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EVENING PUBLIC ' 'LEDGER-FffiLXADEEPHIA', TUESDAY, FEBRUARY" 12, 1918
i
MRS. LEEDS WEDS GREEK PRINCE
'railroads a problem
iLvjnping Boaid Would Slow Indus-
t tries to Relievo Congestion
) Holding Back Materials
Senator V.ir-
nnri ntliors will rocommonil this
Washington, vii i:
Three fundamental problems arc con
fronting tit" flil lo" ,0,ln' '"I'" effort
totpff'l "P s-tiHbullttliiB:
v new M'lrlt nclmlttefliv now mi
j.'r Indlilloii iittnrk by Orninn prop
ndl"t niu-t l.o instilled In la-
'"linu'cs must lc nrovhlcil for the
'ffiui'try mttt t;ltw''l don that
traii'pnrtatlnn facilities may he cen
Krcd In niovlnff iuppl e to the rmls
ina the lucent freight congestion
relieved
The attitude ot labor Is Mlrrlnp Con
ptt It Is Rcncmllv felt tint profltccr-
ir in life's necessities is fsppiiik xnc
itltrlousm oi ii'" .-
' ...,,., nnrl others TV ill fCCOl
,Vtei JilUnC ot profiteers as a remedj
fo'ftho ltu-itlon.
The houslnc hill now before Const ess
U lelng urged to fpecily action iy ah-
ministration Icuucru vino annci-mie mo
critical fitu itlon.
Workmen cannot Iccp In frvrages 01
turns" 1'rcslilont :iinuei nompcrx, ni
the, Federation ot Libnr. told members
if the Senate "Neither can they bo e-1
.!" to lnnc on strect-car ctraps foi
. in nlnn in nnil frnm Unik
liumu ,1rtf linmi mill
ttrf..I bo no dlfflcultv in Kcttlne Mi.p-
yard uorkcr arm ipecumK up uiui: nun-1
Oil Htv- Ju"
reminds by the shipping boird for re- j
lief from the rail cmnargo, i men is u wk
bo Villi' construction work, has tuKcn .1
new turn Vmhlo to Ret action fm
the nation il inllroid administration to
releae approximately 10.000 cars of
jupplles tied up or lot In the freight
Jm, the chipping noini is ciomnienu-
InK a general siuwuik "i vv ntu-uj
the country until the railroad situation
dears
It was oirklilh Mated list week that
the whole ship vvoil! on the eastern coast
vis thrcitened vvllhtle-up unless some
relief was afforded.
k s nt " . -?s3f J $&
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railroad control
Stirs up congress
EDGE NAMES KALISCH
FOR ANOTHER TERM
Factions Divided on Question
of Compensation to B3
Paid by U. S.
QUESTION OF 200,000,000
Cummins Maintains Koails Should
Be Made to Shoulder I'nit of
War's Burden
U.S. WON'T EXCHANGE
INTERNED CIVILIANS
The mart Sage of Mrs. William B. Leeds, the widow of William
U. Leeds, one of the lcadcts in the tinplatc induatty in America,
fiom whom she inherited about $11,000,000, to Trinee Christopher,
of Greece, has taUcn place in Switzerland, accouling to the
London Daily Sketch. Piince Christopher, who is nbout thirty
ears of age, is the youngest brother of Constantino, the deposed
King of Gtccce.
NORRISTOWN COUPLES i TOKENS OF GRATITUDE
HAVE GOLDEN WEDDINGS' AT "CAP" CLARK'S BIER
No Intention to Trade for
Soldiers Captured in France,
Officials Say
Bj (i Mall Oorifs;ioiiiiil
, WASHINGTON. Tel. IS.
Thele Is no Intention on the piit ot
the American (loxtrnmcnt to make an
iirhnncp with Ormanv ot Chilians In-
fttrned at the camp at Gloucester, N. J .
w anv of tne oilier internment i-umiis
ftr Ameilcan oldlers captured in
fradce Such fin exclnnge could not
he nude If It weie d;slicd.
