$: y If it WILL CARRY GAS FIGHT TO P.0LLS Wilmington Man Aims to Overthrow Political Clique Rule OLD PARTY IN CONTROL Law on Public Utility Board ' Leaves Former Regimes- in the Majority Vy n KtaS Corrtsfonient WILMINGTON, Del.. Oct. J 3. The fislit against tho rata Increase "grab" proposed by ttic Wilmington Clus Company Is to be made political s well ns financial. This was announced today by i:. M. David, president of tho Voters' Non-Pnrtlsan league, tho organization which Is mapping ut the campaign against the company. An attempt will bo mado to show that tho stocl: of tlio concern wan "watered" rtli the approval and partly for tho bene fit of ft few of tho leaders ot tho Old Guard rtepubllcan machine, tha,t theso ramo rep resentatives of the "Invisible government" re working to havo tho Hoard of Public L'tlllty Commissioners protect tho company Instead of tho public, nnil finally that tho rlelits of Wilmington's citizens can only be safeguarded by the elimination of poll tics from the control ot not only tho Ban, but of tho trolley and other public service corporations us well. Mr. Davis today said that the campaign his organization wa3 preparing to wage against tho ga3 company would develop 1 these facta. A decrenso instead of an lncrenso In tho price of gas to tho con sumer!) here, ho predicted, at tho same time would result If tho attempt to force a phys ical valuation ot tho company's property la successful untt It the water can bo squeeied out of the capitalization of tho concern. ' With the present annual revenue. It Is aid, the company could earn 12 per cent at least upon tho actual cash Invested In the concern without tho necessity of tiny in crease. Tho company under Its charter Is entitled to pay a 12 per cent dividend, und even thoso who arc conducting tho present campaign Indicate that they would bo wilt ing to have the company fix n price sufll cJent to pay a 12 per cent dividend, provid ed tho return Is mado on cash paid In ln atcad of uron the "watered" stocl;. POLITICAL PULL . Tho developments which led up to tho present situation In Wilmington's gas case aro simply tho history of numerous pub lic Eervlco corporations whoso early forma tion wero guided by the hands of thoso politically favored or sometimes by tho leaders of tho "Invisible government" thorn elves. In 1901 the company which served this city with gas had outstanding liabilities of $1,000,000. During tho latter part of that year Edmund Mitchell, who later becamo Republican State chairman and leader ot tii Old Uuard Republican organization, together Willi II. II. Iilllany, for u number et years chairman of the Republican Clt? Committee ; l'ranlt Plerson. present Street Commissioner of Wilmington, nml Bcverul others obtained a blanket franchise for the Universal Conduit, Light, Heat mid Power Ctripany. On account of their absoluto domination of ,ocal politics, It" In said that they ob tained the franchise without tho paymoit if a penny to tho city. With tho threat, of competition as u club and armed with tho new franchise tho Mitchell crowd forced the old gao company to reorganize. Tho capitalization was increased to $1,300,000. Of this it Is understood that ' Mitchell and Ills friend3 received $250,000 worth of capital stock In tho new concern and $20,000 In cash. Hotli payments, of course, wcro in return for thu franchise, uhlcli did not cost a penny except for the legal formalities incident to Incorporation. iha new concern was named tho Wil mington Oas and lilectrlo Company. In addition to his cash and stock reward Mitchell was made vlco president of tho Pew company at a salary said to bo $10,000 a year. Of course. It was conceded hat lie knew nothing of gas production or of th? other phases of tho gas business, but ho did know n great deal of local politics, and It was considered wiso to have at tho helm of tho new concern a man who could foro ee and prevent the granting of any new franchises which would mean a further "divvy" with new outjldo interests. Tho management of tho company con tinued under that arrangement until 1900, hen the Clarenco II. Gelst Interests, pro moters of numerous gas and electric com panies, with offices in the Land Title Ilulld lng. Philadelphia, purchased tho entire con cern for approximately $1,700,000. Tho offlco of tho company was rebuilt, the servlco Improved nnd tho business fa cilities expanded. Uetween $300,000 and $400,000 of new capital was put into tho tystem. And then the company was reor ganized as thu WilmingtonGas Company with a capitalization of $,500,000. i5tiamount '2.300,000 jvus in bonds. 