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must liac i nlnndnrtl
Helling of coal loo or
M In bag, If the prenent Irrntuturltlcn of tlia
il evil' ar eer to bo aonicu.
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h has labored realouely for four KrB
th cause of Just and honest welcnts
Benjamin V, Sharpe, of the Bureau of
of Weights and Measure.
X pair of scales, and thoe sealed nnd
approved by the bureau, lierenfter will be
come a pirt of cery baBKer's and pedd er s
equipment, If a regulation belnif framed by
Mr. Sharpe Is adopted by William Potter. In
whose hands now rests llnal decision on n
coal nutters for the Stato. Its object w 11
be to standardise the quantity of coal sold
loose or In bag by brlnRlnK It '"'""
has alwayH belonged, under the mbdlllon
of the bushel.
"The law I already upecino on thW point.
It definitely sajs that eery half bushel of
anthracite, coal must weight 37H pounds.
every qutfrter-bushel 18 pound, and
eery eltrhth-bushel OS pound", but the ac
tual practice has been to disregard thH en
tlrely, as shown ccuclusKely by the lne.
tlratlon set on foot ' the 1.i:.vinu
IEDorn." said Mr Sharpe.
"Dven without dishonest Intention on the
part of the dealer, lie Is now often rMhb
far less than the customer I entitled to
less perhaps than ho Intends with no check
upon him whatsoeer
"The present haphazard method of
weighing bagged coal are utterly crude "
Mr. Sharpe continued "Mere bo are found
In charge of platform cale In some jards,
while In other no scalen are used what.
soeer. The neglect of such dealers to weigh
the coal Is usually based on the assump
tion that all coal weighs the same nnd must
fill about the same spare, whereas nothing
could be further from the truth," Iip urged
earnestly
In Illustration he turned to a tnhle from
the United States Bureau cf Standird-
AVERAGE Wnir.HT or AVTHnACM rn COM,
I.N POUNDS TKIt Cl'MC F'KIT
Blze White ash Hed sn
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Htoe . " " '- 5
Nut ... . r,-, r. r.- n
Pea .. . VI". to
Buekwhrnt SI Tn ".
'The average weight per cubic foot of
coal, this report shows arles with the size
Into which It Is broken and the kind of
col or eln from which the coil comci
The latter arlatlon Is neirlv 10 per cent,
but the figures In this tible aim only to
show the slighter variations of tlio usual
sizes of domestic' coal ranging from egg to
buckwheat."
To meet these variations, the careful
weighing of every lot of coil sold Is the
only equitable regulation, Mr Sharpe be
lieves. Why sell "sonic coal" any more than
"some sugar"7
The dented bucket, another -viI too long
unchecked In the coal Industry, Is alo being
run to cover. Little Italy and other south
ern sections of tho city between Klghteenth
and Third streets and Washington avenue
and Balnbrldge street revealing an as
tounding haul of dented and deceptlvo buck
ets. In some of which the dentb take the
place of an eighth to a idxth tho Intended
contents
"Philadelphia has been' the dumping
ground for such false nnd fraudulent meas
ures Just one da too long " Mr Sharpe
said, survejlng his "haul" with satisfaction
POTATO SHARKS. ALSO
Coal or potatoes. It matter little which
to the vending shark leally anxious to
cheat the law. A new form of deception,
the weighting, of bags with cobble fetones
has Seen' unearthed by the bureau 'This
Is a new one," Sharpe admitted primly
when the scales had registered nine pounds
for the cobble stones discos e-ed In the
bottom of a sack wold as containing twenty
five pounds-of potatoes
-"When a housewife buvs bushel of
potatoes she !3 entitled bv law to sixty
pounds, but If she gets It buvlng without
weighing It's by pure luck tluso dis
What she usually gets Is about flftv pounds
of potatoes, with often ten pounds of dirt or
cobble (.tones, as In this case, thrown In
for good measure "
Seven of the mot flagrantly offending
peddlers have been apprehented and will be
brought to Justice next Monday, Mr. Sharpe
added.
COAL liETAILERS PLEAD
FOR FLAT GROSS MARGIN
A copcerted plea for a flat margin Is
being made by coal retailers todav, follow
ing their Informal volring of tlitlr com
plaints at the Hotel Adelphla. banquet held
by- members of tho IVal Club last night
The figures on which they base their de
mands are being reduced to tables for
presentation next Monday to I'rancl A
Iewls, city fuel administrator
A uniform margin of J-' 50 per ton for
all sizes Is tho sum xtnted as acceptable
teTjnost of the retailers, though somo few
of them admit doubts, whether even till
would continue long satisfactory at tho
present rate of advancing costs.
Today being the day set by tho Govern
ment for a new scale of retail prices to the
consumer, three dealers havn como out
with new lists showing a general Increase of
from five to twenty-five cents per ton over
the old scale.