When questioned todnv legatdlng the
rumor tint home of Mio German civilians
ltite,ml at tho Gloucester camp are to
he, exchanged lor Amsilcan soldlei pris
oners, Adjutant General !'. 'I. McCain
said h'o exchsnge of prlsoneis a Itli Ger
many has contemplated If It should
become drslrablo to exchange some
Americans for Germans the exchange
would have to bo confined to prisoners
of war of both cnuntiles, he sitd, and
tcouId not Inrludo Interned civilians
The rules of war provldi for an ex
change of prisoners of vvai on both sides
h asserted, and th"e lulei do not con
template tho cvclnngn of men Intel ned
like those nccupvlng the cainpi at
Gloucester, N. .1 , and Hot Springs.
Nothing was known of any plnn1. for
an echingn of prisoners with Oermanv,
It was said by State, iiepartment of
ficials AIRPLANES IN COLLISION
Mr. and Mis. John Rex and Mr. and
Mrs. Lemuel Rodcbough Cele
brate Annivcrsaiies
I NORIUSTOWN, l'a. IV b U Two
j NorrMown louptes me tclcbiatlng their
golden wedding anniversaries todaj
They aro Mr. and Mrs John JI Ilex,
1050 Gjcrn street, and Mr. and Mr.
Lemuel Ilodebough, who live Jut out
side the buiougli In l'lj mouth township.
Half a century ago Ml llaninh
I'leck and .tohn M. Ilex were married
In tho Lutheran Church nt Kpilnghouse
Ui tho Itev. George Still. Of the bridal
party who attended them at tho wed
ding only tho maid of honor Is still
llvlna; She Is Mrs Joseph WINoti, C27
George street, Norrlstovvn Mr. and
Mrs. ne, who have lived In Norrls
"town for twenU-one cars, hive sl
chlldien fourteen grandchlldre and
one gieat-giandchlld. The clilldren are
Walter lie and Mis. Wllllim liager.
of Three Tuns; Adam I'. Hex, Mount
Aliy. and Harry and Harvey Rc. of
Nrrltow n
Mr and Mrs. Rndcliouult, who aic
t-eventj-ono and sit-ninc .veara of age,
lespectlvelv. have lived In whit Is
known as 'Cherry Cottago' nt lllckory
town, a suburb of Norristown. nit their
life In fact thev Jive today ill the
house white- Mt Ilodebough was born.
Mrs 'nodebough was a daughter ot the
lite i:il and Sarah Thomas, of llarmon
Mlle. ono of four children Mr. Jtodo
i...i, t,r. .i in the t'nlon Army for
threo venrs and three months In the Civil
Wni, enlWtlng In Companv M. l.lBlj-
I'eunsjivaniu
Both Flying Towaid Sun and Sud
denly Swerved Into Each Other
HKIlll OltDSlUnn, ling. IVb. 12
Details ,f tho airplane accident in which
Cadet stcadman, American nvlator, was
erlously Injured and another tiler killed,
erc revealed In the Inquest here today.
The two machines, it was shown, were
fi)lng toward tho sun about fifty yards
'part. Both alators, partly blinded by
the glare, suddenly nvvcrved together.
The planes, locked In a tangle of wreck
W. fell flaming to tho ground.
Deny Boosting Lumber Prices
aelphla Wholesale Lumber 1-xchange.