1,500,000 in preferred stock and tho re minder in common stock Slltchell's politi cal , lniluenco was still as potent as ever ana nig political terviccs wero still us val uable aa ever, but In view of the financial Krength and backing of tho new concern "was not certain that he could bo of as much use as when the company was small Sj.m ' aIt'10UK'1 ho was continued in tho position ot vice president, his salary, itJs an Mas cut cxactl' In hatf, or to $50110 P,In r,!a.V" of tl,c Present Board of tniLbtlllty Commissioners to tho con trolling powers of the gas company is un V.J '"ferctlng chapter. Tho commission .en originally planned wna to have been iL.i body Patented after tho Public wrylce Commission in Pennsylvania. The puDitc service corporations, however, aro ;TUB ,and flourishing in Delnware na when the bill creating the commission nnaiiy passed tho Legislature It provided ror a board of five men appointed by the nr!01" of Wilmington and with limited thTIH ove-r publlc "ervlco companies within wie city of Wilmington. lewiW 0,,c?"rse' was all the while th ?ri,l??J.of lhe roltlon and as on. nmLld,lnB !mnda ot th0 "Invlslblo gov ernment ho had a part, Invisible, but y Khfin PiT.certn' ln th0 "amhng of the uollo Utility Commissioners. Unfortu aately for Mitchell, as perhaps too for the gas company, the tight between tho duPon actions at tho election last year split tf.e ..a..r.eanlzallon ai,a a Democratic Slayor as tho result. uJth?i,laW Cr.,!aJlne the commission provides jnat three of the flvo members shall bo of ihr. omlnant party" As n rosuI' there aro inree Democrats now on tho board. Only of these, however, P. J, Isaac was ( "PPolnted by Slayor Dawson. ' ' ? "l Jerms ot tha '"ombera expire at J"2Sn tlm th other four are "hang- EM?,.ifrolVh.e. prev,ous 0Id Guard or ganization administration, two Ilcpubtlcans b?L fw ImocratB, the now- appointee OTMUnT l th plaCa f a ,. Th Important fact, however. Is that of me flvo Dreaont mmtntulnn,,, ... ..... appointed by two Mayors dominated by tho CVr,,.bl? Konment.'1 which is personified Mitchell, vice president of tho gas com wny, and his associates. Theso fourrfe c. -. Garretson, frequently dubbed "tho ofllce oy of the Invisible government"; Clarence t Holt, Organization Republican ; William ock, Democrat, and nichartl C. McMullen. democrat and presoht chairman. To free the utility board frnm nil t-nr. orat Influence and to make certain that it presenta the peopio and the people only Jill be, accordingly, one of tho first moves m mtuie ny trie lrii.ln the ftehr . ukj- u compan; woagr aaz-a i ni m'HTti" ' ' 4 v ,-'."" t GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO NU0VAMENTE DEC0RAT0 L'Ammiraglio von Capelle si Di- mctto da Capo della Flotta Germanica HOMA, 13 Ottobre. All maggiorc (Jahrlclc D'Annunzio, il srnndc poctn nbbruzcse, gla' scgna. latosi per atti di valore compluti du rantc i moltlsslm! combattimcntl spc cialmentc acrcl, a cul prcsc parte, e' statu oggl asscfenata la quarta mcdaglla uargento nl valore milltarc In sc-1 gulto all'ardita Incursionc reccntcmcntc ' compiuta sullc bocche ill Cattaro, alia : testa di uho squadronc di arcoplani Itnlinnl, tlpo "Caproni," riuscendo con successo a bombardarc quella potentc base navalc austrlaca, c tornando alia slazione di partenza Tcnza riportarc ' pcrdita alcuna. Ttltta Italia ba unnrin run vnr.i compladmcnto l'annunzlo della nuovu , decorazionc concessa al maggiore ' D'Annunzio, riconoscendo in lui uno dci ' plu intrepid! e coraggiosi aviator! chc vanti la flotta aerca italiana. Ncssun.1 Importanto opernzlone e stata segnaiata dalla fronto di battaglla Italiana o do splega nncli II fatto della maneanza. lino n lerl fera, dl commilcatl da pat to del Jtlniatcro della Uucrra. Sembra cho il cattlvo icinpo impedlsca. In corto qual modo. 1'lnlzlo dclle operazlonl cho dovranno jire cedero la grando ortenslva Uovlsata dal gtneralo Cadorna prima clie l'invcrno s'lnoltrl. SuH'altlplano dl UaitiMzza. e Fpccial inonto sul monte San Gnbrlele, si sono rln novati iiolatl attarchl du parte degll austriacl alle poslzlonl avanzato degll Italianl, attacchl cho fono statl subllo ro splntl con pordlto da parto degll it,salltorI. I repartl Italianl dl rlcognlzlone hnnno rontlnuuto ncllo Incurslonl o si sono avutl sOontri dl poca entlta" cho liamio costretto gll austriacl a rlllrarsl Immedlatamentc. L'attlvlta' deirartlgllerla e' stata llmlUita lungo tutta la fronte italiana. II rafforzamento delle po-itzloni rccentc mento occupate dag'l Italianl o' stato com pletato o si puo' virtualmcnto rltcuere clie quelle ancora occupato dagll nustrlaol snl monte Ran Uabrlele Blano state Isolate o clie per nulla potranno Intnilcaro le future operazonl