T1PTE&55rT$r 'i t ;'Vt i,- v, vVifw ' "& w j... -v -- . . ' " s , , ', . ! . , I ,i?k s,-j Ji " Ml 'W Vi. i 1S i4ik w W VI fcs, 'h VK? i, I in E 1 III. B, j. rr i; !'' B? f- K "W i. ft ' v- w r Wf -t MERCY SCHEME NEEDS AUTOS IN PAPERROUNDUP Red Cross Calls for Help in Collecting Waste WOMEN LEND MOTORS FOR WORK SATURDAY Boy Scouts to "Man" Each Car and Carry Bags From Houses BIG ROOST FOR FUNDS Enthusiasm in Project Grows as Public Learn How They Cnn Aid Gel Ready for the First Day of Collecting THK first pnper collection in the city-wide Red Cross paper-saving cnmpaiRii wi'l ho made nct Satur day afternoon, with the Hoy Scouts assisting. Hrcte your paper bagged una ready. Request your neighbor and your neighbor's ncighboi to do likewise. Lend an automobile or truck for the collection. If you haven't a bag, get material for one at Red Cross headquarters, 221 South Eighteenth street, or at 1417 Walnut street. Write the Red Cross Dcpattmcnt, the Evening Lnrcnii, that you want to "get in on" this campaign. Hy M'LISS The need for trucks anil ntitotnolilles tn Mist In the collection of the waste pipci that hundred of persons nil over the clt) nd out In the Hilidbs are saving for the Tied fro becomes dailv more api arent ns enthusiasm In the prnjnt Brnii From everv dl'trict from everv nclgli bothnod persons have vvnttcii Hint when the Ited I'ross nutrmoblles drive up to their doors on Situidav nflernoon for the first (Olleetlon hundreds of pounds of papei bagged and waiting will bo there to be cairled an . The appeal for ititomoliilcs and triples to foim a volunteer motoi -erv '"e for till" collection haH no' been without ieults Man) women who own iais hive gliidlv elicil this npportnnit) of bejnr 'if Fcrvlcn to their countr) Manx men hnv promised to give thelt cars and their nn li e as chauffeur pcvcinl houis on Situiday Hut nioio vdililes lire needed The paper-saving campaign nigaiilzed bv the Bed t'roNs and the i:csimi I.kwii n for the purpoe of adding niurli-needeil funds to the Ited Cross coffci s has gtown Hi huso proportions It will be linpeiatlve to hue a few tiui.lt" In the motor service for when whole blocks bfgln forming papei -saving units, heay hauling Is t be expected Have vou a trucU Hi it oti will donate t.) this good rauie llae j mi an automo bile" Iteniemher wlril the Ited I'ross does 11 cares foi the sick the wounded and the living It enulps and m.tlntalns the war hopltals. Its doctors, muses ami ambu lance drhers hecdlesx of dancer. go right to the firing line The are theie now look ing after our allies 'I hex will doubtless b- looklUK aflei our own bojs In a little while Be a major cconnmlft !ie a trui l 01 an automobile seernl hotir on SaturJav for V the purpose, of collecting the paper " The plan Is to "'man' over) eh cle with "- a Ho Scout 1'or dccoi Ulvc put poses,' Not at all The Uo. Stouts function Is t- Usuall) utllltirlan In the pipei -savins t campaign It will be his good rlRlit arm - which carries the bag or bag of paper from Jout house to the waiting motor And the V more papei jou have waved, the hauler ou T make him woilf. the bettit he will like It, " for It will mean additional dollars for the Red Cross v Notify the Hwl Cross Department the Eummi I.i'dobii, of the pirt ou are s t lnK to iilaj in this campalKii 2 SKINS OF PROSPERITY i Some of Their Peculiarities Affecting 'he Hardware Trade i One of the infallible hIriis of pro-pentv In the hardware trade Is the general ad- V anc In nil lines of goods, not alone be J cause of higher pi lies of raw materlil and m laboi, but likewise bei u of the np)oi J tunltj afforded manufacturers to m t bet- ter prices b the great number of orders which they are receiving The surest wa 5" to whet the appetite of both wholesileis and lelallers Ik fot the manufacturers tn j? sdvaiue their prices fm that means that t the bujers fall over themselves to get In more orders In nutlt ip.it ion of .still further v appreclatlbn of retires g. Another sign of provperltv Is the gen eral and tiulversil Inning bj dealeis In all line" oven tlioe of minor Importance In dull periods such as have