It i to EVENING LEDGER-PJIIILADELPHirA; MOKDAY, OCTOBER lo, 1917 i7h5 .Aml5,n,5?nn,ot,on 1 "I " ni i n hI.de,,t h" Thl claw of trade, " T . unB. the nuarter-ton and buehel n?...V.bJ1neas'.w"1 be orc to "ce . - "i1"8'. i re,aller ne business to anything like the eame extent It was stated. Aa to the much-feared coal shortage, though many optimistic reports are abroad, a marked reluctance to confirm them Is found In most authoritative quarters. No asiurance would bo gUen by It J. Mont gomery, general coal agent of the Phila delphia and Reading Coal and Iron Com pany, that the prospects of a general short age are not Justified ; and most of ths large dealers sounded are equally conservath e. "The prlce.tendency Is all upward." stated J. P. Anthony, 15S9 East Hewson street. "In spite of Government orders. Whether ihls tendency will be helped along by a BiiuriHge remains to oe eeen." To many critics this seems a tediously iOng and circuitous route to Justice for the consumer. "Why not go at once to the heart of the matter." Inquires William J. Mason, president of the Retail Coal Dealers' Association of the northeast section. "It would be fair for the coal administrator In the Interest of the householder to lssuo an order requiring Individual operators to re duce their prices, the same ns the railroad controlled coal companies. TIMOTHY M. DALY DIES; WELL-KNOWN FINANCIER President of Continental-Equitable Trust Co. Succumbs to Indigestion at Hospital FftsT TO BAR SECRET COAL AGREEMENTS vew Trade Bulletin Will Be Closely Studied by Doc tor Garfield WASHINGTON IS AROUSED WASHINGTON, Oct. 15. r.. 1 dealers who engage In secret agree- u or whopermlt their prices to the pub- Kt? U governed by secret trade bulletins. -Sit fall but draw the fire of govern ntl action upon themselves, regardless "?m hopes the fuel administration ha 2 m that coal prices might be made reason- $2 with the frank co-operation of the coal fth reeard to the confidential bulletin With regard i i ,.- nnll (-nnl &&& S-S5KS. "it -aid her. XlT the action In Itself I. sufficient to ex X the curiosity. If not the suspicion, of fh. fuel authorities. The purpose of the KTlletlnfl from the viewpoint of Its author, wo" "be said to aid dealers In calculating within the scope of the recent profit-fixing 7rr This. U was said, would be ex ifdli to be assigned as the purpose of the Klletln If the association were asked for In explanation. It would merely say that ftwM Intended to simplify a lot of hard work for the Individual dealers who nre nnnbers of the organisation. However. It waa declared, the terms of oroflt-flxlng order are very plain, and A. wost unlettered dealer In the-coal bust tm would have no exouse for being un ,Me to abide by It. without any outside iSfUnce. Ths fuel administration has oedflcaUr sUted that all a dealer must W" 1.1.1. k. l.nr .nrf fh nriVr a to Keep winim uw " . -"w --- Is to recollect, by consulting his own books, what his profit was In 1915. One that Is ascertained he adds 80 per cent to It. The em which was the 1915 profit on a ton of ,m! and the additional SO per cent Is the litrrln he Is allowed to add to the cost st a ton of coal today. Atthouf h the secret bulletin as discovered to Philadelphia has not been seen by the nl administration, and although officially Bene of the Administration chiefs would talk for publication concerning It, there la very reason to believe that Dr. Harry A. Garfield and his associates will carefully sjratlnlzs its contents, with a view of escer Hlnlng whether It Is not a sufficient baats far one of the several actions the fuel ad ministration Is empowered, under the tver food and fuel control act, to take In the Government plan to protect the public ixalnst profiteering. These actions Include the revocation of licenses to do business, confiscation of the yards or prosecution In Cu Federal courts. It was learned that the Government has been made aware of wide differences In coal prices charged in Philadelphia and Uiose charged In cities more distant from the anthracite fields, and it can be stated that mlMlon are now at work In a number of J pany The new company was named the cities. Including pnnaaeipnia, ana mai u the charges made In Philadelphia that dealers are reaping profits In excess of those allowed under the recent profit-fixing proclamation there will certainly bo Inau gurated the court actions recently stated by Doctor Garfield to be the penalty for profiteering. Tne Government Is also awaro of the ne cessity of ascertaining exactly whether the dealers who charge only what would be lust for a 2240-pound ton are actually de lherlng 2240 pounds, or whether, as