dcllo truppe del generate Cadorna. II governo austrlaro. rclatlvamente ulla lecente Incurslone aerea alio boccho di Durnzzo ed alii quale preso parto II mag giore Oabrlelo D'Annunzio. neva pubbll cato un coinunicato nel quale asserlva clie durante la detta lncurslono gll aeroplanl Italianl avevano gettato bombc sopra una nave con lo lnsegne della Croco Rossa. Tale uotizla o' stata absulutuments smentlta dal Comamlo Itnliano o qulndl ritenuta una dclle sollte fandonio nustriachc. L'Ammiraglio Vn Capelle, capo della flotta tedesca, ha rassegnato le sue dimls blonl. Tale ntto c' dovuto al fatto dl re cent! ammutlnamentl vcrlflcatesi tra gll cqulpaggl dello navl da guerra tedescho cho trovansl nel .Mar Baltico. Jammutlnamento avvenuto nello navl du guerra della Germanla e' consldtrato un fatto molto plu' grave dl quello die vogllouo far credero 1 tedcschl. Sembra. Infattl, die 1'nmmutlnamento sla causajtn prliiRlpilmento dalla. scarsozza del vltto cho la Germanla dlstribulsce at suet marlul c dal fatto che moltlsslml marlnat rlflutano dl Imbircarsl bul sottomarlul c cho vl sono costrettl con la forza. Lfravissimi ammutlnamentl veriflcatesl sono tin chlaro Indlzto della dlsentegrazlono doj moralo tedesco. cosa questa cho potra" portare la fine della guerri nialto prima dl quello che si puo' Immaginare. Secondo un dlspacclo da Amsterdam la flotta germanica si trova oru Inattlva nol Mar Baltico a causa degll ummutlnamenti veriflcatesl. Lo autorita' tedische hnnno dubbl nulla dlsclpllua e la lealta' degll equlpnggi no' o' a loro posslbllo prendero yovero mlsure In larca scala contro I col- povoll degll ammutlnamentl polche' te tnono dl causaro magglorl mall. Intanto le truppa lnglesl al comando del valoroso marcsclallo Ilalg Btanno com plendo notevoll progress! alia fronte belga. Hecondo un comunlcato lerl pubbllcato dal comando supremo, gll lnglesl attneenrono lerl mattlna a'lo ore & lungo un fronto di circa sei mlglla nel settoro a nord-efct dt Ypres. Le truppo fecero boddlsfaclcntl progrestl nlquanto ostacolatl dalla ploggl, cho durante la notto fu abbastanza abbon dantc. . SHARKS ARE QOOD TO EAT, FOOD COMMISSION URGES Cheapest Fish on Market and Worth Trying, Is Report Issued Today Sharks are good to cat. Shark, a little known but very good eat ing fish, Is "worth trying." according to today's report of the Food Commission of tho Philadelphia Home Defense Committee. Selling at four and flvo cents a lound, it is tho cheapest fish In tho following list ot wholesale prices: Dressed vvealiflh. medium 12c to lie Dressed weakflsh, largo ISn to ll,o Kound trout r Croakers, medium Bo to JOe Croakers. Urge 1 " 1W "o J llutterflsh. ' medium' .' .' '.'.'.' "C '.'.'.'.'.. 9c to 10c Ilutterfl.h. lars ! iiauoui . Htcak cod 30c to 35c l'Jc to lRc I4c to 15c He to 10c 17c to "ISO Mr to lie 8a to Di- 30c to 3.c 1.1c to Hlc "So to '-'T'C nukes Pnllorte Round mackerel J.areo huke . . Medium hake . . Wuertsh Dretised ela . .. Dreaaed salmon 1. ..! ..htf rntflili INo to IDc Iiresaed red catfish ljo jo lHo Haddock " t.arse bonlto mackerel lc to .oc '.Small bonlto mackerel JSC IS J52 Hound eela . .- . to 13 Bhark c & Whltip , J ,S, I.uk Clacoes . . . . 15S J? JSS l.arae bollln rocknuh 28c to 30c Medium rocklUh r,Jo to ;; Pan rockflah ;2o to 23c Hmall rockflsh "J Jo lOo Flounder o Uo Cape May eoodle ,o , Snaorer bluenah ; Ife to llo Cabbage, corn, beets, carrots and squash contlnuo to be tho cheap vegetables, ac cording to the wholesale produco market report, which quotes the following prices: Cabbage, three and four cents per head: corn three-quarters to one and one-half cents per car.; beets, two and three cents per bunch J carrots, one to three cents per bunch ! squash, one cent each. Other prices aro: .Peaches (most plentiful fruit), seventy-live, ninety cents nnd $1.25 per bushel' svveet potatoes, seventy-five cents ner basket: white potatoes, eighty-fire cents - .- l.nbV, . lAmn.nnu hl,-1,l to II. OU per "i '"""" ..... seventy-five cents to Jl per basket! string beans (cheap), sixty cents, to 1 basket: lima beans, Jl to JUS. The three classes "-AIJl'SDANT Peaches, corn, parsley, carrots, boets. lettuce, squash, cabbage. NOItMAL Eggplant, sweet potatoes, onions cucumbers, turnips, radishes, garlic, pumpltlne, peppers.' oranges, lemons, canta- kc BOK Tomatoes, celery, string beans. UmaTbeanB, apples, pineapples, plums, pears, grapes, bananas, cranberries. Wills Probutcd Today ...it. nmbated today Include thoe of lire! Hagedorn. 11 SO Parkslde Alice hi"h In private bequests disposes of rooerty valued at between $10000 and property tinhooO: Cresson js. iru. u ', I1V0.UUU Vn. T,mM P. Mahonev. 