' fr - -- n m ft $ I El VARIETYQF SENQFFBT "THE EASIEST WAY" PASSED BY CENSORS Meanwhile, Pauline Frederick Fills in With "Her Better Self" at the Stanley After untold troubles "The Haslest Way" has apparently been "approved," an the quaint saylni? Roes, l the State censors Jt will finally be displaced at the Stanley til next week In the meantime, Paulino Frederick In "Her Better Self" Is fllllnc; In The fact of "The Haslest Way's" frequent postpone Went Is some excuse for the openly recog nizable weakness of this new Famous Play ers film Footage is the thing theso days. "Her Better Self" Is full of It But It would require a bravo soul to ndmlt that It was equally full of storj Frankly, this Is one of the feeblest, one of the most ancient, one of the least credible of many months Our tottering friend, tho misun derstanding between two locrs. Is dragged Into the light once moro In brief Wealthy society butterfly, attracted by young physi cian, goes to his sanitarium to help him with his work Patient, a "wronged woman." confesses her past to Mlsi Fred erick, obligingly referring to an anonvmous man as the cause of her downfall Mls F Immediately thinks physician to blame You can easily figure tho rest out for yourself The star maintains her good looks and plastic theatrical poise, but neither lIio nor Thomas Melghan Is able to lift the talc Into the high air of posslbllltv The pho tography. lighting and Interiors do all thev ran for Margaret Turnbi'll's script Hi does Director Robert Vlgnda Hut. its all wrong. Hercules' ATtfWDlA "The M'en M ifctr." SlnlrK with Robert Warwick Story ael-iiitecl from I. Phillips ropr.fi.ln Im novel "T Court (it St Simon ' Directed ty Lenne Perret Here we am gUcn a thoroiphly Interest ing quite cut-of-the-way varr. that makes one regret Its sudden switch In the first part . .h. tnrv from France to America Such lld pictorial nnd Imaginative stulT a3 the producer's visualization of parts of Paris at night Is worth u ton or two of the rather conventional seta nnd exteriors offered In the bulk of the narrattvo The hero Is n sort of Gallic no! In Hood cstabllsher of a court of Justice where Influential malefac tors arc dealt 'with in a wiy impossible in legal procedure Tho central motive Is a little weak But If one grants It what fol lows is germane and unusual enough The feature suffers from hazy notions of ton tlnultj It fcpends too much time throwing light on the intricacies of the telephono nnd then bridges great gaps ol time and sp.ice lth a cool leader or two It is nicely acted Besides the muscular Mr. Warwick Anna Little, remembered for her entlv work under Thomas H Inees diieclion. and Don ald GalUher contilbute clecr bits of play ing Some of the Illumination elY.'cts betray the French methods of M I'errot It Is a worth-while picture VR'TOr.IA "Heart anil soul." 1 nx wlthThrcla nirn Htorv adopted from tl ISMcr Ilnirauil s novl Jen I' Ailrlin Johnson llr cieil be J Gordon IMwnrds Director Edwards Is a man with .1 pene trating cje for color and grouping He has taken many a poor scenario and turned It Irt" something instinct with life and glow In? ltallty This Is the sort of treatment that redeems essentl.il! worthless plavs "Heart and Soul" Is not worthless hut it Is tw fully melodramatic Walter I,aw. the only actor who can make Jowls look villain ous, Is about the most tcrrlfing specimen of masculine depravity visible for some t'me Miss Bara Is a good girl this week We knew she was good, because Jess was made a paragon by the story Othenvlse her wicked mouth and lustcrless cjes might hae dcceied us But ieall the .ictlus is tho least Important part of the film The phases of It that will count are the splendid handling of mobs and riders, tho brilliant tinting; the bright, sharp hard photogriphy and the destruction by fire of a big house, ostensibly In Porto Hlco, but to the eperl; enced vision plainly Florida Snappy action and lots of close-ups are other characteris tics There are Just a few too many of the latter C'lalro Whitney Is attracts o as Jess'j Bister. nuon.NT "Clover1 neholllon." Greater Mta- graph, with Anita Stewart "Cloer's Rebellion" Is one of those ve hicles expressly designed for a popular star Miss Stewart Is popular, but she is also handsome and Intelligent L-o the mixture of cuteness and crime which (die has been ghen this time is rot as tedious as it might be with a less talented Intel preter. The approach to the drama is.vcry rriadual. being made feasible solely by the principal player's cleverness and facility of expres sion She is aided by a good cast, a ca somewhat more vigorous and lmircslve than that In "Her Better Self." which 'Clo ver's Rebellion" strongly presembles. The Palace has Mary Plckford In "A Ro mance of the Redwoods" this week, "Twen ty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" con tinues at the Forrest. Continuing Plays Charlotte Greenwood, alias 'So Long Letty," started on her seventh veck at the Lyrlo last night. There have been some changes In the cast of this mus'cal farce lately, none of them detrimental and wmc beneficial Skelly now plavs Wtlter Cat lett's role and plays It quietly This Is the fourth and last weclc of "Her Unborn Child" at the Walnut It Is, as most people by now know, a melodrama dealing with