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T.T?."nTTnr EVENING LED&Em-PmLAbELFBlA, FRIDAY, APRIL' 27, 1917 t'W "? ,-n.v I .? nr , t&j .'. 4- JLif?,v-" TA'lS MODIFY RITICISMS OF TRANSIT PACT itter Says Objections Num- f.ber Only Five May Mean Harmony Business men differ w Chestnut Association, Favors r t? rn i it f . t w.av myior ana ijease unuea tin Starts Work for Twining WW Alnn1 ShMrlrin f'nlfrtr nun nf tliA iHi- ryriprescrjtntlvci on the Transit Companv 's rj Board of directors, Rave out a signed stnte- ffMft.1 Blent today In which he said that dlsciislon VA.01 the proposed trniiRlt lease Imp developed fMnve main objections to the company s pro- m, poral. i , Since Transit Director Twlnlnff In his an alysis of the leae named tvvcnt-tvvo "ma jor defects," the statement from Mr Potter, Who Is close both to Mnvnr Smith and Director Twlnlne. that there nte now only -UVflVe main objections Indicates that har- f,fjrhjony between the city nnd comj any m.iy B ,',, "cui ill imini. U$& LITTI.K HAHMONY f v That there Is little harmwiy amone the VV fcltv's huslness nirnnl7.itlnrm nvpr flip Wffi, merits of the lent-p, however, vvns made t.-fizfrcltar bv the action late vrnlcrdav of the &? board of directors of the f'hestnut Street i4'3uslness Men'a Association and the fulled v'i Business Men'? Association, composed of . ti& morn than splontv dlffnrpm nrirnnlintlnns. jk The board of directors of the Chestnut KaSi WWIW rtPPIMilllllll ...l.,' llll'll UI1!IUIIlfll "V ,m,or,,ement ,0 tho I'hlladelphla lt.ipld lirW' Transit Company's proposal In Its present j"".' 41'inii umicij ,,t.iii. niurr--ji iiif iu;iLimi rVSP "' A- Merrltt Tavlor. former Tranlt III. VA. reftnr lin hrta iirrt-l Ilia msimnt tri Hf1ri- jf ' Tho United Business Men's Association KSj 'n' resolutions condemned the leae. de- jTiIV timmnf.,1 tho 1 !tn . rnnfpnrt ntiil iniiphil n V"&movement to send loon business men to , Mjf&HarrltiburK May S to crT..ind that tho t T alta1ntlA Itoca Ua h..Hi, ,,nhst Kills WtAlllltllli: I'tlf LIIT ),' ilL 1,1 IJIIIli'll I, III?) Which Director Twlnlntc holds will place , the city In a position to obtain a more llh- O & ItilM' tilll IW UtlliPIL I Jllltltlll flhf wniie m nusincss men were pMnnnip f 1 VI UCI1IUIIMI it LU iU lim lil'KlPl.lillUl lilt' III'- ' jXf! mand of I'hlladelphla "ir iho passice of V J .,. KIM.. l.n TIKI! ,rlAl.. , r4,l Tonsil hill' "iiin bii'; tiiiiivcij'iiiit iht'itt iniii'ii fi,'Comuanv .is takinc mme stem to resist i ho pass.ijfe of at teav, a part nf the lecls- "i. iTlntlrtn l?r iimmlut if tlwi Qfn iln qtid !,v5r0URC Rt Harrlsburs rtceled letters from 1 tfl transit company lnfnsts olclnt; sperltlc ,'? opposition to tne tient emineiu unmain tfuVl'iH and to tho Hecht ernstltutlonal amend ttffif nient making flnanclallj possible the' eml- . ,(V'lb UUIIinill IIITIIlI4IIi The statement of Colonel Totter on the i Ik , !,.. .. M$l "I know of nothing which may be called " . nrnti in ine ufvpioitnieiii ii wif riiimi iiuii- Bit situation. I find. In coming in contact sV V 'With the public and with the public om- P4w5t lals ,nat dlscusslot) has ueclOieu live En J.' J. main objections to the UKreement offered 4itJy tne Uapld Transit Compin.x fyt' i ' no tlrst is tnat tne vomiun nns so J i-d' carefully protected Itself from the making LjlV, of cutenslons that It would seem Impnssl. UilC . tilt frr tl.A nlt. a, nt- In rAnlllrn ft fl, ltllUH liS ""' ' -t.j t ,ti . " 'I'." '... feeding lines for the dexelonment of the '"territory ndjaceut to the high-speed lines The company has een protected Itself r .. . . .. ., i. ii i...u 'ft', against tne oper.llinn 01 puril linrn u num. LWWfjjy the city As no extensions hae been Fir5Sjv,iin .lnflnA- tl-in ifA nf tin, nrpspnt enn- Sft'Jract. and as there has been a constant de ivl'mand for city deelopment by the building f&fR nf Ylmlilnn n nrftvlslon Under W lllch the fc'ftv'present policy can bo easily perpetuated and i HuWt.no useiumess 01 me nign-rpcrii nnf mnru) ir 'ElJtrsatly curtailed does not seem to be popu- 3yTi A-l.1- I- Ua V.a .,n,l rlinlAliI fc r t w Ir. 1 nil n, j'tri iirtij.--, nit- ,ii"-. - t, vJT' objection to handle for It ought1 to bo f A obvious that In seeking an operator It rcn r not be expected that such operator will be Hl4' willing to undertaKe that 't K jonably be etpeeted to re IX'iS In no hind the cltv that a which might rca result In a loss, but to no bind the city that a reasonable chancn of nroflt would not be sutllclent upon which h.