1117 street. V,uvv - mia ft . North J""", Pircci. t,vulj JOWi irV.natamu-.cheri I20 uainnrioge sirrst, Fcnstermaci --nn. Sill n t!iL2r& t m n nnn m lifia&iii .-.- ..... -i - lSM MaMB MRBMlia" il ii. T" ---- rTF ?tra' mm maiimii bivmi. nm EVENING LEDOEKp-PHILADELPHJDV., SATURDAY, OOTOBEtt 13, fci- ; . W Vl BUYS LIBERTY BOND Master Jack Ilceves, of 5750 Addi son street, was tho first pupil of tho Hamilton School to purchaso one of tho bonds of tho second Lib erty Loan. He purchased the bond from his savings. HOTEL MEN TO OPEN EXPOSITION ON MONDAY - Managers and Proprietors From All Over Country Will Attend Hundreds of hotel managers mid pro prietors from all parts of the United states aro beginning to nnlvo in the city to at tend the American Hotel Exposition, which opens Monday night at lh First Regiment Armory, Iiroad and Callowhlll streets. The exposition will be conducted by tho Phila delphia and the Pennsylvania State Hotel Associations. Special trains for the con vention visitors are coming in from Cali fornia, Louisiana and Florida ; cpeclal cars from San Francisco, N'ew Orleans, Jackson ville. Salt Lake City, Omaha, Kansas City and Chicago. All of the floor bpaoe reserved for bocths bus been engaged and tho exhibits shown will comprise almost every phase of hotel life. Exhibits of all sorts of labor-saving and comfort-increasing devices wilt be shown. Among them will be gas appliances for broiling, dishwashing machines, ma chines for grinding down tho chipped edges of glassware and many other contrivances helpful to hotel management or housekeep ing. A $3000 model of tho Commodore Hotel, of Xew York, which contains 2000 rooms, will be exhibited. The costly go'd service from tho Ulltrrtore Hotel will also be shown. An other feature will be motion pictures of sporting and touring rcencs In Monroo County. Many hotels will display repio ductions of their rooms. Specimens of culinary art and special sot piece ln con fectionery will be shown b th leading hotel chefs of the city. One of the biggest booths In the armory has 'beon placed nt the disposal of the Liberty Bond committee. Several speakers will make nightly speeches to the convention crowds. A force of Liberty Bond salesmen, aided by Boy Scouts, will bo present. Tho Red Cross will also hav: u big booth. TELEPHONE OFFICIAL GRANTED DIVORCE Desertion Charged and Vice Chancellor Learning Says Mar riage Was Unconsummated George li Williams, formerly president of tho Pacific Coast Telephone Company, was granted a divorce today from Allda I'. Wil liams, on the ground of desertion by Vice Chancellor" Learning, of the Court of Chan cery, Camden. Williams, who now lives at 110 Notth Twenty-seventh street. Camden, and ills wife, whose home Is at 520 Lincoln Drive, Germantown, were married on November 16, 1902. by the Rev. Charles Fry. of Phil adelphia. Williams had been, until his mar rlage, a clerk In a drug storo.near tho,home of his brldo's parents. The couple made their homo with Mrs. Williams' mother after tho marriage. Williams subsequently became district manager jof the Bell Telephone Compahy in Germantown. and, ln 1909, became presi dent of the Pacific Coast Telephone Com pany. Thereafter he traveled back nnd forth between Philadelphia and San Fran cisco at frequent Intervals. Wlll'ams testified beforo Vice Chancellor Learning that wlillo ln Portland, Ore., ln May, 1910. he received a letter from his wife saying that he could never return to her mother' house. The Pacific Coast Tele phone Company subsequently wound up Its affairs, but Williams stayed In the West until December.. 1913. In Juno,, 1911, suit for divorce was filed against him by his wife, who charged him with desertion, but the suit was dlsm'ssed, Williams himself brought suit on a simi lar ground. In testifying before Vice Chan cellor Learning, he asserted that his wlfo and he had lived together from 1902 until 1911, but that during these nine years their marriage was never fully consummated. Mrs. Williams, In reply, asserted that she did not consider that lie had reason to bring charges ot desertion against her, since It had been he who went away from home. Her own suit, she said, had been hrouKht under pressure exerted upon her by some person whom she uiu not mime. She asserted that she was greatly devoted to her husband, but admitted that their marriage had never been consummated. Vice Chancellor Learning, In granting the divorce, said: "These parties, It seems, to me, are about as nearly unmarried ns two people can possibly be, and It may bo that the peti tioner has mistaken his reined); In bringing nn action for divorce Instead of an action for annulment of