X ..., .. -vv 1 if 7 m c I TEAMS' STRIKE IN 'MYSTERY CALL' v Anonymous Circular Plans Drastic acuoh iv vjam Salary Increase !0RIGIN NOT YET TRACED City Pedagogues Repudiate Hot Headed Plot of Mal contents e appearance of mysterious elroii.n. ,.,., central Committee," which hint S!T Tlke among city school teacher. m be called unless .their claries are greased. Is nc renarded seriously by -chool ofllclals and teachers. Officers of the different organizations to I hlch teachers belot.R denied that tne c.r- aulari were sent oui wnu ...... . - The origin Is surrounded with mjstcry. .... .,rlnus committees rcprcsentlne. the t..Vhers In the campalen for higher wages f teacnera " . n...hinir of the clr- i2n Jt has been Impossible to locate !y of the-e circulars among the teachers. Vl.r,ntty they have not been widely Srculated as yet. It was suggested oy ur,s Ada Lhcrlght. librarian to the board, Jiat the person or persons comiioslng the utters anpTrtnely thought that there- were i$n members on the Board of Kdu Mtlon U was also .pointed ut that the iomposer of the letter was 'under the Im passion that the board was elected. rnxT ov IjKttkr The letter reads as follows: Chairman District No. 21. Stiil.o Committee- near Fellow Teaclier- . i The- Board of IMucallon has show n an attitude of utter Indifference to our recent eetltlon. Your petition has been turned Wide without Investigation on the part ef any member of the board. ' We feel that the time has come vv hero petitioning is of no avail ; hence the fol lowing drastic action has been agreed noon by the Central Committee. You vv It immediately communicate with the teach trs In your district that the following action Is recommended : First On November 1, 191". a fourth request shall be made for a 20 per cent i-.raRA in salary Second That a flat refusal or an un manned "jes" must bo given the Centra- "ommitteo before November C. 191 1. In case the reply of tho board H "no.' you will ask tho teachers to meet In their renpectlve districts at tho plnces nlreadr tcntA won and not to return to the classroom until tho increase has been franted To show our contempt for the board and the recent disloyalty It has displayed toward our superintendent, let us urge upon tho voters In each of our districts that they demand the resignation of the itven men who hao dono little have block Questional progress In Philadelphia- for the last ten years Respectfully, REPUKSUNTATIVRS. CKNTRAI. COM MITTER Doctor Garber said- ,,,.,., "This letter Is tho flrtt of Its kind that I have seen I have made inquiry of nil my district superintendents, but have been unable to get any Information on It. They have not heard of this move. I do not think there Is an) thing to It. It Is probably got Up by n few discontented teachers. T An m take it at nil seriously. It Is too ridiculous to waste time Investigating." NO INTENTION OF STRIKING Asked to comment on this letter. Mrs, Emma y Thomas-Tlndal. principal of the 8. Weir Mitchell Public School nnd presl ient'of the Teachers' Association of Phila delphia, said- "We have no intention of Jolng on a strike. I know of o such movement as that mentioned In the letter, and can say without hesitation that this action has no connection with, and will not he viewed with favor by. tho Teachers' As oclatlon This Is the first I have heard of t. 'central committee' or any other strike committee " Alfred T Sa)re. pilnolpal of the South wark Public School nnd piesldent of the Bchoolmen's Club, when ho had heard of the letter raid "There will be no strike among Philadelphia teachers Such a thing (a out of the question. I have not heard of any such agitation nnd do not believe there U anything In such talk." Miles L. i:mrcy principal Thomas Jeffer on Public School, vice president of tho Schoolmen's Club, and a member of the committee from that club appointed to carry on the campaign for Increase In teachers' salaries, bald no such movement as Indicated by the letter Is being conducted by any