- of nroflt would not he sutllclent upon which to compel extensions is to virtually declare that the company will make no extensions f.y unless It Is first demonstrated tnat tnnsa ex IL'i tensions will Immediately jlav a Pfflt on t th rnnltnl Inipsted. and the success of the, iJfeiystem would thus bo Jeopardized jAS T FINANCING OF EQUIPMHNT fi "The second rbjectiou is to the finan V'jelnK of the equipment of the road. I'nder 0&r he proposed contract It can only be wr flnanced bv the company wiucn rc-rres mo i? right to. finance It upon loans bearing 1 ;&" tier cent interest The Interest as well 'V," as the Pinking fund charges of 1 per cent. tiTiv re payuuie uui ui. inn nn iiiiiip.. ,. t'vii .... -. I.. ..-Aril At J u.'.s( cny oorrowi minify uinui n.- ti-n . m-pr cent and would, therefore, be able to .,..' borrow and sink Its loan nt 5 per cent rfy against 7 per cent paid upon the com- ' $$I pany s financing. It Is. therefore thought i Ka a vtrrKf cHnlllrl hrt roqpri'Pll 111' tllP citV do Its own financing or the equipment tho road. Ml l-t9 htjAjfA VhAs - vaIm Iam 'ARteia the second objection. If the company itfsftnances the equipment of the road and creates a sinking rund out ot net earnings ?J1 V I" 1U l vtiai. ciiuijihciu iiatiuii ntv-ii 7vThiiM fnr nut nf thft Hinklnir furnl. in ft ?W-"- m-'ti S hardwood B ;'$C W 3P A8A balmy spring evening, a fresh breeze " "drifting through the open windows, i family and friends sitting around after lt4Jifj41nner. Somebody starts the phono- tpi m fcw wuii, wmo auiu lu see out tor tnat you neea naru- noors the kind laid by tfMNKERTON Wet York St. Philadelphia Ilotli I'honM rJL. iTZT l mJHfow long will your fhome be without a Wictrola? nt The Influence of muie i r"; refining and educational; kV.v the enormous selection v'- of records satisfies every ff." ... If, i ECIAU Of FES 107 .51 rtlaXI t. choice dbU-ftc- , cards at. Item to M 'jMHIf Vlc- Mre.iYVc - the S. M3f 'i 1V' iV city should not again pay for It upon the expiration of tho contract. It should, of course, pay for (he difference between tho sinking fund and the cost of the equip ment, but the contract does not provide that the city should pay for such balances, or that It should take the sinking fund and pay for the equipment, but It provides that It should pay the company for the equip ment, een though the loans for equipment have been amortized out of the net earn ings. KXCHANOi: TICKET PROBLRM "The fourth objection Is to the provi sion which enables the company, after It has acquired a release from the payment of $31,000,1100 to the city under tho terms of the contract of 1907, which release Is ex pressed to be the consideration for the abolition of an oxchango fare, to reserve tho right to retain certain exchanges, and wHIIo It agrees to abolish the other ex changes It reseres the right to re-establish them not to tho extent of eight cents only for an exchange ticket, hut to any amount which the company may find nec essary to mako Its 5 per cent upon Its cap. Ital stock The people hao for years, with out respect of tho building of the high speed lines, sought a fiat rHe-cent fare with transfers on all surface lines. The recent reports of the company have shown such rapid Increase In earnings as to assure an Income of from 2,600,000 to J3.000.000 In the current year "It takes but I, B00 000 to pay the In terest upon the capital stock of the com pany The exchnnge tickets produce about $000,000 to the company The company In seeking this contract lays great stress upon the fact that It Is nt present earning more than B per cent, and that It will In the future, as should be reasonably ex pected, earn more. There would therefore seem to bo no reason for reserving a right to charge any exchango rate or to restore the exchango rate It having once been abolished, and there certainly should be no right to Impose an exchange rnte in excess of any exchange rate now In existence TAXATION AND PARK HATES "The fifth and most Important objection Is one which concerns taxation Tho city might be perfcctlj willing to engage an operator of its high-speed lines upon such terms as would yield It no profit, but would enable It to pay Its fixed charges for tho construction of Its lines. But, it has been estimate! by skilled and competent authori ties, there will be an annual deficit of per haps $5,000,000 during a period of years of tho operation nf tho roads The city cannot enter Into n contract regardless of how It Is going to raise whatever deficit there Is, If there should be a deficit The real ques tion Is not what tho deficit amounts to, but whether the city has reserved a means of paying the deficit Of course It has the means of paving it by taxation of real