the'marrlage. Tho statute, howover, does not appear to lncludo us u Canada Issues First Draft Call OTTAWA, Ont. Oct 13. The first call to the colors under the military serv'ce uct was sounded today. It will bring to arms every man In Canada between twenty and thirty-four who Is unmarried or who is a. widower without -children. There are more than 600,000 men falling within this clasatficat'on In the domlpl n, and with al. invinni fnr tlintm who have already en listed aud other, "who are physically d- g(Rrwi IMmmwf . aH I SCHOOLS RULED BY FAVOR, SAYS GRATZ Teachers Not Appointed Be cause of Merit, Admits Board Head CALLS IT "ALL POPPYCOCK" Superintendents Human and Havo Favorites, Despite Their Bluffs, He Declares K Met It docs not govern tho appointment of public school teachers. Simon Gratz, mem- . ber of the Board of Kducatlon declares "The merit system," ho said, "Is a thing of Imagination. The superintendents havo their favorites anl tak' caro of them Moreover, they seek to Impress upon all the teachers that If at any time they appeal to a higher authority than thcli juporln tondent, they will thereafter bo persona noit grata." Mr. GratzV statements concerning tho appointment of school teachers wero mado In connection with nn explanation of his support of Miss Kllznbvth Biurno In her Pght against a. transfer order of Theodore L. MacDowcll. tin associate superintendent ot school. Ho said he had decided to back Miss Bourne's request after she mado a personal appeal to him. c denied any other liiflucnio and been exerted lo vitn bi support. When State Senator Vare vva nskpd if lie used his Influence in supji it of Mis' Bourne he icplhd. ' never meddle 1'. school affair." Miss Bourne took up her vorl In the Barry school, at Fifty-ninth and Race streets, yesterday, pursuant to the order ot the elementary schools committee, which, by a vote of 4 to 2. ordered tho superin tendent to transfer her from the Jefferson School, Fifth and Poplar streets, where she had been sent originally. Miss Bourne when asked to what In fluence sho had attributed her success In nullifying the orders of her superintendent, refused to answer When asked about the caso Mr. Gratr. at firsts said the question was too trifling to discuss. When told of tho Blnteincnt of the superintendent setting forth that four other teachers preceded Miss Bourne In order of consideration by reason of the "merit system," ho laughed. 'That's all poppycock." ho replied. "There Isn't any merit system. No law of lhe State or rule of the board provides for such a system. Moreover, each superintend ent, being human, has his favorites and ' likes to take care of them. They like to create the Impression with the teachers that they hold tho destiny of the members of tho teaching force In the hollow of their hands. They give them to understand that If they appeal to a higher authority they will be from that tlmo on In disfavor. There is no merit system." Mr. Grata called attention to tho fact that this caso whs not tho first Inslnnco of the commltlco compelling the superintend ents to do vi hat It thought best. William Itowen, chairman of the commit tee that reversed Associate Superintendent MacDowell explained Uiat ho called the meeting last Tuesday after Mr. Gratz. Thomas Shnlloross and Thomas S. Boyle had talked with him concerning Miss Bourne's request. "It was tho result ot a personal appeal br Miss Bourne," ho wild. "Thoro was no other Influence." Mr. Wnnamaker lefused to discus3 the case. Mr. Smith simply said, "My feelings concerning the procedure were shown by my vote." STOLE $25 FROM BROTHER Youth Is Iteleased on Pronation Promise to Work on Howard Perry, eighteen ears uld, of 283G North Wamoclc street, was today charged by his brother, John Perry, Jr., at n hearing beforo Maglstrato Carson ln tho Pari: and Lehigh avenues pollco station, with having stolen $25 from his brothdr. Tho boy s rawer anu- nromer doiii icsit. fled thai Howard refused to earn a living, but on his promise tu go to work and pay the money back, Maglstrato Carson turned him over to Probation Olticer Rauch, of tho Munlclpnl Court, to Geo that the promise was kept. MAN IS EXEMPTED SO HE CAN BE HANGED Italian Due to Die on November 9 Naturally Escapes Trip to Camp NEW YORK. Oct. 13. William II. Stone bridge, chairman of Local Board 17. wai surprised today when an Italian approached him, showed htm tho red notification card of John d'Ovonzo and said: "My cousin can't go. Ho Is going to bo hanged." "What do you mean?" asked Mr. Stone bridge. "This Is no time to Joke." "No Joke," was the roply. "He Is up In Connecticut and they aro going to hang him." The