t ---. , ri. r V s 1 if Ar h? "" jU fV rv. V IS TAX CLAUSE TAYLOR'S IDEA Ity Officials Turn to Plan Per mitting Fixed-Charge Transfer .AOnP.RATWNTT IS SOUGHT 1 1- ' i i j Tn clause to be inserted in the sjmun ' i 1 Mitten transit Inane bv which fixed charges & jbf the system could be Incorporated In the '( tax rate and not against the riders, If the rr city were ever wen cnougn on nnum-imiy iu ' permit uch action, and If It Is thoUKlit the advisable thing to do, Is the Idea or A. Merrltt Taylor, former director of transit, friends of Mr. Taylor pointed out today. Under the provisions of the Smlth-Mltten lease car-riders were to pay more than a five-cent fare, If there were any deficits. Hut owing to tho opposition1 to the method In the Smlth-Mltn lease. It Is reported the city transit officials arc now turning to the former director's plan of financiering rather than raise the fare. Announcement that such a clause n' to 1e Inserted In an amendment to the lease was made by William Draper Lewis, the Mayor's advisor In trinslt matters, last nlfht at a meeting of the United Duslncas Mn' Aunrlntlon. With Director of Tran- It William S. Twining and officials of the P. R. T. he has been holding conferences durin the last week In an effort to straighten out the lease muddle to the sat isfaction of everybody concerned If the company and city fall to agree on the Smlth-Mltten lease It will be referred hack to the Joint Committee of Finance and Street Itallways for action and If reported out of committee will be acted on by the present councllmanlc body. The Philadel phia Rapid Transit Company Is said to be In favor of the original Smlth-Mlttcn lease, but has been opposed to the proposed amendment which will eliminate exchange tickets and 11.700.000 of their profits annu ally. It became known today that city transit officials and officials of the company are trying to reach an agreement and hope that It will reacli by tne eariy pan 01 next week. There Is little less than a month left In which the present Councils ,hae to act on tho Smlth-Mlttcn lease, and It was hinted today tnat the administra tion might attempt to push a lease through Councils before the end of the year. This would be possible to accomplish, be cause the present body of Councils Is con trolled by the Smlth-Vare combination, while If the leave Is laid ocr for the next body of Councils for action It might prove a difficult thing to pass. In view of jtho fact that the new body will bo almost evenly divided between the Town Meeting party and the Smith-Vare Councllmen Director Twining and Doctor Lewis will hold another conference with 1'. IL T. Co. officials today In Dlccrtor Twlning's of fice In the Bourse In an effort to reach an agreement on a plan for the abolition of the tight-cent exchange tickets. It is understood that the P. It T. officials consulted with K. T. Stotesbury, executive director of tho company, and acquainted him with the stand made by the city transit officials for the abolition of the exchange tickets unless the car riders were protected In some other manner. Director Twining and Mr Lewi-?, speak ing before the United Businessmen's As soclatlon last night, told of the viork that has been going on at the conferences, and asserted that the Frankford "1." would not pay a dividend operated hi an Independent line because of the high obst of construction, and .that neither the Philadelphia Rapid Transit nor any other romp my would under take to operate the line Independent of the other high-speed lines. FINANCIERS WILL HONOR PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN "Pupils' Work in Second Liberty Loan Campaign to Be Rewarded at Reception Tha Philadelphia public school child will reign supreme next Wednesday evening at Jthe Metropolitan Opera House at S o'clock, when Frank A. Vanderllp, president of the National City Bank of New York, and V. T. Stotesbury will hold a reception In their honor. In addition to those two prominent men, the entire Board of Education win do homage. The occasion will be the awarding of prlres to the schools and to the successful pupils of the various schools. In their recent history making campaign for the second liberty Loan. The subscriptions obtained by the children almost touched the J7.O00. flOO mark. Mr. Stotesbury, In appreciation of this patriotic effort, has donated a large number of American flags and gold watcher n prizes. , He has also obtained Mr. Vanderllp to address the children on the subject, 'The advantage to the country, and to those who take part In the thrift campaign." To obtain the Metropolitan Opera House for that evening. It was necessary for Mr. Stotesbury to persuade the management to cancel a