has been stated frequently, they are delivering only a 2000-pound ton and charging for 2240 pounds. The statement by coal dealers In Phila delphia, made frequently during the last reeral months, that they could not obtalrt coal in sufficient quantifies. Is refuted In n official ctatcment Issued by the fuel administration showing that shipments of anthracite to a number of important points in the country were more than 2,000,000 tons heavier during the first eight months of this year than during the correspond ing period last year, and that Philadel phia's gain In anthracite receipts during that period this year amounted to 741,294 tons. The figures, for Philadelphia are as fol- l-w,: rr, Tons First eight months, 1916. .. . 4.188,698 First eight months. 1917 4,927,932 The statement In full Is as follows: Shipments of anthracite coal to New England. New York city, Philadelphia. Buffalo and Erie during the first eight months of the present year have been heavier by 2,593,817 tons than during the corresponding period last year, according to figures gUen out today by the United States fuel administration. New York received 12.668,650 tons last year, and 13,912.384 this year, a gain of 1.246.734 tons The figures for Philadel phia are 4.186,698 and 4,927,992 for 1016 and 1917, respectively, a gain of 741,294 tons. New England last year got 3,438, 242 tons by rail and 2,861,996 by barge, a total of 6,790,237 tons. This year the figures are 4. 191.675 by rati and 2,260.766 by barge, a total of 6,466,941 tons, show ing a gain of 665,704 tons.v. In only one rase among the cities named Is there a loss. Buffalo and Erie. taken together, got year, and 4,288,008 loss of 58. SIS tons. mis is attxiDutea to tne coia, iaio WIN COLLEGE HONORS T. M. Daly, president of the Continental Equitable Trust Company and one of the best-known members of the Knights of Co lumbus In Pennsylvania, died yesterday In St. Joseph's Hospital of acute lndlges Hon. His family. Including his sons, T M. Daly, Jr., and Loulo Daly, who are mem bers of the United States Army Ambu lance Corps, at Allentown, were with him when he Dassed away. Mr. Daly was fifty-nine years old. He- wan b6rn In Ireland of nn old family, one of his ancestors having been Carlo Daly. the celebrated poet. Because of a family difference he came to this country at an early age, renouncing all claim to a landed estato and other family distinctions. Ke was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania In 1873, and In 1876 received a degree from the law school of the same institution, Not being of age he was com pelled to wait somo time before beginning his law practice The success of Mr. Daly at the bar was Immediate, and he soon became noted a; an authority on real estate law. When the Real Estate Title and Trust Company was formed he was offered the position of title officer with that organization, but de clined It. In 1898 he organized the Con tinental Trust Company with a capital of $500,000. This was shortly afterward In creased to 81,000,000, and In 1912 the com pany absorbed the Equitable Trust Com PHfisssssCJBifkissssssssssssssB V yrfisQiKai.-. Ov saaVVPViS ? Mr -' AW IBBBBBiSBBBBBBBlr ?HiMl8SSSl 7 . SMi.' . "' -VS f&H I Wm ? M BMYMOND D. TCS mm iMM,:,-mm . jtLmtwcm mm mm ' mm JaBpfrr 1 Wm sm -MSB 'm- 5d3, - - f & , rtfsa ' 1 I pill 1 JSKrVvi,!H' U' S. SUPREME COURT TO TAKE WEEK'S RECESS WAL H,MOJ3SOM cT&. TEACHERS AGAIN URGE PLEA FOR HIGHER PAY Two Members of Education Board in Favor of Increases of Salary Decisions Handed Down in Two Cases. Maryland Public Sorvico Com'- mission Upheld WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 After handing down two opinions today In the United States Supreme Court, Chief Justice, White announced that tho court would reoess from Monday next to Monday, November 5, une court amrmed a decision of the Court of Appeals of Maryland In a case of the Northern Central Railroad Company against the Maryland Publlo Service Com mission, holding that tho mmmlulon Vin a constitutional right to regulato the lntra- bwuj commutation rates between Baltimore and Parkton, Md. The Court also affirmed a decision of the lower court In aa appeal brought by the """ " uii uaniei J. Leary and others, Involving the question, whether tho Government or O'Leary's administrators are entitled to certain stock purchased with alleged stolen Government funds in th Gaynor-Green harbor scandal at Savan nah. Go., some years ago. eoucitor ueneral Davis mvii .... six casei growlnR- out of the Cincinnati election frauds. ARMY INSURANCE PLAN EXPLAINED Conditions Under Which All of Uncle Sam's Fighters May Get Policies WILL