been espcilenced for several ears the demand for other than k staple and nccessar Items falls off to an unbelievable degree Consumers economize. In one wav l not bumg all soils of kulik 'i knacks and small liiMiiies aul manage J somehow tn get along w Ith Just a few nec- efsaij articles Kor the staple sizes of f i-crews and bolts will still continue to sell fairly well In timej of dull business while r the rale of the odd sizes will amost cease ' SHIP TRANSFER CHECKS Prohibitions by England, Germany and J Austria-Hungary " To extend American ownership of ships engaged in liiternttlnnal trade Is no easy i matter, bv reason of the restrictions which have been made law In the principal bel ( Hgerent countries A person not qualified to on n n British ship l not permitted to own oie cr a share In one unless the transfer Is approved by (he British Board , fof Trade. This relates to transfers made 'v.'- i,Wfter Februa!), 191.x. and will hold during Cln present war. Those who disobey this 'i-imandltn are to be deemed culltv of mis- fw "if demeanor, .'. A German law of October 21. 1915. for. r.v i bda the transferencfl In whole or Dart of yvtf the ownership of merchant vessels that are. Mf ' 'reaJ' bullt or )n couifb of construction $$ IP persona wno are nov iierinnu suujecits. -3 .An actual or flt'emnted violation will be a' if nunlahed fceverelv. even when committed f &K ltv rtitrtnnna ahrenil Htl.fc, 4 n.. J... .i.aJ A ...., 9 .ltl. jft 4 , J UKMlVf IIMICIi JtUfiUSl !, Willi ICl" !. rtnte to the sale of merchant vessels to rt'AjHiirelgii countries Austria requires the spe- tA ! consent of th Ministry of Commerce, . - .nj mn0raalnn n rm in Iia IMlnlulir1 iv 4 fine of up to 5000 marks or Imprisonment. for six montns. 1 Porto Ilico rH-Exitr!ments In lonlapd rice culture re ntly Wrtd In Torto Wco are'arousing .sMwch 'Interest there because rice is the gjftfef feed consumed In the Island. Porto uhhk npproxirrmiciy fv.vyv.vuv no. r. sMMf 'tM't four TMra for this iMU- W J " EVENING EDGER-PHILADELl HOSIERY MEN BUSY BUYING MACHINERY Subsidiary Bodies Have to Can cel Their Supplementary Conventions The stocking and underwear makers have been so biisv giving orders foi machinery nnd materlTls nt the Conmieiclal Museum exhibit that the executive sessions of the various subasoc'atlopt of the Natlonnl Association of Itoslei;, and I wleiwcir Man ufactliret have been nnceled nt the ion ventlnn, which opened veterriiv and will miitlntie tomonow flfflc Inls vesierd iv vvele unable to whip together q'j turns for their meetings Knit goods men sav all the mami'm hirers me so busj with nntllltd order" that d f llcultv Is being fell bv th tiovernmeni in getting bids on hoslerv, underwear nnd knit goods for nrmv needs The rotigesllon In the bii"lnes has been lntenllier bv Urn illllleullv In celtlng order" filed foi all Minis of supplies firm muting needles lo raw cotton, til it the hrids of knitting firms are taking advantage of the exhibition nnd convention to trv to rush old orders nnd to urge carlv deliver "i new one" Aeeoidlng to m mv in uiufactitieis the rush of volunteers nnd the .ill for con st rlptlnn are having u serlnui effe t on the Industiy Miortngt of laboi has been fell foi month" nut the neds of the nation foi men will great'y liitenslfv the lack of "killed men workers 'I he dllllcultv In milting rnptiacis for law miteilals fai in advance Is another fni tor In the (ongestlon The cutoni in tlte knit gnuds business Is to orde mate rials i lo nine iton'lis In adtnni" of ile liverv bit biveri siv tbtv cm scarielv make nnv lontracts for deliver;, more than two oi three month" ahead War need" nnd nierlcan ptosperlty ate pointed out n" being the c ui"e" fir both the Increased business and the added difll iiiltles of the knitting trad? The demands of the loial trade for hosiery nnd under weai hive enntninuslv lncreied, with high wages .mil the export demands bavo also advanced bv leaps and bounds Oovcrnrrent llgnies show tint the et portr of knit goods dining 191') weic $2J -"00 0(10, while, for 1911, th" veir befoie the war the exports wero onlv $.' fioo 000 At tbo