authorized teachers' association. Albert H. Raub, nssociato superintendent Of schools, In commenting on tho anony mous letter said "It Is, no doubt, tho work of a few dissatisfied teachers. I do not believe that it will be taken seriously ly the teaching body." DUXOL'NCKS CIRCULAR Miss Kmlly M. Rcnshaw, secretary of the Teachers' Association nnd president of the Eighth Grade Woman's Association, denounced the letter In most unqualified terms- "This Is tho work of a bunch of hot heads. They arc doing Incalculable harm to the teachers of Philadelphia," she said. "This action is absolutely repudiated by the Teachers' Association. We are nt present carrying on negotiations with the tlnanco committee of the board and have been shewn every courtesy. They are all most favorably Inclined to granting tho Increase However, a largo sum ot money Is Involved and the Increase cannot be given overnight. The matter is being very seriously con sidered by the board. Such action as this 1 calculated to counteract alt the good that we have accomplished. I cannot ade quately express my detestation for the course that these hotheads have pursued." Dr. Sarah P. Miller, president of the Teachers' Club, and William J. Caskey, President of the Teachers' Institute, both disclaimed any knowledge of this letter, and denounced It as being contrary to the fPirlt of patriotism of tho Philadelphia taachers. Wilson Acknowledges Letter of Support SHAMOKIN, Pa., Oct. 17. Joseph Tum ulty, secretary to President Wilson, sent from Wa-t.1nM.. .1.. -.......... .t.- I , " iniibwn iuumj u i:oijuiibc null! Ilia . president acknowledging a communication recently mailed him bv the Rev. W. C. Hall. V J:.'nls P'ace, secretary of the general con- "once ot tne Primitive Methodist Church, if letter was adopted at a recent annual wnventlon of the church. In which the Pres-i-v" highly praised for his war meas Wis directed against Qermany. Ti 'T'RY a sample sheet of Beck's Stability Bond on your type writer, then compare it with any other paper ypu know. Ask your printer or ask us. Charles Beck Co. BRITISH AIRMEN DROP BOMBS UPON .BRUGES Military Works and Canal Docks of Belgian City Shelled Ger- man Plane Shot Down PARIS, Oct. 17. Numerous civilians perished from a Krcat number of bombs dropped over Nancy last night by German airmen, today's official statement Raid. The city was the object of a violent attack by the Teutonic fliers. ,, ,., , . , L0NDN. Oct. 17 British airmen have again bombed the German military works and canal docks nt Jlrugcs. Belgium, the Admiralty announced today, A German airplane was shot down Indications that Kngland's determlnntlnr to exact full measure of retaliation for tier man air raids has already caused lively apprehension In German cities were noted in Holland dispatches today. For sixteen days now not one Kennm, nlr raider hns ventured over Knaland In the eight days Immediately before that the Teutonic "baby killers" made six air nt tacks and killed nfty-one persons nnd wounded 240 it was this sudden concen tration of Hun ncrl.il ruthles-siies? that re sulted in a nntlonal demand for reprisals, vvhlch was answcied by the Government yesterday In Chancellor of the Kxchenuei Bonar Iavv s lonnai announcement In Com. nuins that reprisals were planned Bonar T-avv said that a bill creating an air ministry would shortly be presented to Parliament. Unofllclally It l learned the Government plans to do away. If possible with the dual control of aerial warfare nt exemplified nt present In the ro)al naval air service and the (srmv) royal Hying corps. The Munich Post was quoted In Holland dispatches today as deprecating ull uerlal raids over open cmes. DEER HUNTER SHOOTS AND BADLY WOUNDS MAN Hullct Lodges in Victim's Abdomen After Boring Hole Through Harrel of Gun .tames Cavanaugh, 238 Parker avenue, of Woodlvn. Camden County, a Government Inspector of the New York Shipbuilding Company, was shot and seriously wounded near Wc) mouth, N. J., this morning. life vvns