CONFER TOMORROW Ce SEEK DEAD RABBI'S SON FOR ATTACK ON OLD MAN Allentown Patriarch Grabbed by Heard and Beaten Un-conscions WAfiinNGTON, Oct. 15. Terms and conditions under which the United States will enter 'contracts of In surance with Its soldiers, sailors and marines are announced on authority of Sec retary of the Treasury MoAdoo. A plea for the success ot the Liberty Loan campaign, which will provide funds for the operation of tho soldiers' Insurance bureau, was made by the Treasury In connection with publication of a specimen polloY, pre pared by William C de Lanoy, director ot the Bureau of War Risk Insurance. The new law, under which the contraot has been prepared. Is applicable to the entire military and naral establishment ot the United States, Including the army, navy, marine corps, coast guard, naval reserves, national naval volunteers, nurses and any other branches of the United States service serving with the amy and navy. Provision Is made for family allowances, for re- eauustuun ot wenfVMM MM pensatlon In eas ot m oiit cost and for the aMKfcmal prMsottoa insurance n very small wet. Plans for putting the contract tnte mediate operation win bt, takm 'row at the first session of th war Insurance conference, whlah hsn called by Secretary MoAdoo to meet la general hearing room of the Renal building at 10 o'clock. A message secretary moaaoo will be read, and aecreiAry crosoy win deliver an welcome. Other sneakers will incln tary of War Baker, Secretary of the Daniels, Assistant Secretary of the AnajM ury Howe, Samuel Gompers. preeMesttlf the American Federation of Labor! Twlsii tor de Lanoy, Judge Julian W. Mae. .asflK representatives or tne army ana navy, A committee ot three representative each of the thirty-two cantonment. committee to consist ot a commlssloaeal cer. a noncommissioned offlcer and an saw listed man, has been detailed to attend ttfll conference. Twenty-flve represeatatt from the various branches ot the navy sfgfc' will attend. In addition, any offlcer ar isw listed man from the army or navy wfll M welcome. Ex-JudRC Sadler CongratBlatctl rATtT.THT.R. Pa. Oct. 1BMinv sages ot congratulation were received terday on the seventyseventh birthday aa nlersary of Wilbur F. Sadler, Xor twesilr one years sole Judge of the courts of Cwa berland County. Judge Sadler retired fie 1916 and resumed his law practice. He 1 serving In an advisory capacity in com tlon with the Dickinson School of Law. at Contlnental-Eaultablo Trust Company. The financial ability of Mr. Daly at tracted the attention of the late J P Mor gan, who desired him o transfer his ac tivities to New York, but this ho refused to do. He was an authority on real estate law, wills and estates. He was also noted as an orator and wit. He refused an ap pointment to a Federal judgeship, and likewise declined an appointment to the Common Pleas bench. He was a vice president of tho Board of Trade of Vent nor, N J., where he had a summer home. Mr. Daly Is survived by a widow and seven children- John, James. Thaddeus, Charles and Louis Daly, Miss Esther Daly and Mrs. Albert Tate Smith, of Orange, N. J. His city home Is at 507 South Broad street. He was prominent In the Catholic Total Abstinence movement and was a fourth degree memDcr or tne Knignts of Columbus. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at St. Teresa's Cath olic Church, Broad and Catharine streets. The campaign of Philadelphia school teachers for an Increase In salary has at last received favorable consideration from some members of the Board of Education, according to announcement made today. A committee from the Philadelphia Teachers' Association has been calling on members of the finance committee of the board. Two men with whom conferences have been held have admitted that they faor giving tho increase desired. A man who has followed pchool affairs closely said- "The board lini an eye to politics. It appreciates the Influence that can bo wielded by more than 6000 teachers It will gladly promise anything. When It oomes to ac tually granting the Increaso I am afraid It will be another matter." William Rowen, chairman of the ele mentary schools committee, said: 'The teachers deere an increase In salary. It has got to come I don't know how we are going to finance It, but we will have to find some way. The expenditures required of the board aro growing every year I nm afraid that even tho Increase. In the tax rate to six mills will not cover It all " Edwin Wo'.f did not view tho Increaso with favor "I appreciate the position of the teachers." he said. "I think we should do something for them If possible. How ever, I do not fco our way