same time the Imports of knit Roods decreased from $ t 'aid fiOn in I'M 'I lo $770 000 in I'Mfi 'Ibis filling-nh in Imports put nn ndded bunlen on Hie h me minufaf lurei s LIZARDS IN STOMACH ALMOST KILL WOMAN Reptiles Taken in Her Drinking Water Attack Gastric Walls Three lizard" from nil ini h lo nn Inch and a Inlf long which are thought tn have been t.iken Into her stonaeli when "he dinnk ".nine vvatti, have at several times during the last month nearlv cvused the death of Mrs Marv .1 Konnegan, Thlrlv fist Mtent ami I'asojunk avenue Mrs Konnegan Is lecoverlng from her expcrl inie but Is still under the cire of a phvI clan Some time "liorilv after April 10" said Mrs Koniugin "I began to suffer excru ciating pains In tin- stomach 1 tried manj lenedles, but to no avail 'I hen the ttoiibln was dlMoverid I launnt desct Ibc the suf feiing I went through" The tiouhle was discovered bv the U'-e of an -iav and, once the dhlluiltv had been located it w is a m.ittei of a hliort Hire be. fore Mis Ivonnegm was lelleved Th libvsklans trtaling her however, are afraid other Il7itds remain to be removed A.M ERICA'S GREAT NEEO Teaching That Will Lead to Content ment and Stability N'o Mcani boiler is safe without Us pio vision against overpressure, n perfect!) (ven application of Its power to the work It I" doing Is not possible All through mechinlcs tuns this same necetslt of safe guai ding against the surplus of force which must bo generated to accomplish the vvmk which tho machine Is set to do The safetv valve for steam powei and the fuse for eledrlc clicuits are mechanical essentials A people virtually efficient nnd nothing more will eveutuallv inn amuck, because theli values are all stand irdized Thev will have abllltv for appiaNals and Inven toiles but none for appreciation and en. I. u King horizons of thought All energy will be bent toward se urlng the best shaie possible of what Is alrendv produced or In com he of production the mass effoit and pi duct will be eveivthlng, the Individual abllltv lo enlarge and enjoj what falls to the Individual lot will be lost 1llstor tells of m ill) nations which have risen to lemarkable elllclencv nnd then within a slnut cjclo of jeais utterlv collapsed Their 1 eoplo could do great things but their en ergv had no balance wheel of safet Sanilv, national as well as Individual demands bnlince, It demands men nnd women who unite with special practical ef. flclcncv In producing an erpial skill and wisdom In using products The most ltall Important question of our Immediate future Is not what, wealth and leisure can we achieve as an aveiage for our people but what shall we do with the wealth nnd leisure which as an average we do secure? It Is assumed In our educational thoughts that with more intnev and lelsuie will come mom contentment and Btabllltj These will only come to a people prepared to secure and understand them I'nless our schools give their pupils this preparation we shall some da.v need a cataclvsni to show us the eternal fitness of things Ilochestcr I'ost Ilxprcss AlasKan Timber In accotdance, with the recent net nf Con gress, the wood needed In building the fiov eminent railway In Alaska from Heward, on the Pacific 471 miles tn Fair banks, In the Interior will be taken free of charge from the Chugach national forest. The foiest seivlco has Issued a permit to tho Alaskan engineering commission to cut 85,000,000 feet nf timber In designated areas along the right of way nf the new railway, which will run for several miles through the Chugnch national forest Forest service emploves are now marking the timber to be cut onlv mature trees, the removal of which will Improve the forest That will be the largest quantity of timber ever felled In the Alaskan forests as a part of one undertaking. It will bo nearly twice ao large as the total quantity of timber now cut In the national forests and annually put to local uses throughout Alaska, but only a little more than one.tenth of the estimated annual grovth of the Alaskan forests. The two national forests of Alaska contain about "8,000,000,000 feet of merchantable timber, and the foreet service estimates that moie than 800,000,000 feet could be cut every year forever without lessening their productivity. Youth's Com panion. Aeroplanes From the Colonies AH the world over Brl'lali subjects who re unaole to Join the armies or make muni, tlons are being atked lo he'p In a novel Way toward beatlnr the Uonnans. In every one of the colonies spnesls are helns msu4 I for contributions toward building flying mv .