estate, which, should th deficit be $5,000, 000 would mean an additional thirty cents upon tho tax rate "We are approaching a time when we tnut expect to ho heavily taxed by the na tional Government We are a manufactur ing cltv among other things because we have low taxation To increase our taxa tion of real estate bv more than one-fourth of the present taxation would mean a blow to our prestige as a manufacturing city ind would cause Just ciltlclsm on the part of the owner of real estate, who, regardless of the use of the hlgh-sp-ed lines to him, would be paying for the fare of the rider No provision Is made In the contract where by the city can raise Its deficit In any other wav than by taxation of real estate I find that the thought Is very current that the man who rides should pay the cost of his ride nnd that there should be a provision In the contract whereby the city, without paving to the companv as profits anv part of the sum raised In the endeavor to meet the deficit should be able to charge such a fare to the rider for the use of the high speed lines ns will meet this deficit and will not bring Its liquidation upon the property Tiolder "Thus, while there Is no news, tne very wise advice which appeared in the public press some time ago that the matter should be thoroughlv discussed has brought out the above principal objections to the pro posed contract " TAYLOR VIEW APPROVKP Tii- ros-ilutlnn adonted by the Chestnut Street Business Men's Association Indorsing the position of former Director Tajlor on the leas" follows1 'Be It resolved, That the board of di rectors of the Chestnut Street Business Men's Association does hereby report to its membership, and to the public, that the terms and provisions of the proposal ten dered by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Companv for the equipment and operation of the city's high-speed svstem appear am plv to provide for the protection of the pub lic interests, and assure to the city the es tablishment of a unified transportation sys tem properly designed and arranged to servo the public arequately, efficiently and economically, upon a tree transter nasis throughout the city in a forward direc tion, with the eight-cent exchange tickets eliminated That the terms of the afore said proposal appear to secure to the city appropriate and adequate concessions which have been obtained from the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, which will result In the establishment nnd operation of the city's high-speed system, on a basis which. In a broad sense, will be self-sustaining, Browning.King & Company $15 Suits $15 Oxford $15 Blue Flannel $15 Cambridge Gray $15 Fancy Mix tures Browning-King Suits. The fabrics tested and tried for color and service. The garments cut, made and trimmed in our own shops under our personal supervision. We can add nothing to . that except PpP to say "Money Back" to back them. hV 1 1 034-1 52S hnd ultimately most profitable to the city and Its citizens;, "Be It further resolved, That the munlcl pal and State authorities be and are here by urged to take prompt action In con summating an agreement carrying Into ef fect the aforesaid proposal and to defeat any legislation designed to Interfere with or delay the acceptance of this proposal to the end that the city and citizens may secure without unnecessary delay the vast benefits which will accrue to them there under; "Be It further resolved, That all busi ness, labor, civic and other associations In Philadelphia be and are hereby urged to lake such prompt affirmative public action which now appears to be necessary to se cure final and favorablo action upon this Important business transaction; "Be It further resolved, That the secre tary of this association be and In hereby directed to give full publicity to this action, which Is the result of painstaking and pa tient research and consideration " HECHT BIM.S ASSAILED The statement on the pending transit legislation which was sent to members of the House and Senate at Harrlshurg last night by Transit Companv interests scores tho two Hecht measures as "the most dangerous legislation ever proposed at Harrlsburg " The Hecht resolution propos ing an nmendment to the Constitution In creasing the city's borrowing capacity so that the preent transit franchises could be taken over under tho right of eminent domain Is denounced as a provision which might bankrupt the city The resolution while permitting a straight 10 per cent debt limit, savs that In i-alculntlng such limit there shall not be Included any bonds Issued or about to bo Issued for