' V-3 l.'yfjfV rvj5TT?T?5S Wo.jr.rvV- ,!" v iN (' , -, m: rT. it "i -' '" 'i;j S" r,i i J M rOSf a I I ' 4 if M,.f 'i- ?h s& ." ' iRD COAL MEN m PATRIOTISM ABOVE PROFIT Declare $2.50 Margin Re- kUtffft taincd hvT,mv?s Ta rv.,i., '". $& "Unjust Graft" JT IN BITUMINOUS SiG-fifi n Tun Hnnnfito Itirliia- fi:'-, V . " .ii. trios Householders Not Aided by Reduction Any hop of consumers (hat the $2 .".n. -lon cros nm Kin on i-oal Prices imlil '71 ' Jrjj j no mimed thl year was lrltially dl- oiyii-ii iy a irner itr iniruni'iu fcii ,t; to (he 230 dal iloalcis Hi the illy today rf ,by Francis A Lew i, i-halnuan of Hio ,'kT 'Philadelphia County coal i-nntnilttre. INnt only nic the dealer urged in hold on to their gross margin of tirollt on milhraciti' 111.1I, hue are iciiucsled to" .thargn thirty cents etta for each ton of coal carrlril Into the collars of the ron-sumer", Thlii means $2.80 morn for- the dealer than he ii.ild for the ton. Several coal dealers characterized this request of the fuel administrator an an "unjust-graft, " and one which their pa triotic prliuiplrs would not allow them lo nccept, i:ery one of tho dealers In- tefrlewed reslstered surprlso at Mr .ewls's action nnd lntltnted Hint I rnlRht And the dealers refusion to accept thx. "unjust Kiaft" that he has reiiueslrd tnem to ilemml, Thla J2.50 cross inaiElu for aiithiarlle coal went Into effect January 1, It was urccd hy Mr 1-wls as an emerBenry measure anil one whlih would lie lowered ax soon as condition!) warranted It Sev eral times Mr Lewis has inspired the public, with tho feellns ttiat the cross manrin would he lowered, and until to day1 It nas. helleveil that In the letter which was sent It would he requested fi that Insteaif of the profit heltiK en- f larged he would recommend tho lower- 3 loir nf tlti. ,owl nf th.i cm, I If. II... .n mimer. "It Is too hart that the public i-hall hne labored under false hopes." was the way one dealer felt about tho receipt of the letter from the fuel administrator. Although the (Jealers nte requested to retain their gross marirln on anthracite ft coal, they arc urced to keep a $2 cross U niarcrln noon bituminous. This will lower tho price nf that coal to virtually $S.5 from $8, which some of Hie dealers are now charging. It was said that the Oovcrnnient is seeing to It that the dealers are paying 13.15 for the coal at the mine and I.5U for freight charge This and with the it added for the margin brings the cost ot the coal un to $ii S While the bltu- minouH grade of coal Is used extensively , In the Industries, very little of It Is Used by the housewives and private con. umers. In ths letter Mr Lewis also makes It plain that he will desire a gloss margin of $L7fi on the steam sizes of the an- .-l.. .1 11.1.. n...l. 1- ul.n l,.i,wl PS'ltl llllttUlin H'lll 1 111-, ,,,.,,1 ,r. n,.. ..-. u Cii-C-la Industry mid Is of very Utile value to LX "" the housekeeper and private consumer The general public, however, will de rive very little good from the fact that Mr. Lewis has uggested and reinni mended a lowering In the gin!s margin for the bituminous and steam-size Krade ,of the anthracite coal. It was said. loth these trades affect the Industries, which will pronv greawy iiy ..n. i.-wisw n-m-i "of Instructions of today. Housewives j or any others who use the oxllnary grade of coal for home consumption find, all their hopes for a reduction In the cost of coal wiped out until Mr. , Lewis either recalls his letter or orders the reduction. I Tho term gross margin, as used In the coal trade. Is that added sum on the cost of tho coal to the consumer after the dealer gets It delivered to his door. ,ltr. Lewis calculated that the dealer Is ' entitled to a JI 50 profit over till Uie . expenses of getting the coal to his bin. , In this margin is Included the delivery t 'of the coal to the consumer awl the necessary "clerical work " i The present system of priority orders giving coal operators power of