birth control ty Howard Mc Kent Barnes, EFFORT TO KILL TRANSIT Continued from rare One will continue the hearing according to schedule MAYOR SPEAKS Senator Dalx then Introduced Maj-or Emlth, the first speaker, who said: The bills which you have before your committee this afternoon are bills for which I am personally responsible. In tny Judgment a satisfactory agreement for the operation of our high-speed s)s tern can be secured only through the passage of the various measures The bills were drawn by Dr William Draper Lewis, and I am going to ask him to ex plain them to ou In detail P R. T.'S EXCUSE Mr Ballard's letter to Senator Dalx follows : To Hon Augustus F Dalx, Jr , State Senate, Harrlsburg, Pa. Dear Sir: I note from the public prints that, although there cannot be a full meeting of your committee tomorrow, such mem bers as can be present will hear those favoring the proposed transit legislation, as their plans for going to Harrlsburg have been so far perfected that to have Postponed the date of the hearing would have seriously Inconvenienced them. I assume that the reason the full com mittee cannot meet Is that another Impor tant legislative hearing lias been fixed for the same hour. In fact, Mr Schaffer, one of our regular counsel, ho is to nsslst In Presenting our views, will be engaged In that other hearing. I therefore ask that, following the precedent which the Coun cils of the city of Philadelphia have made In this matter of having separate hear tna for those In favor of the matter In hand and those against It, you fix an ather day when your committee will hear those opposed to the pending legislation touchlnr Philadelphia transit matters. I Will annreclate It if this further Wring can be fixed for some day other R TutBday, ana will- be glad of as . MKlcc of it as It Is possible 10 ffivv MISERY AND MONKEY IN "MASQUE OF LIFE" Woe-Drenched Heroine Contends With Charming Simian to De light of Garrick "Audience" misery Is a common emotion among f"Ce" herol"M The leading woman of The Masque of I.f" tne supreme ,Jt. ample of Just how wretched one can be In the moUc Tne nudcnfeB at the 0arrlcli where this sovcn-reel Italian feature opened csterday. saw i:eyn ga through a series f tragedies that would have baffled Ophe Ua. rnido Lady Macbeth pea-green with envy and Juliet seem like the leading char- er m n Runs,no comeay of the ..ppj.. doodle" variety All this facetlousness must not be taken for contempt "The Maique of Life." after the rush of weeklj American-made photo Plavs to which the established vice of over production has accustomed us la rather re freshing ;t has all tie leisurely develop, mem of the old Pathe and Claumont pic tures, which nonmovle fans profess to find eve-rcstlng nnd Intelligent It has been verj well pho jgraphed indeed Some of the acting. In tho expressive continental fashion Is qullo moving and ahvavs dignified And It olTera as a final fillip of sensationalism to a blase public the siicclac.i of a monkey (apparently a good fellow he Is, too) steal ing a rojal babv and climbing a tremen dously tall chimney with his living burden This mone Is Pete Montebello, nnd he is a bullj little actor, ntlther camera conscious nor piggish abcut his entrances or exists Pele must lie credited with a distinct lilt, and the ladj with tho pa thetic face who plaed Kveljn the circus banner, night get mi ns'lst also Tito Masque of Life" sounds symbolical, and. there are for a fact some artistic In terludes In which Fate plavs with human beings as puppats and a series of tableaux and scenes in the circus "n which the heroine s dire career Is sj mbollzcd hv danco and pantomime All of this is -apllal stuff of the old cinema school nnd also not without Its humorous side With llvclvn suspended from an enormois chandelier and u machine-gun peppperlnr her with bul lets intended bj her crazed father for tho King in n tiearhv box (for the King had married Kvelvn and draerted her for a more regal bride), the finale may be said to be tho last word In tho "mcllers" If ou crave excitement and don't find It litre, ou might as well give up the movies and return lo the fireside nnd falrj -tales or the corner grottrv store There Is not room enough In the paper to rtliito all of the frightful facts of Eve ljn's life Tho scenario writer simply soaked her In sorrow Those rho like to contemn' itc the woes of ollic'. and those who gj tn foi plotting that spells hvsterla, will compose the Garrick s "audiences" dur lni; the tun of "The Masque of I.'fe" which, lij the vvn. nrlginallv was called "The Cir cus of Death " No wonder II D. ".Married b Wireless" Penn The Goddess of Libert , pretty girls and a romance that has to do with airships are zharlne well-earned honors ut tho William Penn this week The sketch, the plot of which is cleverly unfolded Is called "Mar ried bv Wireless " The musical numbers registered with a bang nnd the people who pot them over came In for a goodly share of hearty applause Pletro offered some of his popular old tlmo selections, and had some new ones that called for as many encores as the old favorites Others on the lilll to whom the audience came back for more were the Mal-lila-Bart company and Chapelle and Trim ble "Happiness" a photoplay, concluded tho program During the latter half