previous contract. Mr. Stotes bury will distribute the prizes hlmself. WOMAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE Young Wife's Act Prompted by Fear Husband Would Be Drafted Fearful she might be separated from her husband because of the draft, Mrs. Sadie Polsky, nineteen years old, of 701 South Twelfth street, attempted suicide to day by Inhaling illuminating gas, according to the police. The young woman was discovered by her fattier, Harry Tulloblc. who smelled gas and traced It to his daughter's room. Mrs. Polsky was taken to the Howard ollspltal and revived. FALLING BEAM INJURES TWO - Rope Snaps and Workmen Are Struck by Toppling Girder Two men are In the Women's Homeo pathic Hospital as a remit of being struck by a, heavy wooden beam when the rope wttta which they were haallng It into place at a building operation at Twenty-second and Westmoreland streets snapped. Tile victims are Thomas Carboy, forty years old, cf 2220 Brandywine street, broken right leg and ankle, and Vernon Mahn, thirty-eight years old, of 219 Poplar street, scalp and body lacerations and shock. Wills Probated Today Wills probated .today Include those of Gnstav A. Nlssle, 1509 North nighth street, Which. In private bequests, disposes of prop. certy valued at 114,000; Oeorge Wetter, 2SJ7 North Thlrty-thlrd street, 167J0; Kate If. Chandler, 1690 West Olrard avenue, 14500. ..a if.u.M Tr TirMtc ,... ... : , 7 - . -:... " mh a&ubw.c. xi. t, miKiiia. nn, twain,.. J Jfle, uermantown, 4uo. iJ!i Btonre explosion ua mages store - t 1 explosion of an oil stove In the store kmt dwelling of Carl Fuihle, 3253 OcTman. latent avenue, today, threatened to do serious ' Insane. The stove, which was- In the ' kHstun, set fire to a large pile of paper and "rMlh. The damage was slight. :i ' '' Gtkbrate Mercier'a Anniversary . ' Xl.Jsn aUty-sfxth anniversary of the birth f, ft Cardinal Mercler, of Be'glum, was eele jl ft her yesterday and $3500 was turned i yew v. is warainni nercier nnd by the ittftjten Belief Committee of the Emergency AM. 16Zt Walnut street nEwrlTsni B. A., November 24. wrPiraske muti i time ism, uotonui Ex- i m ewMneo ia arrive uettov 8-04 at cwfese now I'n Bnwd Si, ym. win if bi :io b. to. and CMeaa mOt ba ehiMH. ISBM IBSM, tV, n I SERVICE FLAG CEREMONY FOR 28 NEIGHBORHOOD MEN Exercises, With Speaking, Tomorrow Afternoon Corner of Fifty second and Hnverford A service flag with twenty-eight stars will bo unfurled with appropriate cere monies tomorrow afternoon at the corner of Fifty-second street nnd Havcrford avenue, In honor of tho young men In that neigh borhood who are now In the service of tho United States Tho exercises wilt be In charge of the business men of the vicinity, who have for sonic time been contributing weekly to a fund to keep the hojs supplied with to bucco and other comforts while In camp, and will be preliminary to n benefit to be given next week nt the Knickerbocker The atre for the tobacco fund, John Albany will preside, and addresses will be made by the Kev. Dr. A 1J. Poh'man, former Con gressman .1 Washington Ioguc, Director Joseph Mact,.iURhlln and others. A band will be on hand to furnish music for the oc casion, CAR REPAIRMEN QUIT FOR GOVERNMENT WORK Increase in Crippled Rolling Stock at P. and R. Shops. Force at Half Strength Approximately one half of the iar re pairmen of the Philadelphia and Heading Hallway have left the road t take posi tions with concerns doing (iovernment work Higher wages Is responsible for this, an ofllclnl of the railroad pointed out. and has resulted In an Increase In the percentage of freight cats that arc v nltltiR to be re paired J lie riillailelpma anil mailing i.uns about 41 mo freight rars of all descrip tions Usually about 2.3 per tent, or 04 3, of thehe curs nre cither in the shops being repaired or awaiting repairs Hlncc other Industries have offered higher wages, about half of the 120 car repairmen of the road In this city have left. The percentage .f crippled cars has Increased from 2.3 per cent to 3 per cent, or 1230 cars, which has brought about a resultant shortage of cars for the purposes of carrying much needed coal and other necessities to thl cltv The Pennslvmila Railroad icpalr shops arc located In Alter na, and according to ofllclals at tho main offices of the lompany In llroad Street Station, no complaints of labor shortage In the shops have ln-en re celv ed TO BUILD 70 MORE SHIPS AT NEW HOG ISLAND YARD Contracts for 8000-Ton Vessels Plnced Here by Government Ship ping Hoard Contracts for seventy 80(in-toii ships to be constructed at the Hog Island plant of tne American International Shipbuilding Corporation, In addition to the fifty 7"i00 cargo boats already contracted