found lying In the road by a passing nutomoblllst nnd taken to tho ofllce of Dr II C. .lames. In Mas Landing. Aftei being given first-aid treatment he was re moved lo the West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital, vvherq his condition Is serious Cavan.uigh sJSfd a party of men were hunting In the woods between Weymouth and Klvvood. He was standing on a back woods load, while others were In the thicket on the drive. A shot was fired, presumably at a deer by some hunters, who escaped unidentified, and Cavanaugh was hit by a bullet, presumably from a rifle.. The bullet first bored n hole In ono of the barrels of the gun he was loading and then glanced off and penetrated his ab domen Never before in tho history ot the oldest spoilsman were there so many hunters out. It Is estimated tint nearly 1000 were In tho Atlantic County woods nlonc. Several par ties were successful In bagging deer. SERENADER CONFRONTED WITH BIGAMY CHARGE Woman for Whom He Twangs the Ukulele Causes Arrest of Fred Solemeo A ukulele used to serenade his bride of four months proved a boomerang to Fred Solemeo. twenty-eight )ears old. 1935 Carl ton street, for, as ho played outside her home, nt 2230 Ingersoll street, sho con sulted with an attorney Insldo relative to his arrest on a bigamy charge. Today he faced Magistrate Watson, In Central station, and was held In $GflO bail for a further hearing ne.vt Friday. Hmma Leptlen, who, the polite say, is wife No. 2, teslfled that they were married Juno 14. sho""bellevIng him to have procured a di vorce A short time after marriage, she said, they -separated. Later she learned that he had not obtained a divorce from wife No. 1. who, she said. Is Lucy Solemeo, 1037 North Twenty-third street Wife No. 1 was not present at the bearlnij. Commits Suicide in Lodgings John Agnew, twenty-four years old, com mitted suicide by drinking poison In his loom, 223 Pierce street, this nfternoon dur ing a fit of despondency. Agnew, It Is said, was despondent He came home this morning after being dischirged by an Ice- ... . !. I-OIIOW1I1R i gwiiiuiiuiiiiiiiiiioiiiiiinii'Miiiiiin cream manufacturing concern, i-ouowuw uuan uucj, .,R. ......, .....v. ............ his discovery he was hurried to St Agncs's twenty-seven, and William Brown, twenty Hospital, where he died. I four, all of Ambler, Pa. 1 ou want CoJies of true I 1 distinction-we supply them I This is the I "Militaire" I Overcoat EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, GIANT TAX FRAUD REVEALED BY U. S. Attempts of War Contrac tors to Evade $17,000,000 Profits Levy Exposed MADE IMPROPER RETURNS WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. A $17,000,000 munitions tax fraud has been uncovered by the Treasury .Depart ment. Attempts of war contractors to evade piv ment of tho 12'i per rent tax on their prollts have been revealed by Investigations of the Internal Itevenue Bureau, whleh have been In progress for some months. The bureau announced today tint $10, noo.OOO of the fraudulently withheld tax al ready has been recovered through pursuit of a compromise policy, and that the Gov ernment Is determined to recover every cent of the renminbis unpaid tax. The schemo reRortcd to by tho munition makers depended principally on Improper returns of taxable woperty and Income It is nidged by tho Internal Ilevemie Bureau that the big war contract plants charged off to depreciation vast sums which should have been returned for the calculation of tax. It Is stated that In homo cases the munition men charged oft the entire cost ot huge plants especially erected to turn out munitions They defended this practice on the ground that the plants would be use less for any other purpose, but the Govern ment takes the position that such a method of evading payment of taxis Is fraudulent. No policy has yet been ndopted as to prosecution ot the Individuals sullty ot the gigantic tax fraud, as the treasury has been bent on recovering the taxes due. Vhon the money Is