chairman got Into communication with tho adjutant general, who ln turn com municated with Governor Holcombc, of Con necticut. It was learned that d'Ovonzo h id been convicted of murder ln New Britain and tho date ot his execution had been t-ct for November 9. Immediate exemption was granted to the Italian and a substitute sent to Camp t'pton today In his place. PROTECTIVE COMMITTEE XAMED Will Safeguard Interests of American Pipe and Construction Company Stockholders A protective committee for stockholders of the American Pipe and Construction Company has been appointed In pursuance of a resolution adopted at a meeting of tho stockholders held ln this city recently hs a result of the receivership of tho com pany. The committee Is composed of Fran cis X. Qulnn, S. Price Stevenson Charles J. Mcllvaln, Jr., Francis il. Brooko and Alex ander Henry Carver. Francis B. Bracken nnd Walter George Smith are counsel for the committee. In a letter sent to the stockholders of tho concern today Mr. Carver, who Is" sec retary of tho commlttoe, urges' the stock holders to deposit their Block at once with the Logan Trust Company, 1131 Chestnut street bo that they may be adequately rep resented hi nil proceedings under the re ceivership and In any steps taken for the rehabilitation or reorganization of the concern. "TRAIL U1TTER" FOUND DEAD BRIDQETON. N. J Oot 11!. The body of Henry Shull has been found nt For tescue with a bullet wound tn the head Shull was about sixty years old and lived alone In .a cabin on the Delaware Bay shore. ,ie was Indicted at the recent court term for selling liquor at Fortescue without a li cense and this Is believed to have Preyed on his mind. During the "Billy" Sunday campulgn in Philadelphia lie "hit the trull. ' New York Loan Total Now J289.526.320 NEW TORK. Oot IS. New York' ub scrlptlon to tho Liberty Loan reached (289, 6J9.Uo befor noon today, Unofficial sub MtipUons report and not Include tu thto MM' wa wij otwic IS ampwji u -nciy Tw .oft. jf '' ' Jit jSjj S jr Photo by Hun land, GEORGE CONNELL Select Councilman and Penrose lender in the Fortieth Ward, who announces his rcsipintion from lhe Republican Executive Committee of that ward and his intention to sup port tiie Town Meeting party movoment. HIGHER COST OF CIGARS NOT DUE TO WAR TAX Increased Price of Material and Production Cause of More Expensive "Smokes" The Increased prlc of materials and pro duction, and not io much tho war revenue tax, have boosted the pr ce of your favorite smokes, Philadelphia tobacco dealers con tend. There Is also a posilblllty that cigars which formerly sold for fivn cents may be raised lo seven, or even three for twenty cents, according to one dealer. Pennsylvania tobacco, which In former jean sold from nltio lo sixteen cents a pound, Is now twenty-two to twenty-four cents, ai-ooid ng to one ot tho largest manu facturer sof fivo-cent cigars In the country. Last year Wisconsin tobacco sold from twelve nnd one-half to fifteen cents n pound, wlillo now It Is ecll'ng at fjoin twenty-tvo lo tvventy-sK cents a pound. Sumatra tobacco which Is need as n wrap per for cigars. Is now $6.12 a pound. In cluding the iluty of $1.J5. Vmlcr normal conditions 't sold from $3.75 to $4 25 a pound, Including the duty. Havana tobacco. It was paid has virtually doubled in price. There nlo has been nn Inrremc in price for printing tho labels, and the price of labor has advanced, too. Pine cedar, the wood of which c gar betes aro made, Is very hard to get, and manufacturers arc nt a Itfsa to find a good substitute. Tho letaller In normal times ma.de a profit of ono and one-quarter cents on even' five-cent cigar sold. Ills nroflt'novv is estimated at one and one-half cents, but It was pointed out that his expenses have Increased in proportion to his profits. Haw tobacco used In making cigarettes has also Increased in cost, ns havo tho paper and tinfoil used In wrapping them. The Increase In price, it was said by a cigarette manufacturer today, only allows a fair prollt. The Increase In price of smokes at the Vnlted Cigar Stores Is duo largely to the increased prlco of production and not so much tho war revenue tax. according to I If. 15. Wolf, superintendent of the Philadel- pnia biores. Il wai also pointed out by the dealers tn da that the cigar Industry has been the last one to Incrcaso prices. -- AS THE PRICE C0ES UP LESS BOOZE GOES DOWN High Cost of Inebriety Reduces West Philadelphia Drunks I One-Fourth L'ps and downs, figuratively speaking, havo played un Important part,ln the moral welfare of West Philadelphia all week, so far ns liquor Is concerned. Announcement to that effect was made by houso