted and
at a meeting of the trustees next week an
effort will be mado to have the resigna
tions withdrawn.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
TO AID "HOME GUARDS"
Secretary Carr Tells What Services
Can Be Performed in
Emergency
Plans are being formulated for the en
rollment of women, girls and boys In the
Philadelphia Home Defense Committee, ac
cording to George Wentworth Carr, secre
tary of the committee, In an address today
at a noonday luncheon of the Business
Science Club In the Hotel Aaeipnia.
"We have not decided yet just how we
will use the women folk, and the girls and
boys, but we are going to give them an op
portunity to do their bit for Philadel
phia and the nation.
"Almost every day I am asked as to tho
duties of the Home Defense Guards. Well,
here ls an Illustration of how they will be
useful: Supposing that a submarine shelled
one of the beach resorts on the Atlantlo
coast and killed a lot of women and chil
dren. You can readily see how such a
tragedy might excite the populace of Phila
delphia. It Is likely that mobs, actuated by
a spirit of reprisal, would attack and sack
homes of persons of German extraction,
most of whom are loyal Americans. The
home defense committee could call out Itfl
forces to protect these clti-ens.
"I have also been asked what the com
pensation would be for serving in the
guards. In answer to that I can only say
I am certain that most of the employers
will make some arrangement by which sal
aries of home guardsmen will continue.
If we should have a state of anarchy In
Philadelphia our employers would be
mighty glad to have a home guard to re
store order."
Guardsman Under Serious Charge
Michael A. Barone, twenty-one years old.
of Baritan, N. J., has been arrested at
Pedrlcktown while serving with the Sec
ond Regiment. New Jersey National Guard,
and brought to Camden to answer a charge
of violation of the Mann white slave act.
It is alleged that Barone deserted. his
..n.vonr.old wife In Newark, running
nwavl with 17-year-old Rose Flngarlo, only
U desert her In turn In Philadelphia. He
will have a hearing tomorrow before
Recorder Stackhouse in t.he Camden City
Hall.
Ffinmeleid CLlOCKsi
1 a l
and
Novelties
T.J. Mneuvvst and quartz
paper cutters ; bureau boxes,
pin trays, asrt receiver,
toilet bottles.
a
RCPequignot
jrftltf
CAMDEN PLANS BIG
RALLY TOMORROW
Great Demonstration Ex
pectedVice President
Marshall to Speak
PATRIOTISM IS STIRRED
Tomorrow Is Patriotic Day In Camden 1
A rally that Is anticipated to rival In
spirit and size Philadelphia's recent gather
ing at Independence Hall Is to take place at
the Third Regiment Armory. Haddon ae
nuo and Mlckle Btreet. at 3 o'clock In the
afternoon under auspices of tho public
safety committee nppolnted by Mayor
Charles 11. Ellis.
With anDroach of th hour for the meet
ing a martial spirit grows over tho entire
populaco of Camden. More flags are
brought out. Patrotlam Is the one predomi
nating subject of conversation on tho
streets.
Thomns R. Marshall, Vlco President at
the United States, will address the rally.
United States Senator Joseph Frcllnghuy
sen. of New Jersey ; Dr. Russell II. Con
well, of Philadelphia, president of Temple
University; the Rev. Dr. John Handley.
chaplain Second Regiment.' United States
Infantry, are tho other listed speakers.
The Rev. Dr. Holmes E. Gravvatt, of the
First Presbyterian, and the Rev. M. Mul
ligan, of the Church of the Immaculate
Conception, will offer the benediction.
Mayor Ellis will preside.
Large' manufacturing plants have be
come Imbued with tho spirit of the move
ment Almost every hour such concerns
notify the committee In chargb of their
Intention to send delegations of employes.
In business houses, where the force Is
largo enough, many will march to the meet
ing place In a body. Smaller houses will
bo represented by Individuals, thousands of
whom will attend.
Under the leadership of Professor Powell
Fllhlan. Instructor of music In tho public
schools, a chorus of 150 trained voices
will lead In singing patriotic songs.
Thousands of programs have been dis
tributed. On the back of each has been
printed tho oath of allegtance to tho United
States and songs tho participants In the
demonstration will be requested to sing.
Thirty Invitations hao been Issued to
Mayors of arlous cities surrounding Cam
den,' Including Mayor Smith, of Philadel
phia. Many aro expected to attend.
The Seldenberg Cigar Company Is going
to send a delegation' of more than 600 per
sons, most of whom will be girls. The girls
will wear red caps and carry American
flags. Led by a band of twenty pieces, the
employes will march In a bodv to the Third
Regiment Armory. Head of various de
partments will act as lieutenants, nnd Isaac
N. Frlsch, superintendent of the factory,
will be In supremo command.
