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MADE PURELY LOCAL
Amended in Senate Committee
to Include Philadelphia
Conditions Only
TWINING LIKES CHANGES
Jlayor Also Approves Alterations Do
Not Lessen Value of Measure
as ."Club"
The Salus transit bill, which Is on second
reading In tho Senate today, haB been
amended, according to a dispatch from
Jlarrlsburg, so thnt It will apply only to
Philadelphia and not to any other munici
pality In tho State where there may be
moro than one street railway corporation.
The amendment meets with the approval of
Transit Director Twining and Mnyor Smith
and does noi impair tho value of the bill
as a club In the lease negotiations with
the Philadelphia llapld Transit Company,
The original draft of the Salus bill In
section one read In patt as follows:
"When the facilities of two public service
companies being street railway corpora
tions or tho facilities of a street railway
corporation and tho facilities of n street
railway line owned, leased or operated by
A municipal corporation cross nt the same
or different levels, or are ndjacent to each
ether, It snail he mo uuty to establish tians
fer polntn," etc. The clause "the facilities
of two public service companies being street
railway corporations or" Is striken out.
Section 2 read originally, "When the
, facilities of two street railway corporations
or the facilities of a street railway line
owned, leased or operated by a municipal
corporation cross or are adjacent to each
ether, the commission shall have power to
inquire Into tho reasonable necessity of
transfer points, etc."
The clause "two street railway corpora
tions or" was stricken out and In Its place
the phrase "a street railway corporation"
Inserted.
The amendments were made In the Sen
ate Judiciary General Committee.
As the bill read originally It might apply
to any city where there are two or mora
transportation companies, but as amended
it will refer only to Philadelphia, since this
City Is the only municipality In the State
where there Is one Independent system and
cne municipally owned system.
Interest In tho transit situation today
centered about a conference between Ellis
Ames Ballard, chief counsel for the Phila
delphia P.apld Transit Company, and Mayor
Smith, in the latter's office in City Hall.
After the confercnco the Mayor said they
had discussed transit matters, but declined
to particularize.
As the conference was held at tho re
quest of the transit company official, It is
expected thtat Mr. Ballard had something
to offer tentatively as a step toward the
olutlon of tho present chaotic situation.
At the present time, administration lead
ers admit, the transit company holds the
more advantageous position in the transit
lease negotiations. This, however, will be
reversed If the bills now pending at Har
risburg pass, city officials contend.
Traction Interests nre bringing every
possible pressure to bear for the defeat of
this legislative program and the conference
today probably will be devoted partly to
the consideration of these bills.
, Auditor General
Defends Acts
Continued from Vase One
tween the Auditor Generafs books and
those of the State Treasurer.
,""Some" one Iras- been stringing you," an
iwered Powell. "They balanced per
fectly." .
"Oh, no !" said Snyder. "So onA:an
tfetrlng me.1'
? ' Powell declared that Ills books had bal
anced every month.
' ( "When he was questioned In detail by Sen
tator Kyre and other Penrose Senate lead
ers' us to the necessity for employing ex
pert. ccountants, Powell frankly said that
he' had known that the probe was to be
'started In some way or another, nnd that
he wanted, "for his own satisfaction and
for', the satisfaction of his successor," to
jhow that his balances were correct.
VV The Penrose probers wanted to have the
it n .1 t . . .!.. !,
i department, but Powell objected.
X "The Legislature ought to depend on the
?3onesty and Integrity of the Auditor Gen
'eral," he said, "If it cannot, the State is
,4n a bad way."
TOO MANY DUTIES
, Powell praised the recommendation of
the Economy aid Efficiency Commission
that the budget commission or a board of
finance and revenue be formed to pas3 upon
' the expenditures' of the various depait-
ments. He said he would combine the
present Revenue Commission, Sinking Fund
'Commission. Board of Public Grounds and
'Buildings, and the Economy and Efficiency
.Commission.
t Under the present system, he said, he has
to be a member of the Revenue Commis
sion, Sinking Fund Commission, Military
Board, the Board of Public Grounds and
Buildings, Economy and Efficiency Commis
sion, the Board of Agriculture, the Soldiers
"and Orphans' Schools Commission, the State
College Board and numerous smaller bodies,
,V. fcf which direct the expenditure of their
own appropriations.