In hand action will be taken .H1, roi-nril lo Hie nillllMllllieill Ul nil- muni tion makers who perpetrated the fraud. It Is staled. Discovery of the extensive fraud has led to rigid checking up of tho returns of war contractors In all lines. Utmost caution will be observed by tho Internal revenue ofllclals and agents In collecting tho war excess profits taxes under the newly enacted revenue law. W. G. COXE RETIRES FROM HARLAN & HOLLINGSWORTH J. Ii. Weaver, Formerly of Philadel phia, Likely to Succeed to Presidency WII.MINC.TON, Del. Oct 17 It was learned this nfternoon that William (5 Comv, formerly of Reading, Pa , nnd son-in-law ot the late Oeorge F Haer, for many years head of the Reading Railway, has resigned as president ot the Harlan & Holllngsworth Corporation here. The Har lan & Holllngsworth plant Is tho largest shipbuilding concern In Wilmington nnd is n subsidiary ot tho Bethlehem Steel Mr Coxe is now under treatment, following a surgical operation Ho is prominent In shipbuilding circles as a marine engineer and exct'Jtlve Coincident with Mr Coxe'a retirement. It is expected that J H Weavei, formerly of Philadelphia nnd nt present general manager of the Harlan plant, will be made president. These changes nre duo to the complete absorption of the Harlan plant by tho nowly-organlml llethlehem Steel Cor poration. Other executive changes are ex pected. HOSEMEN'S JOB ATTRACTS SMALLEST CLASS IN YEARS Only 131 Men Turn Up for Civil Service Tests Many Vncancies in City's Force Small salary advances made to hosemen nf the liureau of Fire today failed to prove any Inducement to place seekers, as a total of only 131 men turned up to take the civil service tests. The municipal Hre-flghtlng foice has been badly depleted by reason of many hosemen quitting to accept more lucrative places with prlvnte concerns or to enter the Fed eral service. Scores of places must quickly be filled and tho dumber of applicants who today took the examination proved very disappointing. Tests for hosemen have, in recent years, attracted classes of from 250 to 400 men, and today's class creates a new low record. Five Negro "Joyriders" Fined Five negroes were fined $13.50 each to day, by Magistrate Carson, nt the Pntk and Lehigh nvenues police station, for "Joy riding" nnd disorderly conduct, on tho testimony of Dr. Louis J. Hums, ot 100G Chestnut street Tho men nre George Ross, twenty years old, and Andrew Ross, elgb teen, both of Fort Washington, Pa , irtsii-. - iiniiAi nianiAiin nnnis tnttt nr,tr You had better see our offerings in Overcoats before making yoVr selection. And whether you look here first or last, the impression is sure to be the same. We don't like to call this the "Overcoat Store, ' because our stocks of other merchan dise are too varied and too broad; but of this we are sure, you will not find a greater va riety of good style, nor better quality at near the price we have marked these new coats. The "Militaire" (shown in the illustration) is one of the most fetching models. It is made of light weight, medium or heavy overcoatings in plain browns and grays and a fine range of fancy fabrics. $25 and above. EVEN BABEL'S TOWER IS MOVIE SUBJECT Metro Rcara Tall Structure and Demolishes It After Day of Pictures Uy the Photoplay Editor A mammoth representation of the Tower of Babel has been erected en Long Island for uso In Metro's forthcoming patriotic production, "Draft 358." starring Mabel Taliaferro. The picture was directed by William Christy Cabanne nnd written by himself In collaboration with Juno Matbls It Is n successor to Metro's former patriotic photodrama "The Slacker." Elephants, camels, stallions, goats nnd donkeys were used In these scenes, not to mention a thousand pla)ers dressed as Unit) Ionian, Assyrians, Jews, Ilomans, priests, slaves and barbarian. Thcso will be shown on tho noren, representing every phase of tho rich, varicolored life erf Asia Minor in 22:7 11 C. Mnny natives uf that picturesque legion wro secured for