of the week the fol lowing numbers will appear on the William Penn pros am Emma Smiley and com panv Fenlon nnd Green and Ward and Paj ne The photoplay ' The Snarl" will be shove n "Tho Gown Shop" Globe Styles and superstjles and prettj girls, quantities of 'em are on display In the sketch, "The Gown Shop," this week at tho Globe Some mighty Interesting things take place In 'The Gown Shop," tilings which make the audience grip their sides and shako with m'-th Another Interesting sketch, entitled ' A Dream of the Orient " has manv pretty girls of tho languid Oriental tjpo Other splen did attractions are Lottie Williams and com pany. Fisher. Lucky and Gordon, Jimmy Reynolds the Three Regals, Mahoney and Rogers, Dehnore, Angel and company, Hess and Hide, Adonis and his dog "The Tour Husbands" Broadway "The Four Husbands. ' a miniature mus ical comedv. pioved an excellent headllner at the Broadway last night The lines are cleer, the songs of the "catchy" variety and the principals and chorus up to tho minute Bchman and Anderson, comedy skaters, were warmly applauded while Bonner nnd Powers offered a singing and talking act George WaUh in "Tho Book Agent" was the feature photoplay The bill will be changed the last three days of the week us tn order that we may make our plans accordingly Very truly yours ELL1 SAMES BALLARD, General Counsel Philadelphia Rap.d Transit Company Mr Lewis's nddress was an explanation, built up step by step, of the four bills now before the Legislature They aro the Gans bill, the two Hecht blllo and the Salus bill Three of them Mr Lew's drew In behalf of the city The Salus bill. Mr Lewis pointed out, Is framed to relieve the city of the limitations 'that bind it: to give It tho power to find more favorable means of operating the vast transit s)stem that It has voted to build High rent paid by the Rapid Transit Company to Us subsidiaries, and the water In the subsidiaries' stock was referred to by Mr Lewis, who gave figures "This burden." he said, "may make It virtually Impossible for the company to make to the city an offer for the operation of the city's lines, which the city can In Justice to Itself accept Thus the city, though It may be anxious to deal with the company, may be obliged to operate Its own lines or secure an Independent operator not burdened with onerous obligations to subsidiary companies " TRIBUTE TO MAYOR High praise for the city administration's conduct of the transit question was ex pressed by Mr Lewis thus. If Mayor Smith had allowed theso ne gotiations with the company to continue without making any effort to secure legis lation which would place the city In a position to negotiate with the company without having Its hands tied, he would have betrayed the people of the city In the most fmportant matter which has come, or Is likely to come. In our day, before any Mayor of Phlladelphla. The SalM bill, Mr. Lewis said, gives certain, powers to the; Bubllo Service Com EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1017 ON VIEW POTPOURRI OF COMEDY POURED OUT AT KEITH'S Florence Moore Central Figure in Good Bill With Lion-Taming Drama as Climax Florence Moore nnd her brother Frank carried the largest leaves of the palm from the arena at II F Keith's Theatre list night in a long program that contained plenty of good things to laugh at or to chuckle over afterward. Florence Moore Is astounding, as usual Fun fairly bubbles over when she treads nnd trips over teallv trips tho boards Fnllke so many eccentric comediennes for whom eccentricity Is a last resort and n charitable cloak. Florence Moore Is real In her talent her charming personality her satire her wit nnd her faces" Her brother Is a pleasing foil for her fun Full of mus.c and laughs, the bill be gins with an animal and ends with nnimals. Tho Juggling dog with the funnv Three Bobs who couldn't twirl a hoop on his tall If he were bob-tailed, made his bow wow to a Philadelphia audl-nce. and the four lions Georges Marck's "The Wild Guardians, furnished thrills for the lion taming act that came as a climax to the comical outlay Marck'H lions are Intro duced by an elaborate diamo. tncliiclliic motion pictures Illustrating the capture- of lions A virv clever comedv Is presented in 'The Night lloat In which Elalo cilvmi. the somnambulist-flirt, Joseph Roblnon her sklpper-husband , Frank W Tuvlor Frank Herbert. Horace Cooper and William Mooney execute the sl.lt with amusing of feet Fred Warren nnd Kfllo e'onlcv in "Fun on tho boardwalk " exhibit funny dancing nnd Introduce a new "Kalntucky ' song that pleases The Durkln Girls stand out in even a bril liant program with their song-and-dance LXCeilent Violin nluvlne In Jules limner and Just as excellent singing by Grate Car lisle make 'Just n Kong a". Twilight' a much encored presentation With n plain slapstick prologu- he second-sight and mind-control exhibition of Hnrrv and Emm i Sharrocks offers a funny incident In the lire of fair-ground fortune tellers nnd at the same time bailies the spectators whoi-e watch numbers nimcs and other aupp icd secrets are revealed in rapid-fire oldei bv the blindfolded woman Dunbar s old time Darkles win their plantation melodies, are most agreeable in their first appearance here Such acts never grow tiresome how ever old the