dlstrlbu- i' tlon on the hasli of their capacity Is keeping Industry dissatisfied and dlscon- i tend, according to State Fuel . Admin- - Istrator Potter today. He made a strong plea before a conference of central Penn sylvania, cnal operators yesterday for ' abolition of the priority order rule. "Under the present system of priority orders the railroads have the first call ,. on coal and the, mines not supplying the railroads are handicapped by not f- having enough cars furnlBhed them," he said today K "There, must he an nbolltlon ot this system. There must be mado u plan that will distribute equitably among all shippers of coal required by the Oovern- . ment and the most important war in- dustrles." GRATZ REFUSES PLACE WITH SCHOOL PROBERS WtL ''Have Good Reason for De- fJi'Wi pYmntf." TTn Savs T?neher Hj; - "w . - v . iv it i rse uiiiminai. Simon Uratz. vice president of the " t. Hr.ai.,4 of l'Mtienllnn nnd leader of the ; "old guard," has declined the chairman- hlp of the special investigating cotn . mlttee recently created by the board to -make a complete survey of the public , wocnools. It wag learned today. Kit-Judge Tllmfier Beeber has been chosen by the IvSr" ieven members f the committee as their 1 ,i leader . E J1-,'j-x "I have good nnd sufficient reutons tf?,! for refusing to act as chairman," Mr. r.WXJrat said. "I have nothing to add to his statement." (JSQwIn Wolf, president of the hoard, cpreised regret that Mr. uratz could r undertake the work, but refused to Hwke other, comment. f$Thui refusal of Mr. uratz did not come 9LMtm! HlirnrlKA lo uome mmhnt ,of th jr"Kjl(iitrtLi One of them pointed to Mr. i-,oura.ixs aisiiKe ot noiaing onice, ' wny, ., fyW could have been nresldent of the f'Soard for the last twenty or thirty . V 4Ea If Iir ImH u-nnlnH tlia t..titll,.n jr-jxr.; v.."-- "-- " i.w...v. i,ant, "lie prerern to be tno power 11 lid the throne, I really think ho r yi ..jMW'more iniiuence wiinuui noiiiing im giiMpiant ofllcea than he would have Kr.Mfcerwlse." ; ,-tyag lieeber today announced that vflrn meeting or ine coinmittee win Id In tho near future,' The exact I -has net been set. The Judge Is an an "Independent" and Is at to be with President Wolf In tht (or economy through efficiency the conservation of the "old A fight lo prevent the com- ft'' Irom meeting until next fall Is In Home .quarters. i Tvfkk Landing glrc Here unon which airplanes carry. 'between Washlnirtaii. Phlladel- Jew York will land here .will ti tfasy, work is to begin uiib ine iiunnrusi ny,. were'. viMtM S. P. G. A. REAL FRIEND TO DOBBINS AND COWS Month's Record Shmva 'JIM Howes nnd Other Artirmils Saved From Craclty In these times or conservation the horse has not hern overlooked. The S, P. C. A., Iilit ofllelul conirner, ally, fVntretor, mentor and lrlrnd, In xllll on the Jf.b. Twenty-one hundred and thirteen capes of crulty were tmiieitleil In l'hl. ndelphki last month liy ugcntH of Hie Pennsylvania Society. (inn hnmire.i nnd twenty-nine nnlinnla were humanely killed, of which twenty. nine wero horses offered for sale In wirlmus bazaars, and .11 horses were ordered from Inhor for sundry enures. nfty.ff.ur ntilm.it ere transported In ambulances. !l poultry mops weir M'lleed of liurtful congestion nnd agents of the society ad lusted 07 pads to prcient the ioslblllt of sores on loh hln's hark, in auiinioii to n n,kc m.tiMiirs agents of tho, !' 