Castle Kid Company, 700 strong, will as
semble at the factory, 1616 Broadway, under
the leadership of Theodore Kausel, super
intendent. The Third Regiment Band will
lead them to the meeting.
The Red Men will meet at Morgan Hall
and act as an escort to T. M. Leo Post,
G. A. R. Five hundred are expected to turn
out with two bands.
At the Red Men's Hall, Broadway and
Division street, tho Junior Order of the
United American Mechanics will meet to
form in marching order. They will proceed
to the rally led by the Browning Accordion
Band.
Stonemen from all over the country have
been invited to attend.
Members 'of this organization In Camden
will assemblo at Broadway and Buckley
street at 2:30 and march In or body to the
armory. At least 900 aro expected with the
Gloucester Stonemen's Band. William Davis,
of Camden, treasurer of the organization,
will act as marshal. Each member has
been requested to wear colors In his coat
and to carry an American flag.
Thomes E. Murphey and Brother Rich
ards will act as vice presidents at the meet
ing. These are only a few of the large organ
izations that will attend the rally in bodies.
AUTO CRASHES INTO
BRIDGE; TWO ARE HURT
Victim of Accident Near Chambers Cor
ner Is Dying in Mount Holly,
N. J., Hospital
MT. HOLTVY, N. J., April 20. Uncon
scious and with a slim chanco of recovery,
William Pitman, about thirty years old,
married, of Vlncentown, Is In the County
Hospital, a victim of an automobile acci
dent near Chambers Corner early this
morning. It is believed his skull ls frac
tured. Albert KIshpaugh ls there badly
cut and bruised.
Tlfese men and James and George Allo
way, Russell Wright and Firman Branln,
all of Vlncentown, crashed into a bridge
while returning home from a dance at
Columbus. Their automobile headlights
were out and they were following another
machine until It sped on too fast for them.
Unable to see the bridge they crashed Into
It and the car was overturned. Pitman
and KIshpaugh were the only ones badly
Injured.
The Square-Throat
Pump '
Gun Metal or Patent, $7.00
Nut Brown Russia Calf, $7.60
'A new model both
charming and comfort
able, which exactly meets
the requirements of 'the
season, for all occasions.
Our very great variety of
exclusive models is a
continual surprise and
pleasure tojiscriminating
women, you should see
them. ' ''
JVlEDERMAN
30 Chtttnut
nei t
$? yj
ITIH.
"FREE-VERSE WATTS"
EXPOSED AS HOAX
Joyce Kilmer Tells Browning
Society He Wipte "Stuff" to
Prove It's All Bosh
By M'LISS
The news Ii bad. don't throw a
the noct Alfred Watts, hn nln't.
faint;
Wo
knew him as a frce-erso writer, modern
poesy's ablest lighter. -He wrote some n'.iirf
llko Amy Lowell, Incoherences of tho soul.
The new "mags" bought his free cise,
too; "He's there," said they, "he Hn
qulto true. He's Just ns ague ns Gertie
M'jtn: he got tho dope, he's quite dWmc
Ilia llttl- gems he writes nt random; you're
not Mipjrotcd to understand 'cm 1"
And so they bought up all his stuff, ns
though they couldn't get enough. Ho was
a literary find ; sometimes ho renllv laxril
the mind. And every oen desired to know
the fellow Watts; they liked him so.
Comes now one Kilmer, first namo Joyce,
who says In Jeering gibing volco: "The
fellow Watts, you'll make me choko, he's
but a big nnd screaming Joke. You're
awful fools to think he's he. why, Watts,
of course, it simply me. Mo nnd Mar
garet Wlddemer. Whyfor, ou say, wo did
It fer?
"We did It 'cause this free-verse rot made
us both so burning hot. To Shakespeare,
and all decent writers .these new ones are
a set of blighters. They really cannot take
tho time to put their thinking Into rhyme;
though 'thinking' may not bo tho word to
use about this lowly herd.
"To beat them at their low-down game ; to
bring about the blush of shame, we went nnd
took a minute otT, lesi time than It would
taKe to cougn e wroto somo free erse,
deep and mystic, free erse ague nnd nn
archlstlc. Wo sent It out, ns though we liked
It, to editors who haven't spiked It, Instead,
'twas printed with acclaim, nnd Watts, they
said, was due somo fame. But Wntls, we
know an awful fool, seeing ns how ho was
our tool."
Kilmer, you know's tho man of rhvme,
whose desk Is In tho New York Times. HI
helper In tho free-verso snare li a Phila
delphia ladyo falre 'Twns tho Browning
Society last night that heard him with such
keen delight. Ho slammed Walt Whitman
once or twice, which really wasn't very
nice, but against him this they didn't hold,
when tho funny talo of Watts was told.