-J ikia to.be ent to the tattlMd of a. l J BttrH4BiiHE'Uo3iifeMBbHhBHHlHialB9BLwHBwBl B AoK'' X sC'r'i2'sn;VAjii sHU'. I IB. r mKJ t j fcfelwA MWl . jtvX)wA W Thcso boys, sons nnd grandsons of members nf Taylor Camp No. 2, Sons of Veterans, have organized a fife and dium corps. They dull at the Camp hendqunitei e, Stella .street near Krankford avenue, under direction of Charles Thomson, a lctter-cnrrior and memher of the cnnij). Recently they organized a militaiy company and hae added the manual of aims to their musical tt aming JERSEY G. 0. P. BANS ALL NATIONAL ISSUES Decides on Course to Avoid Any Reflection on the Ad ministration T BUNION. Jlnv o 1'nder an agreement renched bv the ftoiubllcan Stale Committee at a meeting here all questions of national polltlis nnd polities will be ei hewed dur ing the coming cai'ipilgn In N'ew .Tcr"cv This course villi be pursued to avoid any reflections on the nation il administration at n time when Itepuhllcnns iu pemnciats alike ale willing to stand behind the Presi dent legiidless of personal opinions or po litical different es In view of the f ict that the elections next full will be of a purelv lor il i h n ictet In whli b the rnttntv will be the lirgest unit leinesented it will not be ditllcult lo i.nrrv out the plans of the Slate Counoittie pio vided tnrtv woikeis along Hie line will follow out the vugpestlniiH nude tod.iv s a me ill" of furnishing the sinews of war foi the .state Committee it was de cided to issiip sustaining membership mils to all applicants nt the rate of $1 each These, cards will entitle the holders as con tributing membe:s to the pi Iv lieges of He publican dubs nnd ItepublUan organiza tions thinughout the state Immediately following the mee'lng the first membeihhlp caid, No 1 was boiled to (lovernor IMge who thus lecime the (ltt sub-i rining mem. ber Huh card will have a serlil uumbei Instead of meeting nnlv at the cill of the chair It was decided to hold quaiteih meet ings on Hi" second Tiiediv 111 lebruuv Slav August and N'ovember The next meeting III August will be held in Atlantic Cllv. where the membets of the state Com mittee will be the Miests of the Atlantic Olv Yacht Club The State Committee accepted the leslg. nation of Alfred Marsh of New llrunswlik the Middlesex Count membei. who was te centlv appointed bv (lovernor lldge lo the Boatcl of PubllcMttll ty Commsinueis "l ho ciedenlials of .laAies A Morrison of New Hiunswlik named hj the count) tomimt tee as succevsoi to Mr .Smith weie ac cepted HAVINf; A GREAT RUN Thousands Witness the Wtithings of the Movie Vampire-Ladies Thoso movie patrons who crave "Hunger mental diet than that afforded by curl-bedizened lug 'lines or baggv-.iousered far ceurs nre being drawn Ineslstlhlv to wit ness the writhing of the vamplredadles These fascinating females now occup) In the llteratuie nf the screen the eminent position once owned b) the cowbov and later taken for h time b.v the artist and his model So Impoi taut have they be come that Ml in produceis nre sifting Hie count! y for tall girls with e)enrovs wno have ilonn appi entice dut) as circus con tortionists On one side the vamplre-ladv Is descend ed straight from the stock-camp uij adven turess of tvventv )ears ago When a icper toire (oinpaiiv p'aved the town it used to be possible to spot the adventuress the moment she i nine on tho stage for she wore red and said "l.a la'" and pulTed a i ig arette If tho manager thought the town would stand for It. The adventiiri sa had her dav; but she was not n leal vampiie because she could not throw her hips out of Joint, or twist her arms Into the sem blance of a true lover"s knot If ono believes In