for. have been signed by the compauv and the llnier gency Fleet Corporation, It was nnnoutici-d today This will bring the tonnage to bo constructed at Hog Island to approximately 1,000,000 tons. It Is said that 93 per cent of the steel fabrication necessary In the construction of this tonnage will be done at the steel mills, leaving a minimum of that branch of the work to be done at the aids. Klghty-slN miles of trackage are to be laid In the yards. Yard and track facili ties are now designed for the handling and unloading of 400 carloads of construction materials dally. The company announces that all skilled workmen at the ard are paid the prevail ing union scale and that no bonus of any kind Is paid laborers are paid thlrts to cents ait hour for an elgat-liour dai, with time and half tlitio for overtime and double time for Sunday work So labor scouts arc emplojed by the company, and the company's representa tives aro not allowed to employ men from any other Hhlpard or other Jovernmental work unless such men can khow that rtiey have been released from that work. By spring, when the pmdui Hon will be In full swings the company expects tn be launching an average of three ships a w eck ARREST MAN WEARING DOUBLE ARMY UNIFORM Has Sergeant's Overcoat and Suit of Private Charged With Theft and Check Fraud Wearing the overcoat of i .sergeant In the Army over the uniform of a private, John Hrady, 32 years old. of New York, was arrested this afternoon In the store of the National Uniform Equipment Company. G02 Market street, charged with lanenv, and with parsing worthless checks. He will have a hearing In the Night Court Kmployes of the store say that Hrady came there two weeks ago, wearing the uniform of a sailor in the Navy, and pur chased two navy uniforms. He gave two checks, one for $1 and one for-is, which were, later returned as worthless. Today he reappeared, wearing an overcoat with the chevrons of a top sergeant on the sleeves, and tendered a check made to the order of Sergeant .lames J. Cunningham, Camp Dl, Wrlghtslown, N. J , and asked that It be cashed for him He was kept In conversation until the police were notified and DUetectlve McKalls arrived and ar rested him. h A iocketbook containing 315 whs found In his possession. In the pocketbook being Sergeant Cunningham's Identification card. Ho told McKalls that ho had enlisted In South Bethlehem on November 11, had been sent to Camp Slocum, New York, and that he "bunked" there with Seigeant C'un nlngham. When he left the camp, ho said, he had taken the overcoat by mistake, thinking that It was his own. It was learned that Sergeant Cunningham, .McKalls Eald, had not been In Kort Hlocum, COURT HONORS WOMAN WHO BECOMES CITIZEN Presiding Judge Acts as Sponsor at Special Session Going to Nurse Soldiers In being handed her certificate of citizen ship today that she might go to Frame to nurse the wounded soldiers on the battle field. Miss Signs Hammer was accorded Borne unusual distinctions In the Federal Court. First of yie considerations, not be cause she was a woman but because she wants to work for humanity, was the hold ing of a special session of the naturaliza tion court by Judge Thompson. Another was the appearance of Judge Joseph Iluf flngton, presiding Judge of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, at the sldo of Miss Hammer as one of her sponsors. The scene took place In the United States Circuit Court of Appeals room Irt the Fed eralB ulldlng. Judge Thompson sat In the chair of the presiding Judge of the court, while the Judicial member, who usually holds that seat appeared before the bar of the court as a plain cltlien. Miss Hammer, is a native of Norway and came to this country In 1890. Sho Is head nurse of the Infirmary at the Hill School, Pottstovyn, where Judge Uuftington's son was a student before he vent to France with tho regular army, Lt. MacQuarrie Speaks for Y. M. C. A. Lieutenant Hector MacQuarrle, of the Hoyal Field Artillery, addressed the stu dents of the University of Pennsylvania at chapel exercises today In behalf of the Y, Ji. C. A. fund. He spoke of life In the trenches and of the work being carried on y .ly-. " . . j j KVKNING, LEPGEBf-PHILDELPHIA, TfKIDAY, NOVMBEK ft. - DAIRY AND FOOD AGENT CRITICIZED BY JUDGE Scores Failure to Keep Track of Prosecutions and Suspends Sentences Agent Hobcrt Simmers, of the Stnte Dalrv nnd Pure Food Commission! today received a severe criticism from Judge Hogers, In Quarter Sessions Court, whero Simmers was testifying In ensci of violators of the pure food laws, for his apparent unfairness towards defendants. Thp Judge's) remarks were occasioned when Simmers was nsked what had become of a Federal prosecution