Jlth offices in tho Commercial Trust
Building, has Issued a statement denj Ing
that three Philadelphia lumber dealers
hoosted their prices when they learned
i'mber was for Hog Island
Persons Who Owe Lives to "Velvet-
Coated Heio" Represented
at His Funci.il
Old Cap Clark, eteran llfcsaver and
'vilvct-ioitcd luro" would h ifo been
happy today had ho been ablo to seo
tthoso who tamo to ply trlhuto to Ills
memory
That his deeds weio not forgotten was
shown by tho nnny floral offerings fiom
persons whoso lives ho had saied during
his strenuous rarcei They sunounded
his colIIn as ho lay In state at tho under
taking establishment of Clurles Thlele,
2tll North Tenth street Among the
Moral ti Unites was i big wreith of
flowers from Jerry Ponoghue former
saloonkeeper of Highlit and Vino
streets, who Is knrwn as n man who
never forgot a good deed Jerry's trib
ute of beautiful toes boro a card on
which were tho words
'To Cap' Clark. Mav his soul rest
In peare. .Saved mv life nt Klghth and
Vine stieets two scorn jcais ago '
On the occislon mentirned Ponoghue
was attacked by vivual toughs whom
he had ordered out of Ills place. Thev
surrounded him. whui Cap Cliik nr-
rlved The captain was then strong and
athletic, nnd nftir ho had whipped two
or tne issTiiants tno others quickly re-ticated
Jerry Ponoghuo attended the funeral i
and waH aamnpiuicd by sevei.il well-
known men of Atlintlo City, who re
membered Cap" (n his pilmy days
The ilerg.vman who olllilatcd.at the
mairiigo of 'Cap" Clark two jiars nifii
conducted the funeral hcrvlces lntrr-
ment was In Mount Peace Cemetery, nndi
Ptcvtinl of 'Caps' filthful friends fol-
lowed him to his last resting place 1
WASHINGTON, l'cb II
The railroad control bill has ngaln
plunged Congress Into n bitter fight over
fair distribution of tho war's financial
burdens. Lined up on one side 14. tho
determined group ot men who lost ses
sion fought for conscription ot wealth to
pay the tax bills. On tho other sldo
stand the amo men who ro Htrcnuotisly
opposed wealth conscription
Tho Issue la whether' tho tallioads
shall bo made to bear a fair share of
tho war's burden or whether tho pco
plo mutt pay the railroads slrtualty
what they demand under Government
control Specifically, the battlo Is over
tho basis upon which tho railroids shall
bo paid by the Government.
Senator Cummin", of Iowa, nnd Ills
supporters nlt tho roads should bo
guaranteed their ordinary dlildends plus
Interest on their debt This, Cummins
says, would it tho Goicrnment $750,
000,000 to J775.O0O.O00 a year.
Senator Smith, of South Carolina,
leading tho opposition, wants tho Inconio
computed on threo pre-war cars 1015,
1010 nnd 1917. This, Smith estimate",
will cost tho Government from J04B,
000,000 to JOSIi.OOO.OOO a car, The
difference to the American peopta be
tween Cummlns's plan and Smith's Is
about $200,000,000 a cnr. Tho three
i ear plan Is that suggested by the
President. Senator Smith declares It
should be adopted, no matter what It
costs
'if wo must pour out $;noooo,ouo .i
j ear to meet the demands of servlco 1
am In favor of pouring It out, that we
m iv get ctllilent railroad operation, at
leat until the shidovv of a great na
tional cilamlty shall htvn passed," Mid
Smith "When tho war Is over wo can
settlo tho question according to the cir
cumstance "
Hut Cummins and his supporters point
out that tho railroads take no risks,
Intsmueh as tho Government Is bound
to provide equipment whin the rail
roads cant or won't, nnd in addition,
Is giurantcclng a stated return on the
business.
Cummins Is bitterly opposed to set
tling tho question of compensation to
tho roads through a surrender to them
He declared today thero Is no reison
Congress should not do "wh it Is Just
nnd fair to tho railroads nnd tho publlo
alike "
' 1 he Interstate Commerrn Commis
sion, ' said Cummins, ' has been unabln
to eipiallzo rates mi that fortunato or
wealthy roads would earn a fair return
It th it had been dono poorer roads
would have- been put out of business
Congress Is not bound ns the Corn
men o t onmilsslon Yet wo aro propos
ing to glvo somo railroads a teturn of
sever vl hundred per cent No good can
ever conw of f-cttling the question In an
unscientific fashion, to say nothing of its
unfairness to those who must pay tho
bills tho American people"
Cummins Is prepared to deliver an
exhaustive attack on tho bill, probably
tills week Ho will bo backed tip by
.several other Senators.
Jersey Governor Beards Oppo
sition of Atlantic Countiana
' by Reappointing; Justice
TRHNTON, N. J. IVb. 13.