ma be KNICKERBOCKER PRESENTS "THE WOMAN HE MARRIED" Dramatic Story of Love and Romance This Week's Show at We&t Phila delphia Playhouse The play In which Virginia llarned once acted as star The Woman He Marr'ed." was successful p-esented laM night by the Knickerbocker plavers and will con tinue for a weekH run Ruth Robinson plaved the leading woman s pirt with emotional ren'.m and Howard Hall as lending man did good work An Important supporting role was presented bv Philip Lord, a former member of the Knicker bocker Company Strong support was given dj the company as n whole This successful drama bv Herbert Itish ford Is a thrilling story of love nnd ro mance that Is not overdrawn, tiut true to life While P teaches a moral Icsxnn It has a vein of coined) running througii it It is called by some ciltlcs a dramatic at tack on some of the soi lal conventions "Lilies of the Lake" Cross Kejs ' Lilies of the Lake," a miniature musi cal comedy Is the feature act at the Cross Kej-s Theatre for the first part of the week It overflows with pretty girls catch) rongs and is enlivened b good toinedj A number of )oungstcrs clever bovs nnd girls, sang and danced in n pretty little plajlet "Storjland" In which tho fairy stories and nurserv ir)mes nre pictured The New York Comedy Four were enter taining with their songs and funny chatter, while Edna Luby offered a number of char acter songs Other acts on tho bill were ICarl Emmj's Pets an animal act, and Murphy and Richards blackfaco comedi ans For the later half of the week "The Garden Belles" a musical act, villi ho the feature of tho bill Other acts to ap pear ale Jack Roso and I. eland. Mings and pianologue, Spurscll Urothers and Mack, coined) sketch , Northland and War, and Sultan, Chase and Lntour Good Comedy Nixon Grand "Doctor Joys Sanatorium' a comedy sketch full of 'pep" at tho Grand will In short time dispel tho worst grouch and the deepest wartlmo irlcom It Ik one of those sketches where jou start laughing when tho curtain rises nnd )Ou are still laughing nen It falls The keeper of the sanatorium would bring a umllo to a gravestono and the patients would make an owl grin Other excellent attractions aro Broderlck and Crawford In a singing and talking act. Henshaw and Avery in vaudeville table d'hote the Three Alex Dusty and Dasj bicyclists and Natalie Morgan The pic tures are ver) good this week BILLS' FAILS mission which It does not now possess and also other powers which It Is now doubt ful If the Commission possesses He out lined these powers thus First When reasonab) lo crtab lish transfer points nt such places of crorslng, and mako Just und reasonable joint rates for passengers transferring at such points. Thus. If It were reason able that free transfer tickets should bo Issued, tho commission would have power to order them to be Issued Second When reasonable, to order switch or other connections at such points of crossing, and establish through routes, that Is, a route on which pas sengers may, without changing cars, pass first over the tracks operated by one com pany nnd then over tracks operated by the other company or municipality. THREE METHODS OPEN "There are three poss'bie methods," Mr. Lewis said, "of operating the high-speed lines a lease to the Rapid Transit Com pany, Independent operation by the city or by another company, and the operation by the city or another company of the city's high-speed lines r.na the lines now operated by the Rapid Transit Company "The Mayor ;s fundamentally right when he Insists that before Councils finally de termine the Important question of the method of operation of the city's lines the statutes of the State should give the city a fair opportunity to chooao any one of the three possible methods "The Mayor." he cantlnued, "does not de sire the city to rave power to force even a fair contract upon the Rapid Transit I'articolsr People Appreciate Our Strttc. MANICURING 25c (Our usual chars for ovr 20 years ) HANNA rbUadtlphla'a Lcadlni CMropmltal Mm uort J3IB ami ilium ata. tOvti vtr Crana w). Also IM4 Ckattnut St. Company. On the other hand, the elty honM be relieved from the poiltlon In w-hi eh It now find. Ittetf, of belns fereed to make n contract with the llapld Traiult Company, Irretpertlte of whether the com pany la or la not wlillnr to enter Into si contract which will he fair to the elty." The underlying principle of any law creating a public service commission, Mr Lewis argued, Is that the commission should have the power to require public service corporations to give reasonable service to the public nt reasonable rates The Salus bill ho continued recognlies throughout that Joint service mi) often be given by two carriers nnd, that any adequate super vision of the service and rates of common carriers must Include the power to regulate Joint services b) two or more carriers nnd uiso joint rates POINTS OF SALUS BILL "I have henrd tho Salus hill anMt.n nf ns unfair to tho company," Mr Lewis said Wherein Is It unfair Is R unfair be ciuso It enforces an obvious public dutj on tho company? Those who oppose the fealus bill are vlrtuall) driven to this propo sition Where two street railway corporations or a street tallwa) corporation and n municipality both operate street railway lines m Philadelphia, though