1' C A. Inspected 3:5 .ailnads of imiiIp and found thlrtv-iwo animals illalilcil and twenty-nine Killed in Transport. Their humane niilMtlrs also evleniled to Jlrs. i'ow. since two I'-irixi nf stoning and beating weto prevented, mnrrmuri Tub -was relieved in nine wagons; thirty Hero ordeied better fed and slty thirsty i-oivs wcio watered when their owners iTfiifCil them Ihls necessity Tin- snclct.i also prosecuted thirty three prrsoiiH for cruelty, all of whom ale sitd tn have found the .liidtrc sided with the ImrsH In til.il f the. case in Olllllt. IVIFl.S. IIKN fJKTs MI'I'TPV IN CITY'S BEST CIRCLES Director Krunen, Frown on Plan of Poultry ttnisinB in Hack Ynrds. Will Prosecute Hesplte-tlie fact that the national and state food administrations ami the stnto War Poultry Commission nm urging the raising or chickens In bail; yards as a mentis, of Increasing the country's food supply, fir. Wllmer Kruseii, Ulterior of Public Health and i"liarltlei, has given notice that those who follow thlH sug- ECMIoil will be pro.crutCrt b III,, fe. partuient. I ocl or KiiiMii ilHiri llihik uiurli of the hen as tieful member of society "It would be far better from a health standpoint.- he Mild, "to have ictiirned the piggeries, against which we fought so hard, than to have in our nildpl the disease-breedlng and obnoxious practice ,.i I'uuur.v laisiug. 'The raising of poultr.v and other live. t ock In back Minis Is clear! yln viola Ion of the law. nnd I give notice that if complaints teach me from neighbors of families doing so l Wlll nro-ecuto theip " NEW KKMEK UNIT Foii.MEI) Committee to Take Un Work Directed hy Miss Anne Morgan New nrl.. iaidi.2vrr-Jiitorporatlon of the American Co in ni It fee 'for Pevnsta. ted France has been mado by th American Fund for Frencn Wounded This Is a new organization anil wlll as, hah Illation of territory laid waste bv In vailing cermans, formerly directed by MIsh Anno Morgan., as a part of the 'woumle ' "'0 ""1 f"r Vrencli Miss Jlorgan will be chairman of the new .committee. Among tho 'inenr. porators- are m be I'olonel Jtonsevelt Henry .1. Taft. Mvron T. iierrieir u.i Mrs. Ogden Armour. The commlttec'has the Indni'sement of the French (iovern nient and will work In co-operation vlth tho American Ited t'ross. I'ltEICHT CAR OVERTURNS Traffic on Capo May Division of P. R, R. Delayed Traffic on the Cape May Division of the Pennsylvania Itallroad was tied up for several hours today when ii box car attached to a ninth-bound freight train threw a rear wheel and overturned near Vlneland. . The accident occurred at Oak road, about a mile above Vlneland station, at 8 311 o'clock. The damaged car was re moved by the wrecking ciew several hours later and trafllc resumed, BENCH WARRANT OUT FOR 'JUDGE' PERSCH Magistrate Wanted as Witness Is Said to Be Taking. Vacation in Florida A bench warrant was sworn out late this afternoon for the arrest of Magis trate HeorgH A. Pencil at the Instance of Judge Herman in tli6.Munlclp.il Court. The reason for this drastic mandate of the law against the Magistrate was be cause of his failure to answer an alleged properly served subpena to appear In court with certain books, papers and documents. It was said at Magistrate Pernch's of flee that he was "somewhere In town," but It waB also said by persons In the Municipal Com t that he Is spending a vacation In Florida. Contempt of court Is the technical charge upon which the, bench warrant was Issued. The case In which Magistrate Persch was subpoenaed to testify was a civil action brought by Klla Kessler against Louis I''rccdma,n in which malicious prosecution was alleged. Painter Killed by Fall From Shed William II. McKlroy. fifty years old. u.'s i.aniueri street, a painter while working on shed in tho renr of 2500 Diamond street, fell Into the yard. He was taken to the Northwest ern (leneral Hospital, where, he djed from a fractured Bljull. P; Ii. R. Schedules Rcinain Under Daylight Order There wlll be no change of time tables on any portion of the Penn uylvanla .Railroad system, either east or west of Pittsburgh, in con. uection with the inauguration ot the daylight-saving plan by the Fed eral Government. This announce merit was made today, . "Alteration of schedules will not Ii3 necessary," says an official statement, "an the hands oT the clocks will simply bo turned ahead one hour on the morning of Marph 31, and tho existing train schedules wlll automatically apply to the new standard time." efily change mads will be la EVENING PUBLIC SOCIETY WOMEN SORT GIFTS Down