.American Ico Company Egg, $8 GO :
stove, (8 66 : nut, $8 65, each cf these sizes
being up five cents a ton; pea. coal, (7 35,
EVENING' LteDGBR-telLADBLPHlA, FBIDAY, ' NOVEMBER 16, 191
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an Increase of ten cents.
George B. Newton Egg, 8.SS stove,
$8.40; nut, $8.85! pea, 17. The Newton
prices aro without chango on tho three
larger sizes, with an Increase of ten cents
on pea coal.
Kdwln J, Cummlngs Kgg. J8 55: stove,
$8.85; nut, 9! pea, $7.4 J. These prices are
up twenty-five cents on egg, five cent en
stove, ten cents on nut and five cents on pea
coal. ,
Kljtht dealers In North Philadelphia have
appealed to tho city fuel committee for help,
declaring they aro entirely cleaned out. Ac
cording to former jears, the actunl supply
that should now be In tho vards of this
part of the city Is 25,000 tons As opposed
to this, only here and there Is It found pos
sible to pick up a ton. Dealers with yards
on tlio Pennsylvania nre almost unanimous
In asserting they can get no coal at all.
Thn Ramo difficulty, In less measure. Is be
ing experienced by those of tho Heading
Says War Will End
Within a Year
Continued from 1'oce One
thoughtfully, "Is a ery able man It may
be that he Is In n position to criticize tho
'guvment,' but t shall not T think we have
a good 'guvment and I think no greater
exhibition of foolishness Is given than by
the slllj ass who without sufficient mlll
tnry knowledge sets himself up to criticize
One thing, however ' this verv forcibly,
"I am prepared to snv, and that Is that
there Is an onus on the Allies In regard
to tho recent Italian repulse that they will
havo difficulty In clearing themselves of
There surely was fault somewhere
"How was It possible for Uermany to get
her half a million men to the Italian frontier
without tho Allies knowing of It' We mut
havo known Wo havo jiples Whv, then,
weren't wo renily Whj do we tush troops
now In a mad haste when they should have
been on the spot months ago" There Is
b'amc thero for i-ome one A deplorable
lack of co-opcratlon on the part of the
Allies Is Bhown there" Mt (leorge t, lilue
eos glowed flercelv beneath his huhy
blond ovebrow
r'OI'I.l) tlKKAK IH'IIMA.N T.l.VH
'Hut leplto all this." ho said "it will
nil be over soon We have plenty of men
vet I'i mco has plenty of men All thl
talk of France being bled white Is t-heer
nonsenpe If the Allies ciretl as little fur
men as llermanv does, If wo were willing,
to xltughter our men we could hi oik the
western line with case and clilvr clernnnv
back Hut that Is not our game Wo do
i aro for our ine'i, and vou will notlio th it
over position that wo get we hold Nothing
cm dig us out (itrmaiiv a success is duo
to the enormous advantage th it -he gained
In the llrst month of the war when she
was prepared and wo were not '
Tho prosecution of the war thin winter.
Sir tleorge ileclired will be vnsth more
successful than that of last w inter, duo
In largo measure to the perfect blockade
that the British navv Is able to effect as
u result of the I'nitcd St ites being in the
struggle
List winter," ho said, 'our blockade
was imperfect because you wr . neutral
and as a neutral had your Tight to snip
supplies everywhere. Vast quantities of
everything went Into tho Scandinavian
countries and thence to Germany. All that
is stopped now and Germany will ha
different winter."
Sir George arrived In America on October
27. The spirit and enthusiasm of our prep
aration for war Is marvelous, he declared,
In view of the fact that we. In our detach
ment from Europe, have been trained to
think thoughts of peace.
"You have tho same fire nnd spirit, he
said, "that wo Colonials In Australia have."
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Y. M. C. A. War Fund
Has Biggest Day
Continued from rze One
person to par for the entire up-keep of tho
hut In question, It was said
Tho teams collected subscriptions as fol
lows:
1 Ira W nrns ,, ...
2 It. O Drengte
3 N IV Conon .
4 J l!ron f'rnmsn. Jr
r. W 1C Folwell . . ..
n t, a oroff
7 Henry C Hurt . .
s Livingston E. Jonfs
0 Howard Coonr Johnson
in c Hermnn KrumbhaRr
11 c Hrtmn Kuhn
Hi Frsnkltn C. Mor
1(1 Oeorae MfFndnVn
17 c F r Stout
18 J. N r. Jr
10 J O rimt
50 Kir nk II TMlor
21 J Itamlall Williams
2 Jsv rook"
Th. nnnin'i committee of thn Pnlladel
phla War Works Council of the Y, M. C. A
has planned to make Monday the last day
of tho big Y M C A. campaign, woman a
On that dav, with the co-operation of the
Hmergency Aid and the National League
for Woman Service, the women of this
city will mike a Mrong appeal for contribu
tions to hell) swell the fund to be adminis
tered bv the Y M A. for the benefit of
our soldiers and sailors.