good transit service often requires that the two oper ator make arrangements for Joint rates and Joint services, wo aro opposed to giv ing the Public Service Commission nv power to enforce this obligation, because we want to perpetuate conditions which will require the operation of all transit facilities In the city bv one oneratlnr companv and have that company the Philadelphia. Rapid Transit Company. "It has hern publicly stated that these bills are 'mace bills' to fotco the Phila delphia Rapid Transit Company lo accept a lensc unfair to It The actual fact Is Just the reverse CU'R OVER CITY The piesent lack of power in the Public Service Commission to fix reasonable tint f-ervlce and Joint rates should the ilt) dc ride on independent operation of the oltv's lines Is now a club in the hands of the companv to force the P R T Irrespective of whether tho tetms of the lea.e nre fair or not "There la some Justification far the mii plrlan tlint (lioe nhn object to the Shn bill d mi beraute thev want the Philadel phia Itnpld Triin.lt Companj to retain that tdjiili orr the elty. ' ".No on can rend the proposed lease " Mr Lewis Insisted "without reallting that on Its fare Its provisions nppear grossiv unfair Pointing nut the proposed lease would turn over tn the P R T the ell) s lines now planned and anv which might be built within the next tlftv 5 ears, Mr Lewis said that the gross revenue of tho unified ss tern combining the city lines and tho Transit Companj s lines would be placed In one noount The terms of this proposed lease there fore lequlrn that the cllv shall turn over for operntion n plant costing more than SlOOOOOOno to the company nnd that the entire revenuo paid b) the traveling public shall lie pledged to pav first every dollar of expense which the rnm- p.ui) mav lie under nnd G per rent divi dend on tho stock bifore the cltv receives ono dollar ON WATERED STOCK Mr Lewis got down to the question of watered stock Do pointed out that the Kreal bulk of tho P It T s fixed charges I Is made up of rentals which tho compan) has obligated Itself to pav to the stock holders of Its subsldlar) companies 'These rentals amounted last vear to $7 050,1 J E Tills repretents (i per cent on a capitalization of JliiG 835 260, ' he said 'The actual amount paid In bj the stock holders of the subsidiary compinles on their stock Is SG6 )fll,3;8 Assuming that the' amount paid in on the stock represents monej which actually went Into the de velopment of transit facilities n most lib eral assumption In view of the history of street rallwav corporations in Philadelphia the difference between this sum nnd M-5.S35 261) or JO .".7.1 8IJ, Is water "And the Intcrot 011 till water which the tranult rnmpani has nbllj(atel itself to pn.i iinniuillj Ih SS,tlW,4.13." Tho 5 per cent dividend to bo guaranteed to the P R T stockholdets under the lease is cumulative Mr Lewis reminded the committee If there in not enough left from the gross levenuo to pay the dividend In nil) one vear after pa)lng the fixed clnrges of tho compan), the deficit Is to he made up out of futuie earnings liefole the clt) receives nnjthlng" Mi Lewis referred to the provision that If at the end of an) six mouths the gross revenue Is not sufficient to meet all prior chaiges anv pa) five per cent Interest on the tdoik, the company ma) make a charge for ttnusfers between the clt) s lines nnd the compan) a lines, sultlclent to bring up the tot il Income At the same time, he charged, the lease makes a direct attempt to deprive t lie Public Service Commission of the right to lower the five-cent faro for tho next flft) jenrs FAIRNESS FOR CITY A roseate dreim" wbh Mi Lewis s do fccrlptlon of the belief thit the authorised high-speed lines can be built and on a five cent fare with free transfers make the In vestment pi j 'The sooner we awake and face the leal facts the better." he declared "Tho best proof that tho officers of the compan) do not believe tint Mr Ta)Iors hopes can be fulfilled Is that the) are unwilling tn offer tho city a lease in which the) share the ilsk of loss I'nder the terms of the lease, not only would the citizens of Philadelphia fall tn get one dollar from the operation of their hlgh-spet-d lines, but the) would not even have the satisfaction of securing flee transfers Tho total net loss to tho cltv for the fifty years of the proposed lease, Mr Lewis as-wrted. would be J230.490 000 The stock holders of the compar.), he added, would get In the same period $92,333,000, and the stockholders of the subsldlar) companies, $301 51C.000 "Of thU nuni to t,'i!lillurlrs, (100,110,030 would be a pnjment on water." Referring to E T Stotcsbur), chaliman of the executlvo board of the transit tom- "I do not charge that the lease Is put forward in bad faith Indeed, I will go further and mv that I personally believe that Ml Stotesbur) and his associates are merely doing what )ou or I In their position would do The) nte suggesting a lease the terms of which villi Insure be)ond possi bility of doubt that tho earning eupacltj of their company will nlwajs bo sufficient to pay five per cent dividends on their stock "WATER" COSTS JLOOO.OOO "The sum paid annuall) bj the company on watered stock amounts to virtually $4,000,000 If the compan) could pa) this $4,000,000 