Below you'll find a cem or tun nf ihi
kind of stuff that Watts could do; Watts
the cunning, weo bialn-chlld of Margaret
Wlddemer and Kilmer, riled:
QUESTION NOCTURNAL
Eyes like little green arplrs
In a wrinkled apple blossom face.
Why do ou look nt me?
The wind lifts Kold up and down the Btreet
And through the windows
even the windows no not the windows
Of me.
THE CURRENT
The white soul of the water
Dlpi gnawing the tree-roots.
It Is broken
Across the Implacable bronze-green scummed
bark
And tho glistening water-rato
Aro tired
IN THE TARK: FOR FAROUCHE. NOVEM-
HER, 1014.
Even when I look at the locomotive
Holding the round earth from falling Into space
by means of Its magnetic feet.
I see the caterpillar
Oreen, wet, fat.
A stain on creyness,
Dead beside, or under. Or Is It above?
COURTS ASKED TO EXCUSE
FARMERS FROM JURY DUTY
Governor Edge Reminds Judges
Need of Maintaining Agri
cultural Output
of
TRENTON. April 20. In order that tho
convening of county courts throughout the
State this spring mny not Interfere with
the movement for utilizing farm land to
the utmost for agricultural purposes, Gov
ernor edge has written to nil of the county
Judges nnd nlso to Justices of tho Su
preme Court sitting In the counties of tho
State suggesting that all farmers who have
been or who may be drawn for Jury service
at tho spring term of the courts be ex
cused from service If they so desire.
Tho Governor says:
"It Is my thought that such a step Is
absolutely necessary In order that noth
ing may be done which would tend In any
way to lessen tho agricultural output. Wo
must bo careful not to cripple,' even so lit
tle, the manpower essential for tho vital
part which tho farm ls to play In modern
warfare."
x;
H V
)
WEST POINT SENDS
OUT CLASS OF 139
Graduation at U. S. Military
Academy Advanced Under
Stress of War
NO JUNE WEEK GAYETY
WKST rOINT, N. Y April :o.
One hundred and thirty-nine endcts were
graduated from tho United Stiitcs Military
Academy today nnd took their places ns
lleuterfnnts In the new army being formed
to fight Germany. They nto tho members
of tho clnss of 1317 which expected to bo
graduated In Juno next with nil the pleasant
feature Incident to a West Point "June
week" ceremony.
Urging them to do their best In tho world
war which tho United Stntes has entered,
Secretary of Wnr linker presented tho grad
uates their diplomas nnd added them to tho
roster of olllcers of tho United States army.
Indirect references to tho conscription
Issuo which now faces tho Oov eminent
brought cheers of approval ftoni the crowds
which packed the ne.idemy ginnnslum.
While tho ceremonies wcro In progress
two ncrop'anes fiotu tho Government sta
tion at Mlncola alighted on tho grnss pl.iln
outside.
Secictnry Baker emphasized tho need for
universal military training nnd was cheered
by tho cadets. w;hoso graduation was ad
vanced sixty dajs because of the war.
With Major General Hugh I, Scott, chief
of staff, nnd Mrs Baker, the Secretary re
vlowed tho West Point battalion nftcr tho
graduation ceremony Tho new olllcers left
nt onco on a special train for New York for
a month's absence beforo reporting to the
commnnds to which they have been oidcred
f'aptnln Harris Jones, of Clayvllle, N. Y,
was tho honor man of tho class, while John
It. Njganrd, of Wisconsin, was tho last m.in
on tho roll, the "goat" In West Point par
lance. The class of '17 Is a representative West
Point clnss, drilled to tho mlnuto nnd ready
to do Its part In tho big business now at
hand Undoubtedly most If not nil tho men
will be commissioned ns flist lieutenants.
U. S. BOOSTS INTEREST
ON TREASURY NOTES
Advance From 2 to 3 Per Cent
Ordered to Stimulate
Sale
Chnrles J. Rhoads, governor of tho Fed
eral Reservo Bank ot Philadelphia, nn
nounced this afternoon that tho Govern
ment had decided tn boost tho Interest
rnto on tho $200,000,000 Treasury tcrtin
c.Ues offered tho twelve reserve banks from
2 '4 per cent to 3 per cent.
At the samo time, tho dato of maturity
ot thn certlllc.ites was changed from July
I to June 30. The certificate wlU not bo
Issued until about next Tuesday or Wed
nesday, owing to tho delay of tho confer
ence report from Congress on the war lonn.
Tho advance lu tho rnto of Interest, Mr
Rhoads said, was made In older to create
a wider m.irkot nnd give tho country banks
nn opportunity to subscrlbo for ns many
of tho notes as they want.