evolution be c-m trace the ancestr) of the vamplre-lad awav back past the adventuress tn those strange rec ondite beasts of Lewis Carroll's, the slllh) toves These nnlmals called slithv b caii"e the) weie both lithe and sllniv were wont the net Infoims us lo g)re and glmble In the wabe Now If a vvabe be taken to mean the large white space In which the movies aro shown, tho vam-pire-hid) uniforms cxacll) to tho standard pioccdure of tho sllthy tove She Is lithe nnd sllmv. she gvres and glmbles and so potent Is the esthetic appeal of a face sW feet hlRh reglsteilng a dcslie for revenge that the money rolls in unceasinglv Prom the unsurpassed richness of the vampiie. ladj's emotions the public culls a few thrills to brighten the drab loutlne of Its existence Spokane Spokehinan-ltevlew Mormon Activity No movement looking to the colonization of nnv part of tho counti) Is being con sidered by the Mormon Church as a body There nre as manv conversions abroad, rep resentatives repoit, ns fonnerl), and add that the numerical growth by conversion Is giadual The Mormon Church doe not reek, however, to recruit" emigrants to Utah, and the prose!) tes tn Mormonlsm aro urged to stay at home and "assist tho mis sionaries" Tho Mormons have mission arles In the IZastern States and elsewhere. They report that there are more congrega. tlons In the eastern states now man one year ago The official statement of pol)g amy Is that 'any member of the Mormon Church who would dare to take a plural wife now would be excommunicated .The manifesto of 1800 prohibits plural mar. liases. Owing to surreptitious violations, few In number, for which the church was not responsible, the piesenl president In 1904 presented beforo the general confer, ence of the church a rigorous prohibi tive measure which was unanimously adopted by the congregation represent Ins the entire church. Those who had more than one wife before 1890 were not required to cast their wife or wives adrift and lllcgttlmatlze their children." The Mormon Church disclaims any political Interest! Its members are divided on na tional party lines. The present president of the Mormon Church Is Joseph Kleldlns Smith. ' . Rice in Brazil Bril Is growing rice In Increasing i titles tor. noma consumptt,on,.iBr' PHIA, WEDNESDAY,' MAY 9, 1917 GREAT-GREAT-GRANDSONS OF THE G. A. R. MEATLESS DAYS TO BE ABOLISHED IN BRITAIN Augments Too Greatly Demand on RrcadstufTs, Commons Is Told LONDON. Mnv 1 Ureal llrltaln s "meitles d-iv Is to be abolished be rnusn It nugment" the dennnd on brenil stuffs nnd other substitutes vvbbli nre less plentiful than meat This was announced by Hiion Hevonpoit the food controller In Hm House of Lord" He declattd that i diminution In the mnMimpltnii of luead stuffs wis of vital moment and u miln fin foi in the sltintlnn but be nddul "Provided tint the i all for a leduitioii is lesponded to nnd the crfoits of the sub marines ,ue not Miuessful bevond leason nblo llkrllhnn'1 wo shall gft thlough with a fnlrlv atl"fii miy balance In bind to the time when tho new harvest becomes available." The fond (ontrollei s pronouncement was nude In niiswir to a question bv Haron Puckmastcr, who asked If the tlnvcrn ment otilit make an) statement legard Ing tho position of food supplies mil whethfr tho tioveinment proposed to take nnv ImiiHillato steps lo mnke certain tint Mali supplies should bo cquallv dlMi.biiKd miotic .ill i lasses of the population on-turning- his replv. l.oid Iievonport said 'As I recentl) stated, the consumption of In cad has not xct been sutllclentlv l educed In the imintrv geneiallv I',,IK1 cl ihsos nf the coiiimunllN bavo diminished their consumption, but the presstiie upon the working cl isses owing rpeilillv to the shoit.ige of potatoes and the seveiltv or tho winlei and the pi me, lias been so gieat that it bis almost been Impossible until lecentlv fni them, hoivevei willing tn cut down their bread .i on' iiniptlnu In the iniantlnie tin- fond iniiipalgn which Is b"ing mnduitiil wit i great energv bv the national wai mmiirs committee and b) various otbei mcthm.-i has been greatlv stliniil ited bv Hie action oi ins ,u.ij.