sergeants In virtually all ot the flvo police stations In West Phllly" today. In other vvurds, the price of liquor hav ing been boosted, a noticcablo number of "drunks" now liavo put on their Sunday manners ln that Motion of tho city and no longer aro hauled In on disorderly con duct charges. Tho number of men ar raigned on charges ot being Intoxicated has decreased approximately one-fourth. Nino wero arraigned on that charge ln tho wholo of West Philadelphia today. The average number Is or was near tho fifty mark. "DON" DUFFY DIES AT .MARIETTA Prominent Citizen and Genial Host Suf fered Long Illness LANCASTEP., Ta., Oct. 13 Donald Cameron Dufry. of Marietta, son of the late Colonel James Duffy and brother of Colonel James Duffy, Jr., died last night after a long lllnefas. Mr. Duffy, who was fifty-three years old was ono of the most prominent residents of this county, having been chief burgess ot Marietta. During tho Elks' Con vention In Atlantlo City in 190S Mr. Duffy was stricken with Inflammatory rheumatism and had been un Invalid ever since. While n great sufferer and unable to leavo his chair, he called about him a. host of friends and was a most delightful host. He died at tho residence of his mother, who resides nt tho old Duffy mansion ln Marietta. Skull Fractured by Sand Car Michael Trlllcy, seventy years old, of 1345 South Thirty-fourth street was crobs Ing trolley-car tracks at Thirty-second street and Gray's Ferry road this morning when a sand-ladon car hit him, fracturing his skull. Ho was taken to the Polyclinic Hospital. ARMY and NAVY OFFICERS' UNIFORMS AND KQLir.MKNTS nanim1le I'rlrra. Uulck lleliTerltt GEO. EVANS & CO. JXff 132 N. 5th St., Phila., Pennn. l-ii . 1 I Headquarters Electrical j , Easy Payments 1719 CMwtJW Si, ' ,.,!-.,. . .I'lArifttaii. ft-ifclfi- -it,; ii'M.ri., ,ii . , 1917 CONFERENCE WILL FIX COAL PRICES Exchange Directors and Philadelphia Committee to Settle Figures SHORTAGE SOON RELIEVED A conferenco between a commlltco of directors of tho Coal Kxchango nnd the Philadelphia commlttco of tho Stato coal administration Is expected to settlo definite ly all remaining questions on tho adjust ment of prices which must bo announced Tuesday In compliance with tho order of tho Federal Administration. Appeals from individual coal dealers who have started business sltico 1015 nnd thcrcforo cannot add 30 per cent to the 1915 margin are ex pected to bo heard by the administration committee. Purchase of coal In One-ton lots Is advised by Dr. Hurry A. Garfield, national fuel. administrator, until tho shortago In coal, homo out by figures of tho llurovu of Geo logical Survey at Washington Is relloved, which ho promises will bo within thirty day. Formation of the I'hladelphla Wholesale Coal Association, to lncludo thirty-three wholesale coal firms tn this City and op erators and Jobbers, will be undertaken on the advice of Doctor fJarflcbl on Tuesday morning nt n meeting In tho Manufacturers' Club. Doctor tlarlleld has refused to con sider complaints of tho soft coal men un less they aro presented as tho united ac tion of the soft coal Industry. Revision ot prices ln tho centrat Pennsylvania bitumi nous fields Is desired. The new body would bo a constituent of tho National Jobbers' Association, with headquarters in Chlcaco. Many varying t-ots of prices quoted by tho retail dealers in hard coal aro expected to uppear on Tuesday. It Is understood, however, that tho Philadelphia commlttco, of which Francis A. Lewis Is chairman, will soon select Its headquarters In '.lio center of tho city und orgnnlzc, ready to near ap peals and complaints. Sir. Lewis expects to hear favorably touay from tho last of the seven members to mako up his- com mittee. Wll.lam Potter, newly appointed fuel ad ministrator for this' State, nnd Joseph v. Wear, general secretary of the tato board, aro closing up their private business affairs today preparatory to assuming their new duties. The present shortage of coal js credited by Doctor Garfield to the rush of coal now being mined Into tho Northwest before the Great Lakes aro closed to traffic. There will be plenty of coal in Philadelphia within tha next month, lie says. WAYNE RED CROSS WILL SHIP TWO AMBULANCES Contribution Is Added to Bed Endowed in French Hospital and Other Work Aiiiiiiuiii'eiiient Hint two ambulances will be sent to the war front within a few week was made by the Wayne branch of the American Itei Cross, which already has en dowed a bed In the American Hospital In Paris and sent 47,000 finished article abroad. All the officers were reelected for another year at tho first annual meeting held at the Saturday