While no figures tcgnrdlng tho amount
of subscriptions iccclvcd by the Federal
Institutions for tho certificates wcro made
known. It was understood that thev were
qulto hntlsf.ictory. This Is true all over
tho country, nnd It was thought that with
tho ndvance lu the Interest rate tho sub
scriptions would Increase
Dispatches from Washington said It was
understood that tho money was to be used
to help the Allies, nnd that most of It
would go to Russia to nld that country In
purchasing supplies In tho United States.
Financiers regarded this ns tho answer of
the United States Government to tho re
ports from Germany that thcro wero good
prospects of Russia's negotiating a teparato
peace.
Farmer Killed by Express Train
LANCASTER. Pa., April 20 Harry
Helndle, flfty-elght years old, was killed
last night at Dlllcrsvlllo when tho Buffalo
Express of tho Pennsylvania Railroad
struck nnd demolished a wagon In which
he was riding. He was a well-known
truck farmer and was marrled.
Maxtfson
1115 Chestnut Street
(Opposite Keith's)
For Saturday
Stunning Hats
150
Reduced
from
$10 and $12. to
Following our ..week-end custom of featuring millinery at extremely lowprices, '
we have taken a large number of exquisite new spring models from our regular
high-class stock and priced them regardless of profit for immediate clearance.
Specially Priced for Saturday
Fox and Wolf Scarfs
Including 'taupe, Blue, Brown, Kamchatka, Slate,
Battleship Grey, London Smoke, White ot Recl.v
a. '
Iff fiS
AMERICAN FLAG RAISED
AT MULF0RD PLANT
Patriotic Ceremony Marks Dem
onstration at Works in
Glcnolden
An Impressive nnd pntrlotlo, program was
followed nt a-llag raising hy'tho employes
of tho II, K. Mulford Chemical Plant, at
Glcnolden, Pn nt noon today. Tho flag
was raised on tho lawn In front of the
main laboratory. Many guests were pres
ent nnd took part In tho cxerctses. Includ
ing tho ltev. Dr. llobcrt Johnston, rector
of the episcopal Church of the Saviour,
nt Thirty-eighth nnd Chestnut streets, and
City Stntlstlclnn 15. J. Cattell.
Addresses wcro made by Doctor Johnston,
Mr. Cattell, Milton Campbell, president of
Geo. B. Newton
Coal Company
Announcement
We Have just 'beeivreliably -informed
that Labor atthe Anthracite Mines hasr
made a demand of a 20 increase iri
their wages. In view of this condition,
as well as the fact thlat we have booked
more orders at the recent reduction of
75c per ton than-wewill be able to obtain
from the mines at the April schedule, wo
are obliged to advise the Public that all
orders taken after Saturday, April 21st,
will be subject'-to May prices.
We are very much" pleased that so
many of our patrons have availed them
selves of the opportunities offered since
the 1st of April in securing their Fall and
Winter supply at the recent reduction of
75c per ton. Although we are uncertain
as to what prices will be after May 1st, we
still urge the Public to put in their Fall
and Winter supply during the Summer,
as every indication points to still higher
prices as the Fall approaches.
Geo. B. Newton Coal Co.
Franklin Bank Building
Spruce 1400 - Race 3800
j; j.
& DeManp
5-
24-00
Very Special Values
TkAmm
r'm '
Wi
;
Wj "
;,'tri
h
VEWB,
-v V v ...! .. .7 . - ..
.V
.,:" ""." ".
Wyt-
,?ii-. ,.' -
the;irr-
Mulford, vle,i
The Sinatras' ttt.ri
accompanied i fey? Mlw Mur-
nnd Husselt Butler,' clarinet!.
wnom are connected witn tM, w
The flag was rallied by ChsvrlM 1
superintendent of tho Dlaht. the dh
of the emblem being ten by twenty
Alter tne exercises a luncheon wli
nnd later. In the Assembly Hall.' Dr. 1
L. Amoss, of the John D. Rockefeller 1
stltutc, delivered an address In whMftu
spoke nbout tne various toxins used ,la 3
wnr ana ot their application 4e
wounded. '
I ,v-
Kiaia rtffiMa Tina tmm D...J V
HAnniSBUItO. April 20. All thW i
nt the Capitol will bo closed tomorro !
order to permit the officials and clerks) -
take part in tne iiarrlsburg patriotic
rade. Tho Governor will head the Caa
1111 marching division and the Carlisle ;
ll.tn nnd Scotland orphans' Home '
will tilnv.
,
m
" M
-km
-' wis
v M
i
0'.
'.
M
i
r'K'M
fcs'7 i
"A
ife'l
y
A'
.itn
s
r
jf-t siorj.
i
-WsVP
'fvt'-Qy. i
"'..
.Arl
m
TJ
m
m
,-r r - , ; rf ,,, m
: "
lttiln!