The various department auditors, lie also
' -Urged, should be placed more closely with
,(he Auditor General's department.
i The charges of mismanagement .that have
.been made against Powell senerally fell
flat, but the hearing was marked by IJvely
ttlltd between Powell and the various Pen
rose Senate leaders, principally' over the
testimony offered by Powell before the Ap
propriations CommiUee, when Powell asked
'for a deficiency appropriation of $29,000
(.jsrly in the session.
' Senator Snyder appeared to be very much
jOonqerncd as to whether Harmon -M. Kep
part, the State Treasurer-elect, will be paid
1)111 of more than $7500 in. an escheat
'$. The deficiency bill and the contingent
vJunds granted the department last session
carried items to pay for several escheat
Cases, and this, money is almost used up,:
According tp Powell. He assured Snyder
5yeral times, .However, that there Is enough
.Inoney available, to pay kephart's bill as
j!,oon as Kepha'rt sends In an Itemized ac
n.count. !7
ft t McN'ICHOb PRODS' FOWEW. ,
u Senatnr M7.KjlM.nl iniiUH In' the srllllnB
jyjkPowell. He asked If vouchers had hot
Kkeen mislaid, '
, "There win a hnnrh nt a hundred or more
U 'u.nd lit the waste paper, and many were
4 Tn a " i . t 1 ..Jli.a flan .
,1,r traveling expenses 911110 auuuui .
$W said Powell. '
-3 McNIchol referred o Hems In the Auditor
ujJeneral'B own account. " We have never
51aa such Items as we have had to contend
f'WIth ilnrln ia ! lcitti months." .he
IS'' $ald. .'.
V ' 4- ''"The Government of" Pennsylvania )1M,
M V;' r een cleaner mui n mjf --
v Jitorted Powell
MeNlchni h.iM that the nresence of ex-
.- n.... .-..... ..- am micnlnlnn."
lij wLhe 'luestlon of personal te,ephone calls
b 6 3r have been charged to the State was
. ,yf ugnt up. "We can't go DacK or 1110 -tVlfewie
company's toll slips," said Powell.
f .' "Smitre Is no wuy of telling whether iney
?itw for public business or not."
;.i Fvwen saia mat ne coum w. . --
' JWn they totaled. They are paid, he said,
rVSrvUa-h the Department or fudiic un
HOUSE AND SENATE
ON ARMY
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...,ura irom I'm, one
expert I li,lrM,alK nnd ' would
ft 1 1 L f,a.'.a,a. from lUtmr
ment o HMln,ala pollry of ow Govern
Jolmson. " army "" persisted
tunlty nTJ ?V- n,.th! earll"t oppor
oti he soil nr V AmrlcHn ""Idlers appear
The h 11 ri,1,r?,nSf". relorlcd Wndsworth.
MtoilMlmi11 "i8" ln'ernted Williams,
or'JT" ,he qucsll0 wither
If we evrr ';.We are Boln,f t0 Be,ld one
we ! ,r Be.1 one flt nnd quipped. But
trained ,0 rcnd ,,0s unnt and ""
iraineu and unemi i.,i
nJi16 noosfvelt nngle-t'he Colonel's, plan to
hfead.a volunteer division to the French
Im?'--8 Porously Injected into "he
if.,,, -i ' onV?- An It was significant
....... uiu-;ine llepubllcans Harding and
hafcarr",;fh,nKJ( a caSpa'w
for , plJ,obA'ct BInlUI"B Permission
American nag on Europe's battle line.
benator Harding, of Ohio, started tho
SSST'K nlroduclnB mi amend!