money expended or about to be expended on any public Improvement or on the purchase, construction or condem nation of any public utility, which may reasonably be expected to yield revenue In excess of operating expenses sufficient to pay tho Interest nnd sinking fund rhirges thereon. Tho Hecht eminent domain bill gives the city thu right to condemn any part or all of the transit svstem and any other public utllltj This bill the company declares is a bluff. Mrs. A. W. Goodrich Heads 40,000 Nurses Continued from Pare One three ears. Miss Ella Phillips Crandall, New York; Miss Mathilda Clruger, Menomi nee, Wis : Miss Marv Roberts, Cincinnati and Miss Mar.v C heeler, Chicago The Australian ballot Is used In the elec tion The polls will remain open todav and Monda.v between 12 and 2 3n o'clock. Tonight there will be a big public meet ing of tho three organizations nt the Acad emy of Music, when health insurance will be the topic of the evening The nurses nt the conventions are In fnvor of n health Insurance because, they lay. It Is the one way to help nil. It was pointed out at the meeting today that thirty States had hills for some sou of health Insurance presented to their legis latures during the last year and that they had been defeated lrt eviry State Miss Sara 7; Parsons president of the National League of Nursing Education made a plea to her co-workers for converted action to obtain a Federal examination nnd leglstratlon of nurses Instead of the State, saying that It was a difficult thing nnd unfair to tho nurses and the public alike to have different standards in different States Alleged Murderer Escapes TRENTON. N .1. April 27 Richard von Krelm. accused murderer nf New Bruns wick, escaped from the State Hospital for the Insane last night and is still at large The authorities have nut determined how ne got away. BONWIT TELLER eCO. CHESTNUT AT 13 STREET Special Offerings Saturday Misses' & " Flapper" Apparel Misses' Including the season's handsomest models in Suits for the younger exclusively Bonwit Teller & Co. Misses' Suits Formerly up to 45.00 195 plain tailored, semi-tailored, braid bound and dressy models, and tyrol wool. Sizes 14 to 18. Misses' Suits 275 Suits in the season's latest models, developed in taffeta, Poiret twill, serge and gabardine Sizes 14 to 18 Misses' Suits 45.00 & 75.00 125 very handsome suits, of charmeuse, gros de Iondre, Poiret twill, men's wear serge: included are some three-piece models of Poiret and charmeuse combinations. Misses' Afternoon and Street Frocks 19.75 25.00 35.00 Of serge, jersey, gabardine, satin and taffeta. Trimmings of beads, silk embroidery and chain stitching. Misses' Capes: In the New Military Effects 22.50 29.50 35.00 Capes of the latest models, that are braid bound, velvet trimmed, and vested. They are made of velour, Burella cloth, Poiret twill and gabardine. "Flapper" Dresses 5.95. Up to 12.75 Wash frocks for the girl of 1 2 to 1 6, of linen, ginghams, crepes and linene. "Flapper" Afternoon & Party Frocks 12.75 Up to 25.75 Suitable for the little Miss of 12 to 16, in chiffon, Georgette crepe, voiles and taffeta. Om hufdrW wwi twenty-Sve U-BOAT MENACE ALARMS BRITAIN Actual Result of German Submarine War, When Dis closed, Arouses Public DANGER AHEAD SEEN "May Be Enormously Important Factor," Says Head of Trade Board LONDON, April 27. Orcat efforts are being made by tho patriotic British press to awaken the public to somo perception of the meaning of the submarine war, but It Is feared that. unless the Admiralty can discover some method of announcing losses which will convey the gravity of this con stant reduction of shipping, without giving Information to the enemy, the tendency will bo to mako optimistic comparisons between the number of vessels sunk and the number of vessels entering nnd leaving British ports each week. Deductions drawn by tho public general y from even this morning's startling record are erroneous. Although In shipping circles nnd nmong the better Informed the reduction of ton nage uvnllahlc for the special purpose of conveying food supplies Is well known, the mas of people, as one easily learns from promiscuous conversation, sltll refuses to believe that the loss of 242 ships since l'eh ruary 1" Is really a serious menace, con sidering that Brltnln's shipping at tho outset of the war exceeded 11,000 vessels There Is also a disposition to bellevo that the out put of new tonnage must be nearly equiva lent to tho losses from mine nnd submarlno. Figures recently published of shipbuilding The Purest of Waters DRINKING Purock is the greatest water privilege