Club, Wayne, last night. They uro: Chalrmnn, Mrs. William Henry Brooks; vlco chairman, Mrs. T. T. Watson Mrs Horace B. Hare. Mry. Robert Sayre Brodhead, Mrs. C. C:arenco Clare, und Mrs. Oeorgo A. Shoemaker, secretary ; Mrs. William V, Alexander; coricppondlng teeietnry. Miss Grace Roberts, and trea lurer, Mrs. C. C. Harris n. Tho following cha'rmen of standing committees made un. nua! reports: Mrs. Louise Jaquetto Palmer, publicity ; Mrs. It Grafton Wilson, Kmer-genrj- Aid ; Mrs. W. A. Nicholas, classes ; Mrs. Albert Nichols, packing; Mrs. Brod head, knitting; Mrs. Archibald Barklte. literature ; Mrs. Matthew Itandall, enroll ment : Mrs. Fiederlck J'mblck( sterllizat on ; Mrs. F. Jigglns, house, and Mrs. Watson, maintenance. Tho branch has 1171 mem bers. MISS POTTER, LONG LOST, RETURNS TO SANATORIUM Missing Chicago Girl Stumbles Faintly Into Arms of Hospital Attendants at Ashcvillc ASHHVILLTJ. N. C, Oct. 13. Kxhausted to the point of collapse, Miss Graco Potter, wealthy Chicago society . girl, stumbled fainting Into the arms of uttendants of the local sanatorium from which she unex pectedly disappeared noirly a fortnight ago. Physicians refused to rou-so her from the heavy sleep Into which she sank beforo nny explanation of her whereabouts since Oc tober 1 could bo obtained. For ten days searching parties had scoured the mountains for traces of tho missing heiress. J E-(LDWELL fy MILITARY WRIST WATCHER Gold and Silver Unbreakable Crystals Khaki Bands Hands and Numerals Visible in Darkness m 8 NEW PARTY HI SWAY IN RUJ 4ft 4 Balanrn nf PnvVrov "Mmtr t? :, 1 in "Temporary Council,;,!; WashingtQn Hears WAGING WAR ON ANAROH1 WASHINGTON, Oct , ; A new party today holds tho balance.! " power ln nussia, according to advices fajVv eclved at tho embassy today. The teniV, pornry council of the Russian Republic,"'. ' tho designation given an affiliation of bour'-V'' geols, munlclpaltsts, co-operatlonlsts, xess-i Ftvos nnd conservative soldiers and work men's delegates, t. Tho new organization grew otlt of the) hpllt In the Pctrograd Soldiers and Work men's Council, which cania when tho ultra radicals elected Trotsky, Lcnlno's lloutcn nnt, who Is an American, to tho presidency. Tha new party lias joined forces with Kcronsky nnd tho provisional Government and will support tho coalition Cabinet th cable dispatches to the embassy stated, i K PirrilOGltAD, Oct 13 Tho Government''1 Is today waging n determined campaign to" stamp out anarchy. At n meeting of the? Cabinet yesterday tho problem of flghtlngj lawlessness in the interior provinces was. given deep consideration. Tho Government will endow tho city governments with' strong authority to handle tho situations All of the sober roclal and. Intellectual force will be mobilized for a peaceful campaign, but It was stated Hint It will not hesitate t to use military forces It necessary. A number cf measures were adopted by the Cabinet toward this end. Tho secefnd meeting of tho special legls latlve conferenco for tho purpoo of work ing out plans for tho new council of the Hussian Itepubllc came to an end today The final regulations governing elections will not bo published, however, until Pre mier Kercnsky returns from the front It is understood that the Premier's return may bo delayed because of illness. Former Minister or Labor Skobeleff was today chosen to accompany tho Russian' ' delegation to tho Allied conference in Paris In placo of former Minister of Posta nnd Telegraphs Zeretelll. The conference vvltt consider n revision of Allied war alms, General Alcxleff, former Russian chief ,o stuff, will accompany tho delegation as the ie esentatlvo of the Russian nrmy. Tho Minister of Finance announced tpday that 4,tM3,000,000 rubles havo been sub scribed to tho Russian Liberty Loan since April 0. At the outbreak of tho war a ruble, wns worth nbout fifty-one cents In Americas money, but at tho present rate of excitant" it is worth about seventeen cents. . Masked Men Hold Up Saloon POTTSVILIJ:, Pa., Oct IS Three masked men with guns drawn today covered tho barkeeper, Clarence Tnbor, and u. half dozen patrons of the saloon of A. P. Tabor, in tho heart of Shenandoah, robbed the UU of reveral hundred dollars and escaped. They aro bollcvcd to bo strangers. nniHiiiii Tour Wife Will Save At Least A Dollar tt you brine the entire famllj ter tomorrow for dlnnrr. We a-rvn the bat only at n rrlee that Im little prollt bst tola of patrons. fliyiMTOMllMm ml to &&kZ2&ihtokM it i M SrKCI.YL MCSIO I ffEW ' I '.0Tei9 I y (ANOVER ItMliiMlcL Twefth and INsfimNtSfi Arch Sis. II (Entrance on IWt It. I II CLAUDE M. MOUB.
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