In addition to tho five booths now in
use by the Kmcrgcnov Aid additional booths
will bo tend to receive contribution In
( hotuut Hill (Icrmnntown, .lenklntowm
Toiresdalo and on the Main Line
Tho booths In Chestnut Hill nnd Cer
mantown are to b cared for bv the No
tional League for Women a Service, under
Mr- John White (Jcary nnd Mrs Churchill
Williams It Ik hoped tint there will bu
soldiers and sailors in uniform speaking at
nil these booth 'I ho colored women of
tho cltv havo promlMd their aid also, and
at least one booth will be In charge of a
colored matron
Tho vvomeii'H committee Is under tho
chairmanship of Mrs llobert H Striw
brldgo assisted by Mr Barclay Wnrbur
ton, Mrn S Keirslov Mitchell, Mrs- leorge
H Wldener, Mm Ccorgo II Packard, Mrs
William L Klkins, Mm Henry V Viiux,
Mrs Paul O Mills. Mrs C.eorge McPiidden
Mrs Itodman Crliom, Ml John White
Cearv, Mts. IMwnrd Bok, Mts. Benjamin
Chew, Mrs Ldward Browning, Mrs John
B Thajer Mrs. Charles B Munn and Miss
Helen Fleischer
Announcement w.is mado that besides the
4-Piece Dining-Room Suite
SAa 50
isow comes tnanKSRivinr: and with it the oppor
tunity to refurnish jour dininc room in handsome
style at small cost. This magnificent William and
Alary uininc buito is n beautiful, tasteful desiim and
a well-niRh unmatchablc value. There is a China
Closet, heavy plank top Buffet, Servinp Table and
Dining Tabic They are worth every bit of $145.00.
!ft7.50
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Stylish Clothing
For All the Family
ON LIBERAL CREDIT
There are ho many pressing needs for our
money these dajs that thrifty people arc find
ing it is wise economy to avail themselves of
our liberal credit terms. Here you can be
dressed in the latest style for as little as 50
cents a week. Wc offer wonderful values and
an endless variety of styles at prices it is im
possible to duplicate elsewhere.
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Use Sugar Sparingly-
Not Waste It
Everyone manufacturers and householders
should use sugar sparingly for the present.
The supply is limited and will be until the new crop
of cane can be harvested and shipped from Cuba and
the Tropics. The supply will then be ample.
In the meantime, the people of the New England
and Atlantic Coast States should use sugar sparingly.
Grocers-should limit their sales to any one family.
No one should hoard or waste sugar. Do not pay an
increased retail price.
& The Franklin Sugar Refining Company
"A Franklin Sugar for every use"
Granulated, Dainty Lumps. Powdered, Confectioner!. Brown
ttOOO pledged by Wllllsm It. Nicholson, he
had sgrerd to tlve the full amount of his
salary as City Treasurer during the term
of the campaign If the Town Meeting party
should be victorious. Mr. Nicholson and V.
Walter Clark spoke at the luncheon nt the
nitr.
Five marines devoted tho day In working
for subscription! near the boths. They
were Gergeants George II. Daly and GcorKo
D. Stull, Corporal Charles CI. Wilson and
Privates B. F. Johnson and 1'. a. Mac
Donald, The brisk November wind this morning
Just seemed to frisk greenbacks out of the
pockets of pedestrians, for all the collec
tion booths erected bv tho V. M. C. A. work
ers reported unusually large contributions
The booth at the Union League Club, In
charge of Miss Nina I.ca, Miss O. A.
Fehlger and Mrs. J. Benton I'orter collected
300 within the first hour It was open
Not the lenst xealous worker foi the
cause Is little Mike )'etroky, of 132 Noith
Third -street, who volunteered to collect
monev for tho booth nt the Olrard Trut
Building. Mike Is thirteen nnd he can't
writs his name, but he'H n dandy collector
all the same. Ho had n cardboard box out
on the pavement and had got In nearly JO
In It within half an hour The Olrdard Trust
booth was In chargo of Mrs Tllchard Mc
Call Eliot nnd Mrs Charles Wheeler, as
sisted by Misses inizabeth nnd Mary Pack
ard and Miss Bulb. Hobnrt Thin nfternoon
Mrs Benjamin Chew was in ehirge.