of all times. It looks good. It tastes good. It is good. It is without taint. It is free from every particle and form of impurity. The Purock system of distillation removes all germs, gases and minerals fl leaving the water at its Jpl very best, vitalized with s x pure oxygen. DRINK Sir lart boltttt or fivt gallon dmtjohn40 cenf THE CHARLES E. HIRES CO. 111 II I iWi! It h. 206 South WATCB (VstmaNril "iuoaw"- mtB. r. p rat. orr ) fflllliffll fo illllJIH At Greatly Reduced Prices FOURTH FLOOR "Tailleur" & Costume Suits- Formerly up to 59.50 Misses' Davtime Cats 20.00 25.00 29.50 Included are Burella, jersey, tweeds, Poiret twill and gabardine, full flare and belted models. For Class Day and Graduation Many pretty frocks.of Georgette crepe, charmeuse, taffeta, nets and voiles. ' 25.00 29.50 35.00 Shetland. Woo! Sweaters , For Saturday Only 3.95 ' ' SUtUwLwool min, copnrM, corn, all 'white vaA vimw, color nctlvlty In Sir CJeorge Maclay's regime were prima facie encouraging, but compared with the Josses quoted by Germany vvhlch, as Wnlter Runclman said In the House of Commons Tuesday, were not greatly ex aggerated, the contrary Is tho case. Tho Admiralty's contention Is that by Issuing the figures of tonnage lost Oermnny would receive Information as to the number of vessels sunk by mines, vvhlch she now lias no means of getting, Tho reply made to this Is that Runelman's statement Is, If true, Indication that Oermnny does obtain a cer tain amount ot Information of this charac ter. Apart from the teports of her submarine commanders, It Is considered probable that Oermany Is not without means of obtaining Information which virtually anybody who takes the trouble can get In London and the chief British ports. It Is being urged that the easiest method of making the puli He realize the necessities of the situation, and thereby avoiding the compulsory ration ing which threatens. Is to give a clear Idea of the extent to vvhlch the shipping available for all purposes has been diminished. THE OERMAN CALCULATION The German calculation upon bringing the war to an end by forcing Great Britain to her knees Is better known In America than here, where Admiral von Chappelle's estimates received scant notice and tho pub tic at largo has little or no Idea of the seriousness of the outlook. The Westmin ster Gazette Is charged with exaggerating tho seriousness of the situation by even speaking of a possible victory of the sub marine in the phrase, "If victory were to be won with the submarine there would hence forth be neither freedom of the seas nor even safety on the seas for anybody." The Westminster Gazette expresses confidence that tho world, which has a supremo Interest In outbuilding the destruction nnd concen trating all available, tonnage on this strug gle, will win against the submarine, hut adds, "but blind belief that somehow or other wo shall escape tho monstrous con clusion which threatens us Is not going to carry us through " Commander Carlyon Bellalrs, who repre. sents a considerable body of naval opinion, has been severely criticizing the Admiralty DRINK THE PUREST UF WATERS 24th Street PBmfllfl H ft I'l Bsll FktM. Sprit. jBfflfll flj O Hll i 0 II Ks fctjiitM nut, Ktct 19a'MrtT 11 H I b rj I f ''I set .original style-conceptions 2000 & 25.00 in Poiret twill, serge, gabardine 29.50 & 39.50 on th ground thnt It has failed to ,move with the times na tho Wnr OITIco has done, and In many quarters today tho First I.mtl of the. Admiralty Is tho object of unllatlcr Ing attention. , KPPKCT OF SUIIMARINn WAIt A gravo naming that tho submarlno men ace may be an Important factor in dccldliiR tho outcome (if tho vvir vvns sounded today hy Sir Albert Stanley, tucsldcnt of tho llrltlsh Hoard of Trade. Addressing n luncheon of business men, Sir Albert said: "Wo have not ct found a vvay,of deallns with the mbmarlno a to remove the dan ger of their being an 'enormously Important factor In determining tho outcome of the war The effect of the submarine war upon the existence of tho HrltMi empire Is simply till; that wo (iiiinot continue to bring Into this country all tho lupplles nnd materials required for our existence, for tho continu ance, of the war aid for tho actual needs of our Industries" In the lloufo of l.orfls today Admiral tlaron Hereford criticized tho Admiralty's' weekly returns of shipping lose ns "seri ously misleading, slnte they admit Unes ot neutrals through which this country is now lenlly being fed whllo tho totals of arrivals and sailings Include both neutral and allied vessels." 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