clear to adding to our present high expenses I have been fighting the Increase in the tax rate for eomo time. If we do find it necessary to raise the rate to six mills we will be up against It It will mean that we havo reached the limit Wo cannot Increase It above six mills without authority by act of Assembly." The teachers say that the financing of the "raise" does not Interest them. The wages ot all employes havo gone up, their lllng expenses have Increased t0 per BffSZOtt MtiCKEY By a strange coincidence, the clcc tiens of chss presiaents nt Buck nell University, Lewisburp;, Pa., re sulted in threo students from Phila delphia or nearby winning the coveted offices. The new presidents arc Barton Mackoy, of Oxford, Chester County, elect"d president of the senior class; Raymond D. Tice, of Quakertown, junior class presi dent, and William Morrison, Jr., of Frnnkford, sophomore class presi dent. Morrison also is n halfback on tho varsity football team which meets tho University of Pennsyl vania on Franklin Field nest Saturday. cont and It Is necessary for them to have more money, they say. "Tho teaching profession has been put on a plane lower than that of a day laborer," one principal said. "I can go out nnd earn 12.60 per day digging ditches However, I am expected to run this school on re.a tlvely tho same remuneration. The Janitors hao threatened to Btrlke unles9 their wages are raised. We cannot run our schools without them, nnd yet we, tho teachers, are not able to strike." Members of the board point out that an Increase of $100 per year for each teacher would total 1600,000 per year, and that an Increase ot 10 per cent, for which the teachers are asking, would amount to more than this. Simon Gratz said that he realized the teachers were deserving of nn Increase "but," with a shrug of his shouders, "where Is It coming from?" ALLL'NTrt WM. til. nt m .. lic.emn ani' other -ro searching for Max- Qlaesman, son of the late Rabbi Olass man, of Agodes Achlm oongTegatlon, who Is accused of a murderous nsaault on the venerable Michael Senderowlta, a patriarch of tho congregation, Early today. It Is announced by tho po lice, young Glassman pounced from nmbuah on Benderowlts, grabbed him by his long beard nnd pounded him unconscious. Doo tor Troxell, who atended the patriarch, said ho had been hit with a piece of Iron. His condition Is serious. The assault Is believed to havo been per petrated In revenge for tho deposing of Rabbi Olassman Bhortly before his death two weeks ago. In whloh Senderowlta Is Bald to have been Influential. Several days after being deposed llabbl Olassman died of a broken heart. The police heard that friends of young Olassman were not far away with a fleet auto nnd that they hur ried him to Phllllpsburg. N J., out of the Jurisdiction of tho officers of this State Mrs. de Saulles Indicted for Murder inuiFBTEAD, L I., Oct. IS. The Nas sau County Grand Jury today returned an Indtotment charging murder In the first de gree against Mrs. Blanoa de Saullee, who shot and killed her husband. John Longer de Saulles. former football star, on August 3. She will probably be arraigned under tho Indictment on Wednesday. I83Z EANKSSBidw Pearl Merchants 1917 Q) Necklaces Scarf Pins Firtgei? Earrings St-uds RiTvjSs Anlmportarvt Collection of In dividual Pearls & enlarging and. Improving NecKlaces. 4.246.917 tons last this year, showing a spring, which permitted little or no coal to be carried over and to the fuel ad i oorts t the close ot navigation. ministration's colloy to ship coal past tho porta to the needy Northwest before lake: Tha deflcdenar win be made up later, and special emer- 51 Cney calls for coal. If authentic wl! receive prompt consideration. The fuel administration has) announoed that prompt consideration will be given to emergency calls for coal in districts where there is a shortage. In this connection figures were given to show that New England, New York city and Philadel phia received moro anthracite during the first eight months this year than In the corresponding period last year. Buffalo and Erie received 68,915 tons less, and the ad ministration said this deficiency will be made up as soon as possible. fVEL COMMITTEE TO TAKE UP SECRET CIRCULAR The first meeting of the Philadelphia fuel "jramiuee wm ue neia Wednesday, It waa authoritatively stated this morning by Fran cis A. Lewis, chairman of the board. It "III be an Informal one, purely for organ! tatlon purposes, and will probably be else where than In tho new offices In the Com monwealth Building, which are not yet ready for occupancy. It Is probable, however, that aomo consid eration will be given to