to the clt) as rental for tho city s subway and elevated lines, the city would receive -a return on Its Investment and the difficulties with which the city is now con fronted would d'sappear. "On tho other hand it does not follow that because the company may not bo In a position to offer to tho city In Justice to Its stockholders any better contract than the one the) are now offering, that there fore the city should accept their offer ' Watered stock, according to Mr, Lewis, e 'FOUNDED 1858 DeweeS Quality and Standard Famous Over Half Century Dewees usiriJQ Dress Gingham and Dimity. S15.00 to 818.75 Tub Silk and Crepe de Chine, S32.50 to S45.00 Qualiiy Viaists -popular prices Special S5.00 , , Very smart white sport shirts, of excellent quality Jap silk, new style collar and tucked bosom All sizes ' B . F . De wees , 1122 chestnut st . makes It tmpoaalblo for the company to make the tltjr an offer for operation of the eltx a llnea, which the city ran In Justice to llaelf accept. FOR OUTSIDi: LUAVK "The aSlus bill. said Its author, "Is de signed to enable the cltltens of Philadelphia to secure reasonable Joint service and point rates If further Investigation shows thnt II Is Impractical, In vlow of the I' R T heavy obligations to Its subsldlar) com panies, and tho magnitude of the transit facilities which tho city proposes to con struct, to agree upon a lease tho terms of which will be fair alike to the cllj and to tho compan) Edward A. N'oppcl. president of tho United lluslnoss Men's Association, outlined the op eltlon of the seventy organizations com prising the United, ns follows eirsi or nil, wo wish to say that our attitude Is In no seneo opposed to anv par ticular corporation or any so-called vested Interests but whero these Interests con flict with the rights of tho public then we feel that the rights of tho citizens of Phila delphia are pnramouiiT and wish to pliu-o ourselves on record ns favoring the ltlzen as against any corporation We realize that the merits or demerits of the propoted leat.e of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company nre not before this committee, but they are so closely Inter woven one with the other ns to nnke it al most Impossible to discuss one without dis cussing tho other 'We feel that tho bills now before jour committee are of such vital Interest to tho rltlrens of Philadelphia that they deserve your favorable consideration because of the absolute necessity of some such power vested with tho authorities of the city of Philadelphia to make a lease with the Phila delphia Rapid Transit Comp.rnv that would be fair and equitable tn them and especially lo the citizens of Philadelphia For this leison we have left our various business oiinirs aim uevoteu tills dav to what we feel Is tin iutensts of the citizens of Phlla delphlt "We hnvo no thought that the.e bills should ho used ns a club against the Phila delphia Rapid Transit Companv but rather ns n safeguard, nnd that the mmmlttes should place the authorities of tho lt of Philadelphia In such a position that they wilt have the power If the Plilladilplila Rapid Transit Compiny does not see lit to make .1 lease with the clt of Philadel phia and under suih conditions as the authorities may ngreo upon is tight and Just, lo mako a lease with some other corn pun ' CITVS HANDS HAVE BEEN TIED C. Oscar Bcisle), chairman of the Sue- clal Harrlsburg Coiiiniltteo 011 Transit Legislation, asserted that tho need for tint preneiit legislation Is large!) due to the fact that previous Lcglslntuies have tied the cltj s hands In matters concerning street railwn) negotiations The eminent domain bill particulars ho 'dei hired, otih lestorcs to the clt) what was taken from It b) the 190" agreement between city and company, and whnt would have been given back to the elty b) an act in fill had It not been for a jokei In this vcrv 111 1 wlili h nullified all that tho act purported to do In part Mr lleaslej paid "U) icason of the former acts of tile Legislature the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Intel ests nppear lo think that the elty of Philadelphia must make one of two choices either tho clt) shall build Its own lines miner iireseni legislation wlileli vvimlil re quire the citizens to p.i) two fares, In order to get 11 transfer or to get free transfers for five' cents and 11a) (1 000 noil a )car to the present traction lnteionts In cash out of the clt) lieasur) of Philadelphia, which nione) could only crinio finin imreased taxation ' This situ ition Is still further accentuated b) the fnct recentlj elev eloped to the public that under the present proposed lo.it-o be tween the city of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company It Is proMded the city of Philadelphia shall pay and guarantee from Its revenues tho sum of IS, 000.000 pet annum on the watered stock of the underl)lng companies and that the clt) must pay this for a period of 9'iii jears. n can bo understood what tills means when we reflect that thee under l)lng companies havo mil) I'llOOOOOO paid In and that this re Mil with othei eharres amounts to B per cent pel annum on $.'00,000 000 No , Hv in the Futon allows such underlying ehaii.es as .tie provided foi 9'9 )eirs In the present lease "All contrne In that hive been