?h! n e Ad,"lnlstratlon bill authorizing
!,,li Pr,Mldnt to raise by voluntary enlist
merit four Infantry divisions about 100,
000 men. The amendment does not name
Roosevelt, but means him
STONE BACKS WILSON
Senator Stone, of Missouri, chairman of
the foreign Relations Committee, who op
posed the declaration of war against Ger
many, announced he would vote for the
army selective plan. Ho had received a
number of telecrams from rnnxiltimnis in.
day urging the bill.
Senator Reed, of Missouri, offered an
amendment to the draft bill to provide ex
emptlon for theological students In recog
nized schools.
Compulsory military service in a democ
racy, declared Senator Weeks, Massachu
setts, Is no more repellent and undemo
cratic than governmental regulation of
wages, compulsory education and com
pulsory Insurance for employes.
"Tho question we must now consider Is
how are we going to give the President
what we have decided for him to employ
an army," said Weeks. He added:
Are wo going to do It In a manner
demonstrated oer and oer again as
Ill-advised, Ineffective and disastrous,
or nre we to turn our nttcntlon to tho
experience of other countries and take
from the experiences those lessons
which will enable us to steer clear of
the follies of the past?
That Is really the dividing line be
tween efficiency and Inefficiency.
Whenever we have engaged In a
great war It has been necessary to re
' sort to draft to bring it to a successful
conclusion.
FAILURE OF VOLUNTEERING
The Senator drew attention to the fail
ure of the volunteer system In the Revo-
SELECTION VERSUS VOLUNTEERING;
HOUSE DEVELOPS BITTER DEBATE
WASHINGTON, April 23.
With ecry promise of bitter debate be
tween advocates of President Wilson's
army selective plan and the majority of
the Committee on Military Affairs, who
brought In a modified measure, the House
today began general discussion of the bill
to raise an nrmy to fight against Germany.
Chairman Dent, of the Military Affairs
Committee, led the fight against the meas
ure in the form sought by President Wil
son. From the start Representative Dent
has advocated a bill which would give the
volunteer system a trial before making re
sort to the selective plan. In vigorous lan
guage today he upheld his right and that
of his colleagues who favor the volunteer
principle to differ with the President.
Dent was "enthusiastically applauded by
advocates of a volunteer system when he
took the well of the House to defend tho
measure fathered by himself and his com
mittee colleagues. The galleries were
filled.
There was no formal time limit for the
debate agreed upon. There Is an under
standing, however, that general debate will
be limited to eighteen hours. This will be
followed by debate under the five-minute
It was agreed that the opposition to the
committee bill would be led by Represen
tative McKenzle, Republican, of Illinois.
McKenzle Is one of the group of eight men
who regardless of politics, has stood from
the start squarely behind the measure ad
vocated by the President. Representative
Kahn, ranking Republican of the Mllltray
Affairs Committee, first selected to lead
the opposition, will Instead close the gen
eral debate 'as the President's spokesman.
Representative B. K. Focht. of- Lewls
burg was the first Pennsylvania congress
man to oppose the President's plan In a
speech on the floor of the House.
"During the hearings on the army bill,
he asked Chairman Dent, of the House
Military Affairs Committee, '"was there
any expression of doubt as to the poss bll
Ity of raising' 2.000,000 men by the volun
teer system, when more than that number
was raised In that way by the North and
tho South In a war of brother against
brother?" , ,
"No," replied the chairman,
had then it Is absurd to say we cannot
raise the necessary army by volunteers, he
n "There Is no doubt that the Congress
of the United States, after having declared
war, stands ready to make that declarat.on
effective," said Representative Dent.
"The only thing that hurts me in all of
this program is that there should be a feel
Ing that the method by which this decla
ration shall be carried Into effect should not
even be considered by members of Con
gress." Mr. Dent explained that the majority re
port of the committee provided that the
volunteer system should be first tried, and
if that method were not successful then the
President was authorized to use the selec
tive draft. He said that under existing
law, provided in the national defense act,
the' President could raise an army of
THE quickest way to get
1 down stairs is to jump put of
the window,
slowly pays sometimes, espec
ially; in curin' tobacco. j
'THE two years
OPEN DEBATE
SELECTION MEASURE
'
lutlon and the War of 1812
the Mexican Wnr. hn nnld!