-i In the proclani itiou pnmiulfi.itcd lift week Though It takis some tune to bring home lo tho pouilace geneiallv the nalltv of tho situation, ihe eiroits now being made aie cumulative, and we ma) cnnfldentl) expict that In the miirsc of the next few weeks ihey will icalire substantial results 'Apart howevei finni the actual con sumption of bread, the quant Itv of wheit which Ihls c uintrv lequlies will be les sen! d bv leason of the fact that all Hour must contain undei mv milling inders 10 per cent moie of the loutints nf wheat oi gialn than In normal times, anil must also ha.e nt least 10 pci cent of otnei brendsttiffs mixid with It 1 may find It nicessarv still furthei to Increaso the ex traction of lloni from wheat and to nus mcnt Its admixture with other leiealh" Discussing the supply of othei highly Im pottnnt neces'aiies Lord Hevonpmt said that tho Imports of meats since the flr"t of Jnnuat.v were little less than in the coiiespondlng period of list )eur nnd that the home herds were as huge as If not laiRet than at nnv pievlous period Novel Scitool Vacation The Mlnlstei of IMui itiou of Prussn has Issued il ilcciee according to which the various hi boo I ntithniitles aie directed to give the pupils a vacation that thev mnv s)Stematlcall,v collect the budiiiuts mid acorns fni the sake of the oil and fats the) contain The Minister of g rlcultuin has estimated that 100 000 tons of trie former nnd liionoo tons of the litter will go to wnste unless some definite steps mo tnltcn to gather them rrom the lomponents of the nuts It his been found, a verv niceptablelable nil can be prepared, which It Is believed will go a long wav tn telleve the piescnt 'hortage In that commodlt) Bad Business Kohl 111 his "travels In Hussl.i " obseives that while at Moscow he happened to take a stroll through one of the markets of that eltv He paw there a nnn who wns rm plo.ved to sell fiozeu fish bv the pound "Friend" said he tn him 'how do jnti come on lu )our buslniss'" "'Thank tlod," replied the man, "vei) badlv" Hardening- Tendency of Business Memarklng on the state nf trade In one of the latge cities a innunerclil editor stales that "the baldening tendency of pi Ices still continues" It Is a pit) that something cannot be done to counteract the hardening effect of business generally on the population of some of our mercantile nnd manufacturing cities H.!..I1I-I.1.1 C l-t A! A A-A A X SutitcA; '. fojjfaiatety GWPXl Never get your nerve J Shade-grown Real Havana lOcand up Vi.wwfvi rZriefi ; IflUtll 'I J) I frlj II I jl II H it CITY ADDS $889,000 ON TO LIBERTY LOAN Day's Receipts Roach $20,360,- 000, With Total to Date of .?.1'17,'121,000 VMIIC.TO.V May 0 Philadelphia's subset Ipllnu to the Liberty Loan Tuesday was JSgoooo innklng Its total purchase .nironoo Pittsburgh purchased Jl 81 1. ooo The pinch"!"! of Micso bonds by the important cities was Sl".n lliooo while the lot il file Is $117 121 000 I'etiils of the $2,000 000 000 bond Issue as to maliiritv ilenomlmtions .mil teims of picmeni niiifd completion at an nll-dn" iinifeieiico of Tre.iHUiv and I'edet.il l!e heivo Ilea id olhci lis While the entile pro kinm Is snbjiit to ievson Indii itions nre tint ibc iimferees Ind .igrrid upon the follow log features Matunlv the bonds tn be ledeennble bv the ilovernment at Its option in fifteen jeir' nnd ijue in thlrtv veirs lieunnilmtlons The minimum df nomina tion to be $100 tho maximum JliiO.ooo Tei ins of pivment A hiiii.I percentage, ringing from " to r per cent and piobibly 2 1... iiei tent "to be pavable nt the time tho Hiihsriipllou is offered the bilauco tn be pi Id lu Installments There piolnblv will be nt least four In stallments, possiblv six Installment! nnv be i illul foi ivirv two weeks or every Hiirtv d ivs .secret. il v Me doo personallv would like lo sen the denomln.illons of the bonds made snnllei but the tu nnuidoe" phvsic il work militate against the resultant clerlcil work militates agilust the piopisil to btlng the minimuiii to $jn Stovepipe in His Kye Inlui,' mil iiipulni diugglst was iov rnd with dirt Satuidiv while