brought against? a defendant arrested by Simmers nnd haled Into Quarter Sessions Court on the same charge "Was this man taken beforo tho Federal authorities on the same nrrest that brings him here?" the court nsked "Well," replied Simmers, "It wasn't ex actly tho same." "Is It or Is It not so that there was but one arrest and that Federal and State prcecutlnns were brought on that arrest?" persisted Judgo Hogers. "es, jour honor, there was only one nrret. but the Federal prosecution Is for a different offense from this one," Simmers (aid "What was the result of the other prose cution?" demanded the Judge. The defendant, Theodore W. Iluchanaii. of 2002 Hast Clearfield street, charged with selling oleomargarine as mid for butter. was about to answer for Simmers when the latter hesitated In his. reply, but Judge Hogers Insisted that the 'agent anwcr "I don't know " he finally said "Well, If the State's agent does not know what becomes of prosicutlons ho Instigates, then I shall ask the defendants to Inform him," snld Judgo Hogers Ituclinnan said that he was lined $230 In the United States District Court for selling oleomargarine without a license "I want candor nnd frankness In this couit.' Judge lingers said to Simmers "I'll suspend sentence In this case ' In the early part of tho wiek, Simmer'- In testlflng In a case whcio he made the ar rest, declared that tho defendant, a wom an accused of selling unwholesome musk rats, had been previously ariested for vio lating the food laws The woman denied It, and Judge lingers Instructed tho agent to produce his tecords of the previous arrest. The next day Simmers appeared In court and said that he had arroted the. woman's husband about two ears ago. but was not willing to sny that she had not been ar rested because, he said, a number of his rccotds had been stolen and destroed by some one who was Interested In a very Important prosecution he had brought, and he thought that some of his data referring to this defendant was lost at that time John Wolfe, of 239 ,South Tenth street, pleaded guilty to selling adulterated apil rots, while Jj I'lncus nnd his wife, Lena PlnruM. of 2012 Itldge avenue, and Jaioli and Hessle March, of J3J1 Hldgc avenue, admitted selling adulterated raisins. In each case the article was covered with sill phur dioxide and the container lu which It was Mi'l was not so marked. Judge lingers suspended sentence In each case. NORTHWEST HAS COAL; PRIORITY ORDER LIFTED Millions of Tons of Fuel Now Available for Other Sections WASHINGTON. Nov J,'! I'riorit.v shipments of coal to the North west were ordered cancel bv the fuel administration toda.v. effective Novcin bei 3(1 The lifting of the I.akes-Nnrthwet prloi Ity order will make available millions of tons of coal for other sections of the coun try now suffering from a shortage TWO AUTOMOBILE THIEVES SENT TO PENITENTIARY Young Defendants Plead Guilty Stealing Cars From Along North Broad Street to Sememes In the eastern Penitential) were Imposed tMlay bv Judge Davis, In Quarter Sessions Court No 1, on two di -fendants uho entered pleas of guilty to Indictments chaiglng them with stealing two automobiles The defendants were George Hess, twenty jears Id, of Fifteenth street abor Yc.rk. and Geoige Paul, nineteen years old, of Gratz street above Jefferson. Hess, who has been arrested before for the larceny of automobiles, was sentenced to a term cf not less than two jears and six months nor more than two .vcars and eight months, while Paul was given not less than one year nor more than eighteen months. The defendants operated together lu steal ing an automobile belcnging to William Green, 72 South Hancrnft sheet, from Broad street and Glrard avenue, and In stealing a machine belonging to Doctor Burn, of 2103 North Sixteenth street, from Broad and Dlatnmd streets When Hess was arrested In one of the stolen automo biles he had a loaded revolver In his iks sesslon. PLANS ELECTRICAL REFORM San Francisco Expert Suggests Scheme to Revolutionize Industry A plan to rcvolutlonlzo the electrical in dustry in thij country was put forth bv William U Goodwin, of San Francisco, at an address before a gathering of eleetiical contractors. Jobbers, manufacturers and central station men at a lunch at tho Adelphla Hotel today Under this plan, a gigantic organization of "electrical" men would spread over the country, Kvery man In the electrical busi ness would find It to his advantage to be a member of the organization, according to Mr, Goodwin. FRENCH ELECTION POSTPONED Committee of Chamber of Deputies De cides Against Balloting in 1918 PARIS, Nov. 23. The Committee on Universal Suffrage of the Chamber of Deputies has turned clown the proposal to hold