authorized bctweon the city of 1 hlladelphla nnd vari ous street passenger rnllwav rninnaniiw were made subject to the right of the city as cxpressrd in ever) street passenger rail way ordinance that Iuin been passed prior lo 1107 to tiko over at a physical valua tion all tho street passenger lines In Phila delphia. Therefore the present eminent domain bill pending before the Legislature at Harrlsburg would only restoio tho city to the situation It was in prior to tho PJ07 contract RESTORES CITY'S RIGHTS "Fur Instance, tho ordlnanco of July 7, 1S)7, which aDIilloi to nil nnmninv ult. way compinles In the clt), provides that every companv immediately after ita com pletion shall file with tho City Solicitor a de tailed statement under real nnd certified under oath by the officers of tho company of tho ontlro cost of tho railroad, and then the ordinance provides 'And tho city of Philadelphia reserves tho right at any tlmo to purchase tho samo by pa) Ing the oilglnal cost of said road or roads and cars at a fair valuation ' "Tills right tho clt) undoubtcdl) had up to 1907. when It was given up In tho con tract of that jeir Therefore when Mer rllt Taylor and olheis speak nbout the city of Philadelphia repudiating tn contracts becaube it wishes to restore tills right, It Is a conclusive unswer to refer to the fact that ull tho capital Invested In tho Union Traction Company nnd tho Rapid Transit Company was invested subject to tho city's right to take over all the lines nt n fair valuation "In addition to this undoubted legal capuclly which tho city Is now seeking legislation to restore two cents out of every five cents now paid by passengers goes to pav the exorbitant past rcutuls of the underpins companies Somo of these rentals, as the Citizens' Passenger Railway Company, amount to 72 per cent on tho capital paid In, In the Ridge Avenue Com panj 4J per cent, anil in the Frankfoid nnd Southwark, 36 per cent and tho 'thirteenth and Fifteenth Streets, 71 per cent "These rentals aro altogether exorbitant and aro for 099 years, and while between Individual companies might bo lawful, when taken out of the public treasury of the city of Philadelphia through a deficit are unlnwful and virtually Immoral The r-Every Man and Woman 7 I HfRlrca to prtserva and enhance thed J'KK.soNAr, appearance it means POWKll and SUCCESS In business and aortal life If there la anything about your features or skin that elorin't plots ou inve-itlgata ,he Montgomery Method It la undoubtedly tho moat valuable aid to sood looka that science haa e-er produced Call write or phone Spruce 1245 Consul tation KIIEK Dr. W. H. Montgomery Sli;o,.1t DOT riandera Hide. Walnut St. at Kith. I'hlla., r. THE DAYLIGHT STORE '' -- total amount paid tn by all the companies exclusive of the Rapid Tram It Company la (S3.000.000 The rental on this provided In the present proposed lease to be paid chiefly out of the revenue of the city's lines Is G per cent on (200,000,000. In other words, tho publio treasury of Philadelphia Is asked tn guarantee Interest on that much water for 993 vears out of Its bwn Invest ments mndo with the public money." The four measures considered at the hearing nnd the provisions are: The Gans bill, which would give the Pub lic Service Commission the right lo compel the Rapid Transit Company to through-route trilns between tho Frankford and the Darby "L" lines over the tracks of the Market street high-speed line, Irrespective of what concern Is the operator of the city's g)stom THE SALUS BILL The Salus bill which would give the com mission the right to fix and regulate Joint service between the city's system and" the P R, T lines, to determine tho Joint rate of fare, to compel the company to accept passengers transferred from the city's sys tem and to regulate through routing of trains where switch connections between the two systems Is ph)Stca1ly possible The Hecht eminent domain bill, which wojld permit the city to take over, by the exercise of tho power of eminent domain tho oxlstlng transit facilities within the city limits In ndjncent counties, provided the local authorities outside of the city should consent lo tho taking of their facilities and If such adjacent fncllltloc were necessary ns tonstltuent parts of the city's system The prlco for the properties thus taken would have to be approved by the Publio tcruce commission or, if no agreement could be reached, by the courts The act would further enable the cltv to operate any facilities taken by eminent domain un der the powers conferred by the net of 1913. HECHT AMENDMENT The Herht constitutional amendment, which would make It posslhle for the city tocerd the 10 per cent borrowing limita tion. If tho pioeeeds were to he used In the construction purchasing or condemnation of nil) public utlllt or part there of, or public improvement the sole condition being that the utility or Improvement "may rea Min.ihl) be expected to vleld revenue In ex cess of operntlng expenses sufficient to pay the Interest and sinking fund charges thereon " This would finance the acqutstlon of the transit facilities should they be taken over under tho Hecht eminent domain bill An the Salus bill contains all that the Gans bill provides and other Important features In addition, it Is certain that the