The booth at the Commercial Trust
Building was presided over by Miss Agnes
Brockle, Miss Margaret Dunlap and Mr
William J. Warden
The Navy League booth nt the Liberty
Building Is captained by Mrs. Charles Henry
Scott, the foremost lleutennnts being Mrs.
n H Bavard Bowie, Mrs. 1 M. Barlnger,
Mrs Charles B Penrose nnd Mrs Lawrenco
T Paul B 11 Bsvard Bowie, Jr, of tho
American Ambulance, Section 10, who was
wounded in France and has been homo only
two weeks spoke nt this booth this mornlnB
and nfternoon
Tho wallers at the Bltr Carlton Hotel,
who have been serving the Y M C A. team
luncheons In the bnllroom (if the hotel, have
contributed f!3 10 to the war work fund
This contribution wnH made bv them entirely
upon their own Inltlitlve
A big meeting of emplojes was held this
morning nt tho Autocar Works in Aril
more Private Unfits KeviinWH, of tlio
Forty-eighth Battalion f.niadlnu lnfnntrv
spoke Before this meeting was held the
Autocar companv had nlready contributed
$7000 to the V M C A W.ir Fund, $,r,0nn
from tho eompinv and two gifts of 1000
each from two ofllcers
The meeting nt tlio Bellevue-Stratford
tm.1 nntt,t wilt b held In the ballroom
at 130. The spakers will be tormtr
President William Howard T.vft. Major
(leneral Chase "W. Kennedy, commander at
Camp Dlx, New Jersey: Bear Admiral Ben
jamin Tnppan, commnndant of the Philadel
phia Navy YoVd, nnd Prlvato llufus ltes
nolds of the Canadian Infantry, who was
wounded at the recent battle of Ypres l.
T. Ftotesbury will preside, nnd tho public
.Is Invited to attend.
MRS. UE SAULLES AS HOSTESS
Womnn Accused of Murder to Enter
tain Jnll Prisoners on Thanksgiving
NEW YOBIC, Nov. 16 More than sixty
prisoners in the Mlneola Jail, most of them
women, will be the guosts of Mrs Blanca de
feaulles nt n, big Thanksgiving Dav dinner
Mrs de Haulles today arranged with
Sheriff Heaman to furnish roast turkev,
cranberrlos nnd trimmings for the prisoners,
regardless of whether sho Is acquitted In
her trial next week for tho killing of her
husband.
Cape
a name derived from the
Cape of Good Hope
designates a glove'skin used
whole and dressed right'
side-out, or "glace". If it's a
Fownes Cape it designates
die genuine Cape skin from
Africa, making the smartest,
strongest, best fitting gloves
procurable. Washable, too.
"Standard equipment'Tor
officers and civilians:
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that's all you need
to know about a GLOVE.
BURGLARS AT WEST CHESTER
Bedroom Intruder Scared Away by
Womnn Other House Robbed
wi:st rni:sTt:n. Fa. Nov i '"
Norman C Broomnll. of this place, nvvoko
nt about 3 n m ami found a strnngo man
standing besldo hir bed. As she nroused
her huh..i1. the nmn dlsnppcircd through
a Window which h lmd,fi
talnod no hf.nl v.
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strange noises were heard by the
" '" ' "' "'"cri weru. Ttii.
lug n gold watch, other Jewelry xJV
containing nbout J!5 In cash w.rs l,i
There linvc been a number of ,!
berlcs hero recently nnd th polir. h
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U'iAUri
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Occasionally a man will find enjoyment
in a cigar only to meet disappointment
in the next one of the same brand
that he buys.
Hut the uniform character of El Producto insures the
fame enjoyment from tho next El Producto that
jou had from the last.
;i l'roilucto furnishes true cigar enjovment
with unfailing uniformity. Vou can bo RUre
of real cigar goodness every tlmo sou
smoke It.
Various fliapes nntl sizes
10c rtraight to 2 for 25c
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the uppers last longer.
Just as in the test shown above, Neolin Soles reduce repair bills
materially.
Eight million Americans have found that Neolin Soles also save
by making uppers keep their shape better and wear longer than with
ordinary soles. For Neolin Soles are waterproof.
Ordinary leather allows the water under- surprised to find that they need no breaking
foot to soak through and penetrate the in. They are more flexible and comfort-
vital welts and seams on the inner side of
the sole. In consequence the seams and
welts stretch, the shoes lose shape, and
wear out quickly.
But waterproof Neolin protects these
welts and seams from water underfoot,
and thus makes your shoes keep their
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to ask for shoes with Neolin Soles. You
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they always bear the brand Neolin.
Mark that mark, stamp it on your
memory fleolin
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Soles grip, yet they can
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Leather soles soak up
water Neolin Soles are
waterproof.
Rubber soles stretch
NeSlin Soles hold their
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ALL NEOLIN DEALERS AND REPAIR MEN HAVE'
NEOLIN SOLES DISPLAYED IN THEIR WINDOWS
Rubber soles tear loose--"
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Rubber soles crack Neolin
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