Referring to
It required nlmost the entire twelve
months for which they enlisted to train
the olunteers In the ways of war, and
the training having been completed and
the term of enlistment exhausted, al
most the entire force withdrew from
the service although the war was not
over.
At the end of tho Civil War our
volunteers had ncqulred a training
w-hlch made them comparable to any
nrmy that ever existed, but the cost of
their preparation and the final nc
coinpllsliment was appalling.
While our Government has been most
scrupulous In efforts to fulfill Its ob
ligations to the citizens. It has been far
too lenient even In times of great
national peril In calling upon Its citi
zens to reciprocate.
The opposition to compulsory training
Is based upon the theory that It is not
necessary, but when we come to a great
national crisis, wo Immediately discover
that there Is no time for the preparation
we should have made,
Tjranny, not democracy, has always
Justlned itself by suppressing discussion
or action ns unnecessary.
Opponents of universal military train
ing hae frequently charged that such a
system Is undemocratic nnd un-American
and should not be tolerated In this
country. To that clinrgo I reply that
nothing Is un-American which a ma
jority of the American people, after
mature deliberation, decide Is good for
the country,
VICTORY CLAIMED
Administration leaders declare that by
the middle or last of the week the meas
ure will hao been enacted Into law In tho
form the President desires. This means
tho elimination of tho half-selection nnd
half-volunteer Idea and the ennetment of
the army general staff bill based squarely
upon the principle of army selection.
Senator Chamberlain, leading the Admin
istration fight In the upper house, predicts
the passage there of tho bill by a majority
of fifteen or twenty.
It was estimated today that the House ma
jority for the White House bill would be
at least twenty-five votes.
Senator McKellar nnd his followers de
clare that they will resort to no dilatory
parliamentary tactics In seeking 'to amend
the bill. They will make a stralght-away
fight for the inclusion of tne volunteer sys
tem In tho bill and, falling in their efforts,
us they seem bound to be, will accept tho
result without a filibuster.
The term "selective conscription" does
not adequately define the process for rais
ing an army as provided in the Adminis
tration army bill. The plan ;alls rather
for "Intelligent selection for service based
on fltnesi nnd equipment to serve." Hence
the term "army selection" will be used when
ever possible.
nearly 1,000,000 men, which would Include
the National Guard and the regular army.
Reprosenlatle Mason, of Illinois, a Re
publican, early brought Theodore Roose
velt Into the debate. He asked Represent
ative Dent If Colonel Rooseelt had not
offered a division of volunteers for foreign
service nnd had his offer been declined.
ROOSEVELT DEFENDER
"I know tho offer was made, but I can
not say ns to Its being declined," said Mr.
Dent.
Mr. Mason announced his purpose to In
troduce a resolution calling upon Secretary
Baker to inform Congress whether the
Roosevelt offer had been declined, and It so,
why.
As Mr. Dent approached the close of his
discussion on the bill, questions were fired
at him from all parts of the chamber.
"Does this bill give tho court to which
an appeal may be made on drafting a man
the right to pass upon the facts," asked
Representative Crisp, Democrat, of Georgia,
"or does It provide that the board of army
men who draft a man may pass also upon
the facts?"
Mr. Dent sata tne Court of Appeals could
pass upon the tacts, though the bill as
originally drawn by the War Department
did not provide such an appeal.
Representative Barnhart, Democrat, of
Indiana, wanted to know If the bill provided
that where a State had furnished Its full
quota of men under the volunteer system,
whether additional men could still be
drnfted.
Mr. Dent said that in such cases the
State was given credit for the number of
men who had voluntarily enlisted since
April 1 in the regular army and the 'Na
tional Guard.
in what respect," continued Mr. Barn
hart, "does your bill hasten the mobiliza
tion of an army?"
"It allows the President to raise an
army at once by the volunteer method, In
stead of waiting several months tor the
registration and census provided by the
War Department," answered Mr. Dent.