tho picture by "Harney" Dernard. Mr C.i banne's assistant, and when tho time came for tho scenes showing the "confounding of the tongues," where all spoke different languages, mnny of tho players uncon sciously, In general are said to have In vcluntnrlly spoken the language of their childhood. Plans for the tower weic made bv Tech nical Director I:. ,1 Khulter and executed by Patrick Curey. head carpenter, and his t-nrps of assistants An nrmv of workmen labored day and night In lelays for weeks to put up the giant structure, but so well did Director Cabanne have his work sys tematized that mil) half n day was required to photograph the scenes required livery cameraman In Metro's employ was utilized In doing the nitu.il work of photo graphing, and then tho pictures were as sembled and placed In proper sequenco by Mr. Cabanne and his assistants Interest ing "flnshes" were secured of elephants lifting great blocks Into place, of a strong man performing dllllcult feats In tho con struction of the tower, iT the madness of the multitude when all began to speak different languages. The tall structure, erected at an expenditure of moro than 110.000. was Immediately torn down, nfter having "ieen In actual uo less than half a day i JHhKL1 Before You Buy Furs f iiMSMfgSV Realize What I r HSgwHHyBK Fifteen Per Cent Off Means il JIBHL-JCjjSK Fifteen cents on a dollar Fifteen dollars on yTtiy Eizryz iJLJWVn a hundred is worth while saving, but yon save . . V W-.gr Ja xJBtJq'vCtIM 3tv more than that in VA:feil4SWr THIS OCTOBER FUR SALE 7(ItBmBp Vtirli' ur oriS'1,al prices from which you deduct the 15 - , ' f; YM j v5ofir2' PPv vr are rom to l)er cent 'ower t'11111 t'lc present -Y "-,', yc 3r .JBbfTJ( retnil value. A possibility, due to our buying in l ' V AyEE7 rsJrMP ,arge flt'Htity for ready cash during the early ' Vr w vFTi ( months of last Sprinjr, when raw skins were mm. I ' ' T"" U ill A paratively low. Therefore the woman who de- . : ' H I, (A-v-J ft 1 frf tiucis id per cent on ner purchase actually " 1 r ' VviOT H OTttM ".avcsTO. ' ' L I ' , PrWnri.. .JO VwfH&t? A Small Deposit Will yVW'''' I SSSSSfSS Reserve Your Purchase fv .V I ' ' ' WySr&TLjfrSP in Our Storage Vaults SwOrnlX ''" ' 1 ' BfiRBWW Until Desired. MW 1 ' I ' " 1 ' ' II '' ' .',!. 1 " 1 lJV" " " ' " 'S" ,v I ;.':' I Taupe Wolf Sets j FoX OY Wolf Scarfs, 22 .00 l Hudson Seal Coats I ' i 1 P.' ,.rre, Mmr-VVUe An,,,,,., I 1VXUI VV Vl y --on.r ., I & 1 ,' " ' AC 7C 1 folors are Taupe, Kamchatka, Ilcd. Pearl. Gray. jot 7r I . 'rtg I ' HO. ID jj mUti., Battleship Gray ... . ! , lOl.tO I 1 - il!, I ' ,u winter Price S5.00 I The Value, are so unu.ual that We quote no com- WJnUr jn I ,", "l"lllllil"11 ' I"IIBI11"""""1 M""1""1""1"""" -,iZl:;,m mMUmmmKmmmmmmmm& -mmmmmmmmmimmmm ' ; I '' I Black Fox Sets I f-" I Russian Pony Coats 1 Choice Nutria Coats , ' U , , ., 1 f riarret Muff nnd wiu Natural Fisher aets 1 .,..,,, ''5:lnchaMV',eAL'ir,,t.enui1- S '". "4 1 I KIJ'y Skunk Sets 1 Natural Raccoon I FrrncK Seal Coats fe Hudson Seal Coats I. MHh J M"4l B.rr.,uK.ndB-..r. 1 Set8 I $ SL Coats I jlH I N" Winter Trie. 40.00 1 .. ,?. 1 68.00 1 Winter Trie. 118.00 I i hty MM a g Ijszz ! mm I l fP . .. p- cMa I EXPERT MAIL ORDER Hudson Seal Sets I gP I r , Kamchatka rox acts SERVICE IMPORTANT NOTICE Barrel muk ana smart I 3 t P1 - Barrel Muff nnd Wide B v mafter where you live, jou Scarf S vi l-c - "' V Animal Bear 1 "".rl by Vl.V.nd Extra-large-aize Coat, to 50 AO C( 1 . tt 1 t ' w Oft 71 money order or open a charts . . , IK.rlr Bonda ac- iC.OU 8 ' 'f I ,. H wl(f:fMM 1 BssRii. jtsssvisri 5$. ". .?k. puUII vn-u, m.. .M i -,-.: METHODISTS URGED TO ADD "PUNCH" Ministers Rebuked for Lack of "Pep" in Their Church Work KEYNOTE OF M E ETING Superintendent of Department of Evangelism in Home Mis sion Addresses Convention Methodist ministers vveio uiged to add "punch and pep" to their woik by the llev. George 11. Dean, superintendent of tho dc, pnrtmeiil of Hvuiigellsm of tho Hoard of Home Missions, In