the elections normally duo In 1918, be cause of the Imposslbl'lty of taking the votes of prisoners of war and the difficulty of balloting among the soldiers at tho front The elections, under this decision, will be postponed until 1320, and no special elec tions will bo held to fill vacancies, of which there are forty-seven In the Chamber, Will Talk on Medical Corpa Why and how the Medical Corps is the First I.lne of Defense, will be told by Dr. J: Madison Taylor, professor of applied Therapeutics at Temple University, to the members of the Business Science Club, at their weekly luncheon to be held today at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. U. of P. Alamnae Entertain Coeds The alumnae association of the Univer sity of Pennsylvania entertained the co-ed undergraduates this afternoon In Price Hall, In the Law School, Thirty-Fourth and Chestnut streets. Miss Mary Gallagher, chairman of the entertainment committee, and her aids served tea all afternoon. Cassatt War Savings Director Robert K. CaMKtt has been appointed by Secretary McAdoo to be one of the State di rectors of the war saving fund, which will open art over the country, December J, Mr. Cajutxtt was assls:ns4 ta PMMf. YMla, PLOT FOR INDIAN REVOLT IS TRACED TO GERMANY Confession of Hindu Snows Agents of Raised Furnished Funds for Conspiracy RAN FHANCISCO, Cnl.. Nov. 23. Mys terious passports, countersigns and hie roglyphics llgured In the trial of thirty-three persons accused of fomenting a revolution In India today when the Government traced tho plot to Herman agents. Sukwnr ChatterJI, a Hindu, who took a prominent part In the conspiracy and turned Slate's evidence, was the chief witness. He testified he was sent to Manila by Ham Chandra, accused as the chief of the Hindu icvolutlonary forces In America, with n letter to n Mi. llochn, a military olllcet, who, ChatterJI said, received funds for his work from the Herman consul In Mnnlla, HOLD UPSTATE YOUTH AS ARMY DESERTER Flight to Father's Deathbed Ter minates in Criminal Charges Against Army Private All alleged deserter from the United Stales army, who rati nwny'to be with his living father, was arrested today on charges of impersonating a Hist lieutenant and thereby collecting about $200 ostensibly for soldleis' Christmas presents and to bacco The prisoner, who was arrested at the Powclton Hotel by Secret Service Agents McTamney and King, Is Prlvuto Clement Heibert Ia?ah.v, alias Lamar, of Glrard vllle, Pn He was held In $1000 ball by United States Commissioner Lewis, at the Federal Building, for a further hearing Monday The story of Leahy, or Lamar, as. told by Federal ngents is a pathetic one. Leahy, a mere .vouth he Is only IS jears old was ft private at Fort Htlian Allen. Vt , when he lecelved word that his father was djlng nt Glrarclvllle He applied for leave, but It was lefusfd Determined to see his father before he died, Leahy Is sId to have gambled with his fellow-soldiers until he had enough nmnej for the tilp, and then quietly disappeared He was at Ills pa rent's deathbed He-olvlng to icturn to his camp, Leahy was prevented by further ill ness in his famll.v. and llnallv became so fearful of punishment awaiting him that he decided not to teturn. Coming to Philadelphia the alleged de serter It Is assented, added the Insignia of a first lieutenant to his private's uniform and as "LIciitfMatit Lunar, of Camp Meade," vlsllcd liomes in West Philadel phia, soliciting money for the soldleis' Christmas and tobacco funds He made between '$10 and $13 a week, ollUMals said Two weeks ago Leahy becime so de spondent that lie Is ald to havo attempted to commit suicide bv shooting himself He received only a flesh wound and recovered at the West Philadelphia Homeopathic Hospital without revealing his lileutltj He continued his "game" of collecting iiione.v. It Is alleged. To cstibllsh himself In tho e.ves of the lintel men Leahy Is said to have sent himself a fake telegram from Washington Leahy's relatives In Glrard vllle were notllled of the plight of the .voung soldier, who saw service on the .Mexican border In 1916 COURT HALTS COAL LAND SALE Federal Judges Restrain Sheriff From Disposing of Thompson Properties In the accumulating litigation over the bankrupt estate of Joslali V Thompson, the Unlontown, Pn , coal operator nnd banker, luelges Bulllngton, Me I'herson and Wool, ley, of the Cnlted States Circuit Court of Appeals, today issued an order restraining, temporarily, sherltf's sales of part of Thnnipon'H $H0, 000,000 coal lands In .Mo. iiongnhela and Greene townships, Greene Count, Pa., which were llted for Decern brr 1 The restialnlns order Is to leiu-iiii In effect until the Court of Appeals has de cided