Gaim bill vclll be dropped entlrcl) In order not to pass the snmc legislation twice It is the plan of the committee then to merge. In so tar as Is possible, tho Salus and the Hecht bills In order to make one measure instead of two to be brought up for final action Tho Hecht constitutional amendment, however, will have to remain a separate and distinct piece of legislation. All except the Gans bill were drafted by Mr Lewis TO PROBE MEAT INSPECTION Select Councilman Trainer, of the Third Ward, plans to nsk Councils to authorize an Inquiry Into the manner In which the De partment of Public Health and Charities conducts Its Inspection of kosher meat In both tho Third nnd Fourth Wards Rumors havo been current that a few favored butch ers are permitted to bell meat that does not be-ir rigid inspection Trnliii'i s men declaro that Dr. II Dunbar Martlen. of 4035 Powleton nvenue, a veter inarian was permitted to remain as In speitoi hut three rlnjs after he had con demned 7000 pounds of meat Woman Hurt in Auto Spill HAMMONTON, N J, May 22. Mrs. Pleasants of 5858 Addison street. West Philadelphia, and Margsret Bonsai! and Mrs Sharp, of Yeadon Pa , were Injured when the car in which they were riding, driven b) Mrs Pleasants's son, turned tur tle on the White Horse pike near Elm Mrs Pleasants s leg wan broken, Mrs. Sharp suf fered two broken ribs and Miss Bonsall has a bndl) gashed head $10,000,000 Fiber Company Chartered DOVER Del, May 22 The Unlver.al Rameo Fiber Companj-, to chemically com pound and treat grasses and growths of a fibrous nature was Incorporated here to ds) Willi a capital stock of $10.000 000 Tho Incorporators ore John C Madden, Hiram Cavanagh and F M Coulson, New York city 7 CLAFLIN, 1107 CHaestaet Mann &. Dilks 1102 CHESTNUT ST. Tyrol Wool Ladies' & Misses Tailored Suits 23.75 24.75 28.75 Models and colors that are orig inal, new nnd that are not on sale elsewhere Top 5? Motor Goats Also Street & Country CIud Hats Mann & Dilks 1102 CHESTNUT T. nn Broad Street Hotel Lose Fight on f Cenllnaed from rate One t presided, that there was necessity and Mb tlficatlon for a place where, as the eoMt put It, "there could be obtained a mtai Usafe was between a quick lunch and a banc))? The court, however, merely signed a decern granting the transfer, nnd did not hand $ opinion giving special reasons for the ttsMsa fer. The applicant was represented W Louis Itutt ns attorney, GRAHAM aETS STAND AT LAST John F. Graham, who for fifteen yeats) conducted the Jamison Hotel, Just arountt thfc cnrnr fmm Ih Ifni.- ti-ai...... a I V . , .... '-"I'l" ,.1-iamaui mi I lacing uiiy nan, unaiiy succeeded In uuiiiik ic crunsier 10 west l'miaaeipiu. Graham, who has had a "pocket license since he was forced out of the Filbert street place, was allowed a transfer to the norttea east corner of Sixtieth and De Lances" streets Graham has been an applicant for a H cense transfer at nearly every session ot the court for the last two years, but wat always refused permission to open a saloon In West Philadelphia He was several times refused permission to open a place at Fifty-second And Ranstead streets, Tlmo and ngaln he has had to fight clergjmen nnd people of the neighborhood lo which ho asked to be transferred At one session ct the Llcenso Court tho opposition was particularly bitter against tho transfer to Fifty-second nnd Ranstead streets, nnd Judges Staske and Patterson used a local option plan to assist them to reach a de cision The neighborhood was polled and the license was refused There was much criticism from both sides of tho manner In which signers were secured , When he appeared with the present appll- cation four clergmen appeared In the court to onpose him sav Ing they had been dele gated to represent their congregations to prevent the trnnsfer NOT AS "SAFE AND SANE" A FOURTH AS EXPECTED. Director Wilson Modifies "No Firs works" Order at Request of Dealers Philadelphia will not bo as safe and snno as It expected to bo this coming Fourth of July. Due to the persuasion or twelve local fireworks dealers who called on the Ma) or a week ago to nsk for a partial repeal of the "110 fireworks and firearms ' order Issued bj the Department of Public Safety two weeks ago. Director Wilson today Issued an order permitting tho sale of plnwheels, Roman candles, sky rockets sparklers and thcr nominally harmless fireworks In miiOig their appeal to tho Mayor, the dealers claimed that they were bound up by thousands of dollars worth of con tracts for fireworks and thnt tho carrying out of the order of Director Wilson would bring complete financial disaster The order piohlbltlng the sale of fire arms blank cartridges and cannon cracker will be strictly enforced It Is raid. Ends Life Because of HI Health LANCASTER Pa , May 22 Despondent because of a protracted illness, Howard Keylor, of near Nino Points shot himself through the heart early this morning and died soon afterward A Special Reduction Sale of High-Class MILLINERY $5.00 and $7.50 Value up to $20.00 MissDay,139S.13thSt. SPORT Leather Sole End Heel The proper boot to wear with your sport coat. Buckskin combinations of black and white, tan and white, blue and white. ' m--.-- 1 , K &; juri . e'TL j0HS'r3tnmM V I "I i a" ' l
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