putting up a Movipipe, some of whiih lodged ill his eve giving him niiii'i it i in Lane ( Vn ) lle i order " STRAW HAT DAY BOUT WITH SWARTHMORE TEAM Postponed Contest Will Take Place on Franklin Field Snturday Afternoon The stiawhat game nn Krnnklln Pleld will find Penn opposing Swnrthmnre Salur dav afternoon This enr the gam? wint to Hrnwn Instead of Princeton oi Harvard, the original contest being cilled off on account of the awful weather conditions prevsl'lng last Pnttliibi) Accnidliigtniinnouncement Coach Thnnns will use .lohimv Tltrel tn do the hurling while tho Hrnwn selection will be their headline twlrler. Johnny cgden In case Tltrel does tint wnrk, the boxmnn Job fot Penn wl 1 go lo Walter tiernhnrd, It Is said Judging fiom earlier seasin dope. Ogden should give u good account of hlmelf poor support figuring In the previous game be tween the two teams, when Ogden'H suppoit failed to prnperlv back lilm up Swnrthmore will be doing a double-header role In plalng the game the team taking on Pitt the same dav. taking the train for the local contest Immediately following the morning encounter FLAT FOOT IS KPIDEMIC Poor Shoes nnd Standing nt Work Said to Cause "Pes Planus" Ciptnln frank 1" Hvnti" nf the t'nlted .st.ites Mirlne Com", ono of the recruiting officers nf tint service on dutv lu New Vork savs there Is nn unusunllv large percentage nf Mat footed men In the city of New York nnd the reason for this Is not hard to find, nciordlng to Captain Kvans Ho sa)s a large percentage of Manhattans men weir poor shoes nnd stand up to do their work, those being two of the main caues nf 'pes planus." or ftatfoot condition According to Captain Hvans's figures, about 1 per cent of nil tho applicants who applied for enlistment nt the Twenty-thlid sticet recruiting office of the marine corps In the last twelve months were rejected be. cause nf their fiat feet The cheaply made poorlv put together shoes tho average toller wears and tho fact that as Indicated bv statements of the rejected applicants, thev were compelled to stand on their feet at their work account for what the marine nlhcer terms ' the epidemic of falling arch" In New York The principal sufferers from tho disease, Captain Kvans sas, are motormen, street lallwav conductors, subway guauls, police men certain classes of machinists, clerks nnd waiters The Main Issue There had been a terrible struggle out In the street between two canines of the mon grel tvpe In the fray both nnlmnls had suffered pierced skins and damaged jaws, but at Its conclusion one of them the loser of the fight felt the necessity to vent his unquenohed spleen upon the esslest thing within reach This chanced to be a small bn who was Jovouslv trundling his hoop nlong the nnd bllssfullv unconscious nf the approach of danger Silddenlv the van quished dog made Itself felt and his teeth caused n painful Incision In Willie Sauslv's i alf Later there came the houi nf icckoii Ing and perhaps, of tetrlhutlon The mother of the hoc and the owner of the dog encountered each other Knsiied till" Mrs Satisly "Are vou aware Mis SLIn bnne, that your dog bit m) little Willie tod ly"' Mis sklnbone -"What' Your little Wil lie. 'who has on v Just got over scarlet fever" Oh If anv thing should happen to ITdn I'd never forgive )ou'" Grass Paper Attentlen s called tn the possibilities of niaton glass In tho manufacture of piper hv the t'nlted States Hepirtment of Agrl i ulture Zacaton grass extends from Cali fornia and Texas southward to the Argen tine ndes Laboratoiv tests of this prass conduited bv the department show that It can be chemically redui ed to paper stock bv the soda piocess more easll) and with less expense thin Is nece"ar.v to reduce poplar wood RlkS r o JijL Prodium Process Makes Tires Last Longer THE discovery of the Produim Process is the greatest step for ward in rubber manufacturing since the perfecting of vulcanization. It has given to Republic Tires a tread of super-toughness that is wear resisting to a remarkable degree. It wears down as evenly as a piece of tempered steel, and the rubber is so strong that a strip of it