an appeal b Thompson's trustees In bankruptcy from a decision by the Federal Court to Pittsburgh, which dissolved an In. Junction against tho sheriff's sales. ARGUMENT ON RECEIVERSHIP Court Withholds Decision in Ameiican Pipe Company Case Following argument today. Judge Dick inson reserved decision on a petition to va cate tho apiKilntiucnt of Itobert Wetherlll as receh r for the American Plpo and Con struction Company, a $3,000,000 corpora tion, and to dismiss the bill In eepilty under which the receiver was appointed The sole miction In Issue appeared to be whether the District Court of New Jer sey or the District Court In this district is vested with the Jurisdiction to appoint a receiver. NEW NIGHT TRAIN TO Buffalo With the general change of time tables effective November 28, a new night train between Philadel phia and Buffalo will be 'established. Lttr Breid Btnet Suction - 11.31 Km. Arrive Bullalo . . 41.20 p. M. Through Sleeping Care and Coaches Other cltlly tbretwti train luvt PMUdil pals 1.10 ATM., tsct 7.10 P. M. lw Time Takltt fee Other Imparunt CXeniee Pennsylvania R.R. Officers of the British,' French and v Ainea Armies and Navies y weic wen acquainted wnn the superior durability of Fownes Cape gloves before the War. Since then they have used "Capes" in even larger quantities. In America Fownes Capes areor" the same high Service standard and are also washable. Civilians, Army and NavjT Officers.--yks a - foWNEM that's aD you need V to know about a CLOVE , BLOW AT JUDGE BROWN IS CALLED YARE PLOT Clerk Charges MacNeillc Attack Is Preliminary Attempt to Gain Control .ludRe Ila.vmnnd MacNellle's charite that President Judge Charles I.. Drown, of tho Municipal Court, Is extravagantly creatine new political Jobs In that tribunal was only a preliminary move by the Vnre forces to oust Judge Drown as presiding Judire and place Judire MacNeillc In chnrffc, ac cording: to nice JI. darlanel, clerk to tho court. Judge Drown declined to discuss the eharRCH this morning, but said that he may have a detailed answer later. Harland spoke for him. "Judge JtacNellln's statement, besides be ing untrue, Is simply an effort to pave tho way for Governor Drumbaugh to commit an Illegal act by ousting Judge Drown as 1'resldent Judge and appointing Judge Jlnc Ncllle In his place," said Harland. 'The Vnres want the patronage In the court." Judge JIncNellle, In his statement, put the high expense of the Municipal Court sepjarely on the shoulders of Judge Drown. He said the unlimited powers of the Presi dent Judge to make appointments and fl salaries were responsible 'for the greatly Increased budget of the court for the coming j ear. The budget will Increase the expense of that court to more than $960,000, according to Judge JIacNelllo. The number of em ployes has been raised from 100 In 1914 to more than COO at present. Judge Mac Neillc said In part: "It Is unfair for the public to think that the other Judges of the JIunlclpal Court are responsible for this situation. There has been but one meeting of the Doard of Judges lu eighteen months, and that was held recently Appointments and salaries arc not discussed with the Judges. The President Judge has unlimited power to make apolntments and fix salaries, and when the city Is mandamused the bills are paid that Is nil there Is to It. No other public otticlnl In the I'nlted Htatcs that I know of Is Invested with such ioucr, and, under the act, I know of no remedy for the situation." The question of "pointing the Municipal Court according to the schedule for next j ear was brought before the Finance Com mittee of Councils last Wednesday by Itob ert JI. CIrltltth, president of the Civil Serve ice Commission He said It would cost In round numbers Jl.000,000. He declared Councils should not accept reponslhlllt.v for such a huge expenditure: that the court should be reciulrcd to resort to mandamuses for salaries and other expense? Dr. Joseph M. Malatesta Dead Dr Joseph JI. Jlnlatesta Is dead at Kiln South Droad street after an Illness of sev eral weeks. He was born In Philadelphia Mav 27 ,18.10. At the age of fifteen he went to itil to stiidv, returning after four :'ears to enter Waterford f.V. J - Academy, from which he graduated In 1879 He wa-s giad uated from the Philadelphia School of Phar macy, the Jefferson Medical College 11111I Villanova He was Instructor in skill dls cises at Jefferson College for .1 time. f Tiattft jf & "fonts j I Complete Map of Present The greatest battle of tho war Is now being fought The outcome of the present fighting may prove a greater blow to the Oernians than the recent Italian disaster wan for the Allies. The capture of Cambral which the Allies are shelling will force