Governor Edgo today settled tho State
wide coiitroorsy over tho appointment
of a successor to Supremo Court Jus
tire. Samuel Kallsch. of Newark, bv re
appointing him to the Supremo Courtl
bench. Thero was considerable opposi
tion to his reappointment, particularly
from Atlantlo County, because of his
activity In that county in 'cleaning up"
Tho Governor, It Is said, was threatened
by certain politicians that If lie was for
Kallsch thoy were for Colonel Auston
Colgatn. who would bo Hdge'B most
formidable rival frr tho Vnltod States
SenatorslUp, should tho Governor do
cldo to go Into tho raco for tho full
term.
Tho Governor today also reappclnted
Judgo Nelson Y. Dungsn. ns Circuit
Court Judgo for Ilssex County, despite
conclderabln opposition
linth Kallsch nnd ruing in no Demo
crats In icnncctlou wlih these appointments,
IMgo said
"Iiom many Uiwpolnts, both In and
out of tho ltopubllcan party and con
sidering precedint, I would hao been
entirely Justified lit selecting a n He
public in In elthir or both cases With
out any way reflecting upon the nbllliv
of Justice Knllsili, it Is a wellknr-vvn
fact that when Justlco Heed was denied
reappointment, seven ears ngo and Jus
tlco Kallsch was appointed In his stead
this action was eoverely criticized by tho
liar, Irrespective of political considera
tion. Two wrongs do not mako a right
ntid from my Investigation Justlco Ki
llsch has proven nn able, hard-working
Jurist and I am reappointing him ns I
hao alvvajs been convinced that tho
judges of ur higher courts once in tho
servlco should feel pafo In their position.
so long as their health and mental
povveis remain unimpaired, and so long
ns tiny performed their duties la an
honest and cfllclent manner.
"Tho samo londltlons do not apply
entirely to Judgo Dungan's cas, further
than Hint tho Circuit Court now con
sists of, flvo Demoirats nnd threo He
publicans, nnd In my Judgment It would
bo conducive to a final settlement of
political consideration it this iuurt
could permanently stand four to four.
However. Judge Dungan, from nil In
formation I have, has been such nn ex
cellent Jurist that tho same principles
should npply, and it Is with pleasure
that I am naming lihn for reappoint
ment. "It Is niv earnest hope that the
precedent established by tho reappoint
ments I am making will bo so deeply Im
pressed on tho public mind that It dare
not bo wholly ignored lu tho futuro by
either Republican or Democratic! gover
nor". "Therefore, to that determination I
havo subordinated nil other factors,
political nnd otherwise, nnd it la need
less for mo to say that they havo bem
numerous,"
STOP MAKING BUTTER
High Prico of Milk Checks Imluuliy
in Canton Township
IOWANPA. Feb. 12. lleeause f
high prices tho dalrjmen uf Cmton
township and lclnlty nro receiving for
milk, manv farmers lmo abandonid
butter miking. Tho dairy buttir of
Hradford County had a national rtpu
t itlun.
Thrift Wednesday
Suits $33 Overcoats
ItUfonllmiftl lines nnd eniln of miltlnc
and oicrcorttlnit, worth HO to JPO told
fnr $13 in ml a to your men mi re Urdno
tiny onlr, tfnthlnr (tuarunlefd up fo
our usual lilch Mundard,
rangers;
Cln'n VVrdniln t'lrnliiicj until 8 o' lock
V.ut 915 Walnut St. $
Special Sale
Greatty Reduced Prices
(Discontinued Patterns)
Sterling Silver
Table China
Glassware
Lamps
Novelties
5alc Closes February Sixteenth
Silver Plate
China Vases
Clocks "
Bronzes
tecnth
l 'avail v
ThlH
the following
couple had eleven chldrcn
ot whom survive- ,
Lewis Hodebough, Oakland, Cal. , I.es
llo M Hodcbaugh. llarmonvlllo; Mrs
Sarah Ollaud, Wajno Junction: Jna
.h.n n.ihnnrli. Chestnut Hill: Miss
Kntherlno Uodebouch, Hickorylovvn
Jesie Ilodebough. I'lourtown, and
Mnud I'lrtli. llarmonville.
Mrs.
A New Class
Self Expression, frlf Confidence Public.