"LEAVE IT TO WILSON"
Representative Ragsdale, Democrat, of
South Carolina, asked a long question in
dicating that the War Deparlment and the
President, after studying the matter fully,
had decided upon the method thev thought
most advisable In raising an effective army,
and asked Mr. Dent If he thought these
Administration officials would deliberately
suggest a system which they believed was
not for the country's best Interests.
"Certainly not, and the gentleman knows
that I had no such idea when he asked
the question," replied Mr. Dent, with some
Irritation.
"Don't you think that when the question
of sending men abroad had to be 'deter
mined," continued Mr. Ragsdale, "that there
will be considerable difference In the atti
tude of possible volunteers?' Do you think
they will volunteer as readily to go to
Europe?" j
"I think we can raise an army oJilf a
million men In forty-eight hours by . the
volunteer method," replied Mr. Dent.
out raawu ?,
spent in ""jFJ
' HI- "
Representative Lunn, new Social-Demo-crat
member, threw a bomb Into the advo
cates of volunteering, charging that by op
posing the draft they were doing no less
than enemies of the republic.
WAR COSTS REVENUE
UNDER DRAFT BY
By o SlnjT
WASHINGTON. Anrll 5.1
Preparation of the new revenue bill to
meet the first war costs was begun today
by the subcommittee of the House Ways
and Means Committee, appointed to draft
that measure. The subcommittee expects.
to report the bill to tho full committee the
latter part of the week, but It Is expected
the committee as n whole will consider
tho provisions of the bill for a week. At
the close of today's meeting of the sub
committee these features seemed certain:
Taxation of whisky and" other Intoxi
cants to the full limit possible without
cutting down their use to such an ex
tent that the revenues will fall off.
HOUSE GETS MEASURE EMPOWERING
BOARD TO FIX PRICES ON FOODS
WASHINGTON. April 23.
The Council of National Defense would
bo vested with plenary powers to fix maxi
mum prices on food, clothing and fuel dur
ing the war and for one yenr after under a
resolution Introduced In the House today
by Representative Good, Iowa.
Food, clothing and fuel producers trad
ing In Interstate commerce would bo pro
hibited from advancing prices higher than
those on December 1, 1916; hut could file
appeals for relief from this provision with
the council. The National Council of De
fense would also he empowered to settle
nil labor disputes during the war.
SENATE ACTION PLANNED
The problem of feeding the United States
and its allies during the war period waB
taken up In earnest today when the Sen
nto Agricultural Committee opened hcnrlng")
on the various plans of Senators nnd Ad
ministration officials to conserve and In
crease the nation's food supply.
Secretary of Agriculture 'Houston was
called ns tho first witness. Ho favors em
powering the Government to fix food prices
during the War period. He would des
ignate the Council for National Defense as
the governmental agency to fix tho prices.
The mero existence of such authority prob
ably would keep down prices without Its
being uctually exercised, the Secretary be
lieves. Another plan before the comml'tce pro
poses enactment of a law raising the mill
ing of wheat from "3 to 81 per cent of the
kernel. This would produce at le.xst 18,
000.000 barrels additional annually, It Is
estimated.
CALLS GREEK PRIESTS
RUSSIA'S CHIEFEST FOE
Rev. William Fetler, of Petro-
grad, Addresses Baptist
Ministers Here
Dangers surrounding the new Govern
ment of Russia were vividly described to
day by the Rev. William Fetler. dean of tho
Russian Bible Institute, of Petrograd. in an
address before the weekly conference of
Baptist Ministers In the First Baptist
Church, Seventeenth and Sanson! streets.
Dean Fetler ald that the greatest foes of
the new Government were the anarchists
and the reactionary priests of the Greek
Church. It was through the influence of
Prince Yussopoff, of Tctrograd, mentioned
In connection with tho murder of tho Rus
sian monk. Rasputin, that Dean Fetler was
able to address the conference today.