one and one-half inches square will suspend a weight of more than three tons. More than 100,000 sets of Republic Pro dium Process Tires have been sold to tire users. We know now that the Prodium Process does make, tires last longer and that mil lions of dollars will be saved to tire buyers. As the result of an unprecedented de mand from every part of the country, we are trebkng our production of Republic Prodium Process Tires. Republio Black-Una Red Inner Tubes nave a record for freedom fromttroubto The Republic Rubber Company, Youngstown, Ohio REPUBLIC RUBBER CO. 1'h.ne repUr mi. 86 N BfcOAD ST Republic GOV. EDGE APPEALS FOR FAIR TAXATION! UrRcs Jersey Officials to "Gm Eyes and Ears" to Favor- itism or Politics TiiiiXTOX. Mv n Tax ninei.i. .. .. Jcrsev 30(1 nf whom attended the .,-'! li annual conference held here, were as.,,. ; 1 bv Governor Kdge of the hearty UBLVi nnd co-operation of his administration i nciping HBseseorn ami niner otllclals charr.J ' with the enforcement of the tn laws (invernor IMge Intlnnted the nonilnlmr. Hon Is prepared to consider Hie wl.a '. arranging for the payment of taxes on th ' Installment plan, nnd peril ips a icddlo.. : ment nf the svstcm so tint final palrnV, would not be exacted five da), ,,! Christmas, "when man) tixpa)ers have ui for nil of their money In meeting the Cu tomary demands of the season ' I take this opportunity." contlnn crnor Hdge, "to appeal first nf all to thi rtft IHX nuserwor 10 no ms icill uuty as he rnuit see It: to close his eyes and ears to mi temptation of local favoritism and part ? politics, to the end that taxes may be fair equalized as between the units of n count ' "I appeal to other tax officials to liw' ' wise subordinate favoritism atul jiolltlcs to dutv 'so that recent legislation may havi every opportunity tn show Its effective... '. In equalizing assessments ns between th coiintv units In the Sthto Strict honfsty senso of duly that knows no personal friend, i shlpi nr political alllllatlous, must be the basis nf every taxing s)stem by vvhattvfr name ou call It ' During their session the tax ofncli.li unanimously adopted lesoluilons extendi to the President and the (Tovernor asur. ' nnres of unswerving suppnrt In measurti which may be adopted for the effectln paitlclpatlon of the American people In the war. The tesolulions concluded as foi. lows, I 'Wo pledge ourselves ,is public cfricri nnd as Individuals to render tn the rm. dent nnd the (Tov crnor the fullest co-opera. Hon of which wo may be capable In the prosecution of the war for human right! nnd a world-wide democracy Kiank H Jess, of Camden, a member of tho State tax board, rpoko of recent tax legislation and particularly of tile new roaj. tax act, under which It Is proposed t raise $15,000,000 wlthlr the next five )ear Mr Jess said there ran be no doubt that tho new law Includes all clisscq of rail, road property, nnd Hint anv contention to the contrary Is 111 founded He explained In detail how the tax would be levied and col lected on railroad property (ither spenkors Included Senator Carlton I! Plctce, of Villon, v ho dlscucsed the new iquallzatlnu law and Assemblyman Arthur N Pleison of the Fame countv who out. lined the provisions of tho municipal flnanci laws of which he wa: the author During the hour of recess tho State A. sot lotion of Countv ltonrds of Taxation met and elected tho following officers for the ensuing jear- Asse, ihlvman Itertram E. Whitman, of Atlantl t'ltv president; Clar ence T Van Dcrcu. ol Hudson vlco presl dent William Macl"iv, of Hast Orange, sectetaty and Andrew 1. Kcnne), of Somer ville treasurer The nssoclation ndopted resolutions fa vorlng civil servlco for nil tax emplo)es, In. eluding nsss-rs, se-retarlcs nnd clerks. Upright Piano $95 rreiini rninnunn- nrauilIUl Tone1 Trrmn J" innnthU 20 others "n to $J33 Player-Piano $350 R tint rxtellent condition $2 weekly, 2 Muic Ilolln Hfnch and ?crf Steinway Grand $425 Pm.ilt .ood condition Cnnenlent termi A V' 5?: 17 Tires msMsm &B&&Mi&&i w A :f t If ytr, t M. ' r-i .f.r.1.' .. "XH&LS
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