his address nt the open ing of the two-da) mobilization of Meth odist churches of the Philadelphia area at the Arch Street Methodist Church, Jlrnad and Arch streets, today. Moio than 400 ministers were present. Mr. Denn sounded the be) note of tho convention In this address: "The Church a. Itecrultlng Station " Ho icbukeil the min isters for tlieli apathy in evnugellstlc work. He pointed out that If each Methodist min ister added uno convert to the church each month within H venr tho number wnuM amount to I'jl'.uoo. Within tho lat )enr the cbuiih has grown only i per cejit, while tho country has grown fl per cent; It has tt-qulrcd furt) members to make ono con vert, ho said This morning nt !i o'i look a meeting was held in Illsbop lierty's house to complete pi ms for the convention. Tonight meetings will be held In fifteen churches, each the center of a M-ctlun Midweek meetings In all other ihurches will be dispensed with In order that all the peoplo may nttend the central rallies. Hvery minister In the Philadelphia nrea Is a delegate, and In addition there arc two lay delegates from each charge, but nil l.i) men, whether llelegatcs or not, aro urged to attend as many meetings as possible. Tho mobilization Is not primarily for speeclimaking, though good speeches and plenty of them will be made It Is the pur pose to consider the work of the church, wherein It has succeeded, wherein It has . yy lviawson or uewioxvy sWh :' AMl AS 1115 Chestnut otreet Nste'-.V '''r Y (Opposite lcith's 1'heatre) nS? ', " '!"' ?! 1017 failed, wherein It can b Improved nd made more effectlva for the upbuilding- of Methodism particularly and Christianity generally. Tho chief event of the mobilization, which will contlnuo through today nnd tomorrow, will be n great mass-meeting lntho Acad emy of Muslo tomorrow night, nt which Cyrus D Koss. Jr., will preside ond Ulshop McDowell, of Washington, and United States Senator Watson, of Indiana, will speak. A chorus of S00 slnclng under tho nusplcos and direction of tho Philadelphia Methodist Social Union, will bo led by A. Lincoln Hall. Tomorrow morning two well-known lay men will tell what kinds of pastors they llko best, nnd two eminent pastors will tell what kinds of laymen pleaso and help them most. In the afternoon thero will bo addresses by Dr. t,. C Murdoch. Dr. M. H tinyder. Dr. K. Karl Taylor, a corresponding secre tary of tho Hoard of Foreign Missions; and I)r. S. Parkes Cadman, of New York. The churches In which the sectional rnllles will be held tonight nre: Klrst, riermnntown, Calvary, Fletcher, St. Luke's, Arch Street, Seventh Street. Gethscmnne, .Simpson, Memorial, Slloam, Columbia Ave- lEV BANKS SBlDDl 183Z JA Precious Stone Jewelry PemrLs Diainonds R-ubies M-atenuls of the "best Original Designs 5 Jx. nue, Central Church, FrarMord n4 MUt j Calvary. ' 'T . Tho Trenton meeting will be held Hs A - State Street Church, and the two' C meetings at Klrst Church and the 1'r nacle. The themes at each meeting will be. th ' same, and will bo these' "The ChrlMla Soldiers' nqulpmcnt" and "Over the To.?' The list of speakers at these mass-meettnlpM Includes the Hevs. J, A. Hensey, A. E. !Hwy, C. M. Olmatead, J. 1). Sweet, K. A. Marti, F. D. Hartsock. T. V. Dickinson arid B. M. Johns, of Wyoming Conference: tho Itova. J. W. Marshall, O. II. Neal, Alfred Wage A. II. Lucas, H. P. Sloan, F, tl. Harris an H D. Ketcham, of Now Jersey Conference) tho Itevs. Ilobert Watt and H. F. Itandolph, of Wilmington Conference, and the Revs. J. G. Illckcrton. J. D. Fix, R, Ii Helms, C, M. Boswell, J. H. Ilackenburg; jay picker son and G. II. Lorah, of Philadelphia Conference. State Buys Liberty Bonds STAMFORD, Conn., Oct. 17. Report were made hero by State Treasurer Cham berlain that the Stato will purchase J700, 000 of tho Liberty Loan bonds. 1917 0) Sapphires Emeralds r. . Jacob Keep's Sons 1434-14J? CHESTNUT STREET Ppr. for All Kinds of Good Prlntlni 609 Chwtnut Street rmmuipm iK " t j.w.j..JJILvW. ,iiM frSi'fWi.a-rtt.W.i i