"About two years ago," he said, "through
the machinations of Russian priests of the
Greek Church, I was arrested and put Into
prison and subsequently sentenced to exile
in Siberia. Some members of my church
were In favor with Prince Yussopoff, who Is
closely related to the former Imperial fam
ily, and the Prince obtained my release."
Asked if he thought the present Govern
ment of Russia would stand, Dean Fetler
said he believed It would.
"There arc," he said, "so many elements
of danger, however, that It Is difficult to
say what will happen, but the great danger
Is from the Greek Church and Its digni
taries." "They are all reactionary," he con
tinued, "but the church has lost much of Us
hold on the people, who are drifting. Then
there Is danger from the nnarchlsts and
nihilists. Tho latter only represent a few
people, but both have no other Interests In
mind but their own selfish ones. They care
not for the people or for the future.
"The best people In Russia are the Zemst
vos. For two years," said Mr. Fetler, "they
have been working for Russia's good, and
their national committee will likely prove
the salvation of Russia,"
Another danger which Mr. Fetler sees as
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Representative Eagle, Texas, said the
pacifists nnd pro-Germans who flooded his
office with thousands of peaco appeals be
fore tho war nre now crying out against the
draft.
MEASURE
HOUSE COMMITTEE
Corresponds!
Increase In second-class postage and
a three-cent letter postage.
Increases In virtually all the revenue
taxes proposed by Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo.
No straight automobile tax, such as
the Stntes have, but a tax on the sale
of new machines.
No "breakfast table tax" tea, cof
fee and sugar not to have consumption
taxes.
The members of the subcommittee draft
ing the bill nre Kltchln, of North Carolina :
Ralney. of Illinois, nnd Dixon, of Indiana,
Democrats; Fordney. of Michigan, and
Longworth, of Ohio, Republicans.
j A group of Senators, led by Kenyon. of
Iowa, wns on hand to urge the suspension
of all tho manufacture of nlcohollc bever
ages during the wnr period to save the
$145. 000,000 worth of grain nnnually con
sumed In this industry.
Tho committee expects to hear. In addi
tion to tho Government officials summoned,
noted economists. It expects to conclude
tho hearings before the end of the week ana
to begin Immediately the drafting of dras
tls nnd comprehensive legislation to meet
tho food problem.
TASKS FOR HOOVER
Not only Is H. C, Hoover to assist In
Increasing food production nnd conserva
tion. It was announced today by the Coun
cil of National Defense, but, In addition, he
Is expected to ndlse the American Gov
ernment as to the best means of assisting
the Allies to meet their food needs and to
recommend measures for manipulation nnd
speculation.
"It Is especially desired to have Mr.
Hoover report on the experience and action
of European Goernments in the matter of
food production, conservation and process,"
said W. S. Clifford, director of the Council
of National Defense. "And In addition to
making suggestions nnd recommendations
nH to the best methods of assisting the
Allies to meet their food needs nnd of pre
venting the evils nrlslng from speculation
and manipulation.
"It Is further desired that Mr. Hooper, co
operating with other agencies, especially
the Department of Agriculture, nsslst State
agencies and particularly urban commit
tees In tho study, distribution and conserva
tion of food supplies."
a serious one In Russia Is the present move
ment nmong the military for soldiers to elect
their own officers.
"No well-estnbllshed Government," he
Mild, "could nfford to tolerate such a con
dition, much less a Government In the ex
perimental stnge, but I have gieat faith In
the foielgn minister and tho president of
the Duma, the two strongest men In Russia
today."
At tho outbreak of the war Mr. Fetler's
congregation piesented the army with a
properly fitted out Red Cross hospital, but
the Greek Church would not permit Its ac
ceptance. Later the Zemstvos accepted it.
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YORK. Ta., April S3.
The explosion of a bomb sent to Charles
Still, a York lawyer, at the home of Wade
W. McClune, fonner Deputy Frothonotary
of the County Courts and sportsman, at
Dewdrop Inn, near here this morning,
severely burned two men from head to
foot and damaged the building.