the evacuation of hundreds of square miles and may end lu n rout that will stun the Central Poweni Dut In order to understand why this battle Is so Important, you must have a complete map of tho present western front fighting zones a map that shows every town and hamlet now being fought for. The Illustration above Is a leproductlon of the most complete single map of the western front ever published. It Is 28x36 Inchea I size, but folds Into a convenient cover. BlO'j Inches, Just right to be carried conveniently in the pocket for frecjuent consultation. It Is printed on excel lent paper, and can bo had mounted 011 ctoth, Jf desired, at slight extra cost, Moat existing ineiji 0 the western front are valueless because they are nnt intlextd, or becuase they do not con luln the smaller plates, Over 7000 Villages, Towns and Hamlets On this new map there are shown more than 7800 places. The tttnte of Illinois contains about the same num ber of square miles ns shown on this map. and lu Illinois there are leu than 1700 place of 100 or more Inhabitants. In addition to over 7000 towns, villages and hamlets, this now man gives all woocn. fortresses, fortified towns, naval arnals, forts, redoubts, batteries, aircraft depots, wireless stations and ralUays. The forests and woods are Indicated In nn, giving the map an attractive appear ance and addlrur a strategical feature of Importance. The scale of the map Is 10 mile to the Inch. It extends west to Aahford. hngland; north to Antwerp, Belgium: east to KrartWfoTt. Germany, and south to Orleans, Prance. . It shows for comparison the battle line of 1011, when tlie Germans were aim.. t the Bat of farls. Th rrouatl gained br the Allies, therefore, ma be plainly seen. IMe without exception the moat eatlefactory map of the western front which haa been engraved. It has teen prepared especially to throw light on movements as they occur. It may be examined with eaae, tor the type is bold and clean cut. A Complete Index Makes Locating Easy , .A? v"5?..0' i.iwn and village) accompany Ine; a map of thto klB4 r-a ben proved an absolute necessity. TbS 5iLi;w,aI? i ones, usually menMoacxl la the new dtopaehv Tfcsjr are jtot to bes found oa ry awps. Ml PARDONED SLAYER GOES HOME TO HIS SICK WIFE Battagllo Released From Prison So Thut Brave Woman Mny Recover Health The heavy massive Iron-doors of the Hast em Penitentiary opened today for llosarlo llnttaglla and released him to his wife ami six children, lie was pardoned yesterday, nfter serving six yearn of a life sentenco for murder. After his conviction, his wife struggled ngalnst almost Insurmountable dllllcultles to keep the little home together. Hhc worked hard to feed and c othe the six children, tho oldest of whom nt that time was eight years. She never asked nny help, and finally tho strain was too much ; sho be came HI, She refused To give up, fearing that the children would bo unable to get along. The pardon of her husband will now permit her to followdoctor's Instructions, and go to a sanatorium "TIM" WILL BE HOME FOR THANKSGIVING DAY He'll Get Turkey, Too, Together With Norwood Man's Soldier Son From Fort Oglethorpe Tim will be home foi Thanksgiving Hay He will have turkey, too, and all that goes with It That's pretty good for u dog, but Tim deseives It. He has had no end of mlscty for the last week for the lea son that lie was stolen 'from his master, John W Cross, of Noiwood, Pa. The dog was playing on the lawn last Kildnv and suddenly disappeared He was missed Just after a Junk man had been seen nearby. Cioss was greatly depressed b) the dog's cllsapKaraiie-e He sent a circular hearing Tim's picture and a full account of him to the police headquarters of every town from New York to Wash ington and also to all cities and towns be tween here and Pittsburgh. . . A elue to tho dog's whereabouts was ob tained by the police of the Second and Christian streets station They Informed Cross and last night Tim was found at the home of (lus I.onibardo. seventeen years old, of Sixth and Catharine streets. Tho boy was arrested by District Detective Alberger and turned over to the Norwood police Ci-oas Is ovcrjovod because Tim will be home tn enjoy Thanksgiving with his muster's son, a soldier, clue home on that daj fiom Kort Oglethorpe. (Jets .1 Years for Shooting Hoarder .Ismes Hrooks, thirty-eight jears old. of fortieth street near JIarket, was today sentenced to tho Kastetn Penitentiary for not less than three jears nor more than three jears mid six months, bj Judge Davis. In Quarter Sessions Court. Brooks was con vlcted of trjlng to kill Itobert Miller, one of Ills boarders who was In airears vclth his room lent Hiooks. It was testified, pro cured a revolver, called .Miller from his room and llred two shots, at lilin, both of them entering the boarder's right shou'dor. This Indev Is hound N. Y. jr y" Name -.