the confidential olr tular of the Retail Coal Merchants' Assocla Hon and the light It throws on the attitude ot tfce dealers here toward Government regu lation. The circular issued by the association, with headquarters in Reading, Pa., followed the announcement of ths appointment by William Potter, SUte fuel administrator, of the committee to hear and pass upon questions concerning the trade. The men named to the committee are Francis X Lewis, chairman; Spencer D, Wright, Thomas Robins, Walton, Clark, Nathan Hayward and James F, Sullivan. The new officials declined to comment upon the recommendatlons,to the coal deal ,Vs and the criticism of various provisions Jf the national coal administrator's order ?und in the circular. "It is our duty to hear both sides of utsttons arising In Philadelphia from coal Hculation." Mr. Lewis said. Thomas Robins said he regarded his po sition as fuel committeeman a quasi Wlclal one, and therefore did not think it proper to express an opinion. Nathan Hay. fl saldi "I am learning my Job, and )ll form no opinion until I am sure of my round." Was between small coal dealers in many Desirable Domestic Rugs at Prices Sharply Reduced for Rapid Clearance Entire Surplus Stock of One of the Leading Mills of the Country to be Sold at Prices Well Below the Wholesale Cost of Today. we have added to this line many stand ard, high-grade rugs from our regular stock at proportionately low prices. This is an opportunity for you to buy the rugs you want, actually under the wholesale market, an opportunity too unusual, too advantageous for the careful householder to overlook. We quote a few characteristic items from the large and varied stock included. Owing to our enormous retail output, we were able to secure the entire ship ment. Though the manufacturer pre ferred not to have his name published, it is stamped on the back of each rug a name of high repute among the trade, and known to every one who is at all familiar with the better grade of floor coverings. In order to make it in every way a complete Clearance Sale, AXMINSTERS 545.00 Highest Grade Axminster, 9x12, $32.50 $42.00 Highest Grade Axminster, 8.3x10.6, $29.50 $35.00 Good Quality Axminster, 9x12, $24.50 $24.00 Highest Grade Axminster, 6x9, $19.75 FINE ROYAL WILTONS VARIED SELECTION IN ALL COLORINGS SKS.00 8.3x10.6 $42.50 $60.00 9x12, $46.50 $105.00 10.6x13.6, . $84.00 $62.00 8.3x10.6, $49.50 $69.00 9x12, $52.50 $112.00 11.3x15.0, $91.00 $48.00 SEAMLESS WILTON VELVET, 9x12 $34.50 BEST SEAMLESS TAPESTRY BRUSSELS. $27.00 9x12, $19.85 $24.00 8.3x10.6, $18.75 $55.00 WOOL WILTONS, 9x12, $39.75 $52.00 WOOL WILTONS, 8.3x10.6, $37.50 DRAPERY DEPARTMENT Preparations for our Fall showing of curtains, portieres, drapery materials, cushions, tableHhrows, etc., disclosed some choice odd lots of toported and domestic cretonnes. We have urgent need of tho space they occupy and hence the extraordinary price reductions here presented. Domestic and Imported Cretonnes Regularly 25c to 75c a yd., now 1 Octo 25c Varied selection of patterns; some fa small quantities only; at theso prices early choosing is strongly advised. H Manufacturers, Importer and Retailers Market Street Ferry, Camden, N. J. Store Opens Dally at S.SO Clots at B.S0 P. M. Market St, Ferry Boats Land Opposite Store ( 1000 Overcoats (Every one has passed our inspectors and testers as All-Wool and Fast Dye) GO ON sale this day (Monday) to show all Philadelphia that Wanamaker & Brown's precedence in giving real clothing value is not an empty boast but FACT! One thousand overcoats in an offering so all - embracing that not a single new style, color, fabric or cloth is omitted. BOUGHT FOR CASH ! Those three words reveal the whole convincing story that make such value occasions as this possible at Oak Hall. They comprehend the basis upon which our buyers do business. Buy in volume, pay in cash, sell quickly! and last, but not least, give our friends the benefit of prices that the smallest" margin of profits will permit! For Hundreds of Men's & Young Men's $20 & $22.50 Overcoats. $1 Q (For Hundreds of Men's & Young J. O Men's $22.50 & $25 Overcoats. SO C ( For Hundreds of Men's & Young JD Men's $30 & $35 Overcoats. These values have been understated rather than overstated. The Overcoats will be their own best salesmen. We'expect them to go so quickly that customers will be en thusiastically waiting on'themselves. P. S. Both winter weights and fall weights New ! Wanamaker & Brown .Market at Sixth for 56 Years 191 15 d K.J tt the city Saturday. They wera wuwawir y oswHirilw Ve, d&te ijt fHA. M' JVW, ,4 k,' Sjtij
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