PpeaMw. Kloeutlon. an. all around
Ten Conseeut vn Wednesday nvenlnM
Vommenelns February S7th at'8 o elk.
Pend'Vr'Mn.lruellve M'rstiire. Call,
writ" or rt'one Spnice 8J-18
N EFF COLLEGE
1730 Chettnut Street
ROOFING
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J,. P. HFRGLB CO.. fill . 2D KIRRRT
MBin UUW 4'i.v um
Tyrol Wool V- 1 TT 'I!
LJ' ' t f' ' 11 If
adics and Misses j
Plain Tailored Suits h 1
24.7? 25.75 31.75 , J I
tylei are now in our till - H
n
Spring
toclc. e
Tyrol Wool in our original
tylea and colors combine!
everything that is wearable,
eryiceable and in keeping
with the timet. '
Also Street, Top and
Motor Coats
WANN & DILKS
Undermuslins
uowns low iiucK
$1.00, $1.2.", $1.50, $1.75
Gowns high neck, nain
sook or cambric
$1.65, $1.75, $2.00, $2.25
Chemist;
$1.15, $1.25, $1.50
Combinations
open, $1.00; closed, $1.10
Corset Coers
85, $1.00, $1.25
Satin Bodices
$1.00, $1.15, $1.25
better materials
better made
lower prices
Long Petticoats, pique
$1.00, $1.50
Long Petticoats embroi
dered ruffle
$1.35, $1.50, $2.50
Knee Petticoats
85c, $1.00. $1.-15, $1.50
Heathcrbloom Petticoats
black, good quality $1,75
Silk Petticoats taffeta or
messaline $3.25
J. B. Sheppard
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half-way round the world
to you
Because good spices are indispensable. "
Gathered in the fragrant spice isles of the Far
East, the pungent berries, barks and buds are
fetched 1 5.Q00 miles over the sea because nothing
has ever been found to lake their place in making
food good to eat.
They prevent waste, make cheaper dishes deli
cious, bring out flavors, aid digestion.
And yet their cost is negligible only $1.00 for
a full year's supply of the best Colburn's
For sixty years the
supreme seasoning
THE A. COLBURN CO., PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A.
Tapioca
Baking Powder
Flavoring Extracts
11 Spices Cooking Herbs
If : Mustard Pickling Spices
If z Condiments
QECOND week of the
Big Limited -Period
-Drive on Perry's Finest
Overcoats, Finest Suits
at Special Prices!
Our Finest $45 Overcoats are
NOW $32, $33, $34 and $36;'
Our Finest $40 Overcoats are
NO.W $28, $29, $30 and $31;
Our Finest $35 Overcoats are
NOW $24, $25 and $26; Our,
$30 Overcoats are NOW $22;
$23 and $24; Our $25 Over
coats are. NOW $18, $19, $20
and $21!
Our Finest $45 Suits are NOW
$39 and $40; Our Finest $40
Suits are NOW $34 and $35;
Our Finest $35 Suits are NOW
$25, $27, $28 and $29; Our
$30 Suits are NOW $23, $24
and $25; Our $25 Suits are
NOW $18, $19, $20 and $21!
I There's the whole story in the head
lines! It's a drive for a Limited
Time only at Special Prices on
Clothes the finest
cer made ask any
them how line they
are ! Our first prices on them were al
ready considerably below the current
market values of this season !
JI That means that these Special
Prices are even bettej than they look
they are! Next Winter if you wait
till then you'll see what such Over
coats and such Suits will cost you !
Better not wait to find out
Buy NOW!
Perry's Finest
clothes we have
man who wears
$25 Overcoats . . . .$18, $19, $20, $21
$30 Overcoats . . . .$22, $23, $24
$35 Overcoats . . . .$24, $25, $26
$40 Overcoats . . . .$28, $29, $30, $31
$45 Overcoats .... .$32, $33, $34, $36
$25 Suits
$30 Suits
$35 Suits
$40 Suits
$45 Suits
! ! Isr"T
$18, $19, $20, $21
.$23, $24, $25
.$25, $27, $28, $29
$34, $35
$39, $40
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