- Address ... vT M you want the Jcreasfng Its duMfci uT Address suit you, wrl .o .Angle Iron and Stone Found Track of P. and U. Thl! Morning GERMAN PLOT SUSPECTED ! Obstruction Is Removed and Wert Report Discovery to Police m?" Start InvcstlBation An attempt to wreck an earlv train o the Philadelphia and n.LTT way. .eadlng ,0 g ,., W 'iovernment Is bulldlnc- n. ., ' ,!l l !..... . . " h InknlM Ing plant, was frustrated two joung men found a piece 0f.-"y.Th " "ciwren two lengths or is- . ." the city limits. ' ,he nHtii The police are making r., vestlgatlon In th h.n.V .c P'te In. will shed some light on he wrJek """ ' same road Wednesday ,ornlnB Ja.0" "" " men were Injured The ofiel l'. Is Plot to keep the road f led UL .' as possible by wrecks to hamwe tL"1" , at the shipyard. namper prorttj 1 Theobstructlon was discovered k. , nrd N. Droomhcad, 20 years oM r.Wcb South .Melville street, and ?& ?' " tvventy years old. of KlBhto-iuth111 1 Tavstwlck avenue. Droomh.ad I "S2 " ' as a fireman at the Hog I,i.nd PfmlTl . was on 1,1, way , taka. &" V Place when the obstruction on 1 . f was discovered at a turn In the nLJ'V1' tween Seventieth and Seventy -flr.t ..d The two joung men roiled A?? . he tracks and then saw the anlel ?" " "'uin.im ny me 1 is two angles, each about . . .: ' .. V""L'C" " "ie cold. The h . ,t....""l .s an in. 11 imcK Hnd about four Inch. ;,r ' It weighs about ten pounds, end In th ' matlon of the police and railroad In' v " ion, n wltfc tie ...7 have been ntrong Vnough ' 'o hX", ?ny train off the rails, since thVL' has two tracks, almt .''J.2J1 "P trafllc for several hour.. " 0 The Iron was taken bv th vm, Hi, Sixty-fifth street"and WooTand police station and Defective. , Prlnfi Z Qulgley are investigating. They w?i JI! to the Department of Justice and ttuSE ably some means will Immediately uS& to protect the tracks of the road leia..!' the shipbuilding plant. '"alnjtl Announce Civil Service Exmj Open competitive ex iminatlons for in. tary engineer, public health rvil j:ri00 per j ear. December S; UbefitoV. ipprentlce, J540 a ear; aid, grade t mm a year: aid. grade 2, $7 JO a year, btcum. her 12; second class or assistant stetm on glneer. J1000 to J1200 a year. J.niurr were announced today by the United KUIti Civil Service Commission. Date for tt examination for highway engineer, HIM to $2100 a jear. and plany quarantine i,. spector JI2IUI lei 'ear, will h an. nounced within a few days. s Fighting Zones and the locations of most of them were, and still are, utterly unknown to the general public, but um tbedr location are known their strategical Importance cannot tie grased. Nothing Is moie unsatisfactory than searching oil over the map for a aniall place that may and may not app"' upon It. However, thin U sf time and patience In aaw mn end, for the index which uveomsanies this map make If vustly more ue'ul and valuable. The Index contains over 7000 names. An Idea of the Importance of this state ment may be gained from the fact that 90 per cent, of the War lllans av.llt.lhlA t,wln f.nnl'nlrt la than Klin name!!'- In with the map and enables one to ( "'" iiioeaneiy uny one in ine (uuu places meiuioneu, Send No Money ,,, Tne fraf value of this map Is so npparent that a copy win be sent on approval, without a penny In advance. If. "'' examining thin map. 1011 decide to keep It. send only II. on for the plain, or 2.00 for the cloth-bached map. If not delighted with the mail nnd Index simply return II and you will owe nothing. With America actively engsited In the war with American troops already In France and thousands more going. Interest In the Great War hi nw' vital than ever, and Americans will want to follow erory change in the situation from day to Hay. To Intelligent! read your newspaper you must know the location of ,r the various towns, vantage points and other places mentioned. Thla map will return te you S many times ItH cost In your clearer under- jr standing of conditions'. r.ttry real j . ?ft"" m,n " s fret of thU map during the ranting T mean,.. yT ExMMUtlO NELSON . .' C0UF0N DOUBLEDAY, "' n"01 "i1' !") ftltl . lp. Itl, OytPky 5". r. fept. IOH .. PUj,M send me the L-rje ' OvaitM FU jT Hcale war Map of the Western vryKen .x Front on approval. If It ot nj. within five days I will send you si, Otherwise, I will return IU ....,.. , r 4 . . , M a-..a - - IsnW iC.,(,iCi" Tumjr mcwH aw emu WErtTi 1 4y. t th 9Q4 Jrtle o 93.00 U j 4yfw s iV:V-..L. r . . ... ' -. . .r- J' j'. .- 4 - i s K Ik V' -i: ''-W ir&. , .r a xrfti
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