Tho explosive was In a cigar box on the
front porch. As Mr. Still was leaving the
houso ho dlscoered tho package and went
Into the house and opened It. The discharge
followed and the Injured men were rushed
to tho York Hospital. It Is feared that the
powder contnlned poison nnd the burns may
prove fatal.
Miss Jessie McClune In the excitement
Jumped through a window and escaped In
Jury. It Is believed a dissatisfied client
sent the bomb which was labeled "From
BlUlo."
WAR COUNTRIES' CITIZENS
SEEK U. S. NATURALIZATION
All Belligerents Except Serbia and
Turkey Represented in
t Court
At a session of Quarter Sessions Court
for henrlng petitions for naturalization,
sixty-one applicants were admitted to cltl-
zonsiup neforo Judge Uregy today, and took
oath to "support nnd defend the Constitution
of the United States of America against nil
enemies, foreign nnd domestic."
Every European country at war, except
ing Serbia nnd Turkey, was represented by
those admitted to citizenship, even France
and Belgium. Applicants hailing from the
last-named countries are rather unusual In
tho county court. Canada also was In
cluded In tho list, the applicant being Mau
rice A. Penny, 1815 Mount Vernon street.
He came across the boundary lino fourteen
years ago and hai been an official stenog
rapher of tho Munlctp.il Court for more
than three years.
The Repairing of
There is no task of watch
repairing too difficult for "our
experts. Our work is care
fully done by skilled mechan
ics, and only the finest mate
rials are used.
Estimates submitted in advance.
S. Kind & Sons,
DIAMOND MERCHANTS
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Bargains in
Grand Pianos
Savings of from $200 toSTOO on high-grade, $
standard, little-used Grand
taken in exchange for our famous Lester Pianos and'
Lester Player-Pianos. All have been thoroughly gonei,
over by our factory experts and put in first class con-,,
dif ion. ' A wonderful opportunity to gratify that ambi-
tion to have a grand piano in your home. '
WEBER BABY GRAND
Like new. Beautiful tone. Mahogany case. A'
startling bargain. Cost new $750. Our price
STEINWAY GRAND
Rosewood case. Fine tone. Splendid condition.
Cost new $1000. Our price
LESTER BABY GRAND
Concert used. Fine mahogany case. Good order.
Magnificent tone. Cost new $700. Our price t
STEINWAY BABY GRAND
Full 7 1-3 octaves. Excellent order. Good tone. CAt
Cost new $800. Our price P
STEINWAY GRAND
-Beautiful mahogany case. Excellent condition
throughout. Cost new $1200. Our price. ,ft......
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Please send me complete) description of your'.barialna In. all;
Grand Planoa. also details of easy-payment ta-wlUKut at
used
or extras.
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Russian and PolArrtJ
of Advising CountrVnwlBK
Support Germany I . '1
TRENTON. Anrll 23. Paul'
Russian, of Bridgeport, Conn., and I
Nlckepuff. a Pole, of Roebtlng.N.v
arrested today while acl!n mi
near the American Bridge Compan
here after having been nreve'nlnd 1
from making addresses to foreigner!
mo iiuuce icarnea iney were going
vise an loreign workmen to stand
many in this war.
The police learned thai the two
addressed a largo' number of foreign
men in iioeDiing two months ago, w
them to stand by Germany, no ma
they were Russians or Poles. Th
ore held by tho police until the' '1
authorities can Investigate them,
JAPANESE ARRESTED IN CI
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Were Found With Mans of Island-.'
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HAVANA. April 23. Three JanM
with a map of Cuba specially markedl
regards to Havana and otter polntari
tween Cnlnarlen and Clcntuegos, we
rested nt Santo Domingo, Cuba, ac
to a dispatch today to El Mundo.
The three were surprised while '
drawings of tho Maria Antonla sugar'.!
nnci n raurona linage at cruces, Sunta I
Province. Thev bad rontoun nntrq In I
Ish. English and Japanese.
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1000 Seals, -$1.
3000 Seals, $2.1
6000 Seals. S3.
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