at 'J-M South Third si reel li"'' fc v ", Zfi''BK toiiny ,i rs, ,i. tinniner Uassatt i, .S.S tik, . .. f 4llkatlllllllllllllllllllV (left) and Mrs. CcorRc R. White lit 4,-:i j 'HPiiiH aic Koine over the contriluitions WM jHkI'i CHl JHsH of clothing which have come in H MtJWB iSMmE for tho war sufferers of France Hf TF 'V' MPBB and HclRium. Wi' -' Wl LrlSflLllH wflsw 3sPPl5 t;"R ' y'"'' HbbiibbiSbB? iiSsbbbbbbbbbbbI I if III ;KHiw m RVH9illllHgidVI.LHV SALE OF EASTER PETS TO CHILDREN OPPOSED Anti-Cruolty Societies M.ike,C;aI.melt8t shoe stoi.klllS8 War hconomy ArRumcnt , w.morl i. n,i r, -. Against Practice Sale of ne rim kens and lablnts as los for children nt KaMer lime Is Mrongly illrapptoved by the anti-cruelty organizations and Howard Hclns, Fed eral fond administrator for Pcnns.vl I'nm.i. They pulnt out that sale of them at this time is not In keeping with the country's general plan for conservation'""1 garments so desperate Is the need and economy. "over there," The plaint against the sale of the1 Send Iheni to the lied Cross branch, fitM.v chicks" wis hacked tip by Mr I"' South Third street, and send them Heinz, In a request addressed to all between now and next Monday. Is the patriotic storekeepers and citizens. To ' Plea. This Is "Special Iirhe Week," sell these oung chicks, most of which, ,11a ,, til,!.. .. r . .1 ,. , ' .-itiini n im i,tp, lie sajs, IS H reckless waste of resources when the t-ouuiij is experiencing a poultry Mmrl- age as at pret-enl All patriotic Anieri- cans should refuse either to buy or sell thei-e little chicks, he sirs. Thomas S. ftarlMe. superintendent of,! !!lry nr" v'nr,h w,1,'n ",p.v Kl ""re. ,, ... . ,. , . 'Uarments very worn and soiled are of the omens Pennsylvania Society for rourM. milleslrable. A 'ir. f.otn tiiat. tho Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said today that at IimsI 40,000 llttlo rhlplu un mij m it .I-...- light the children ,.t faster ,i or these, he said, approximately .".0,000 die. When It Is realized that hundreds . ,, , . , ,?, , ,,"",r"1" of thousands of chicks are sold through- out the United States, Jut as iilaythlngs, It can be readily seen that thousands of ! ' ". crowu one taDle or their candidates to make even a thin cam dollars aie lost In foodstuffs i...rT '. W"'. ' palgn of speeches, and In former years ,, .i,.. r .i, i, , , .... W hi , ho said, If kept on farms, would produic great quaa- titles of eggs and also he used as fond. We are urging all store, . ,.f, " from selling the chicks and rabbits this, yeeir In view of the Uovernment's con- seruillon plans," he said. "Im (dentally we will keep close watch on thove stoics which sell them and see that there " no cruelty through neglect while they are on sale ' DELAY IN NOBRE CASE FORCED BY ALBRIGHT Survey Chief's Refusal to Give Up Papers Blocks Coun cils' Inquiry Itefusal of Chief Albright, nf the Bu reau of Surveys, to permit tho records nnd bluo prints of League Island .work on which Senator Vares "moral claim" for JL'0.000 rests, to leave his office, has halted, temporarily at least, any coun cllmanlc Investigation or any prompt disposal of tho criminal libel charges against John M. Nobre, the district sur veyor on the work. District Attorney Itotan some days ago demanded tho production of the pa. pers, which, friends of Nobre say, wlll prove him guiltless and at tho same time disprove Senator Vare's claim. This leoucst has been denied hy Chief Al bright and tho next step Is up to the District Attorney. "I am writing Mr. Itotan," said Al bright, "that these papers are public records and that I have no right to let them out of my possession unless It Is under subpoena of the court. After all that has happened to these papers, I think It proper to maintain that any persons entitled to see them may do so, but enly In my ofllce." . Mr. Itotan In reply said: "It Is customary for the District At torney to be trusted with the safe keep. Ing of any papers to be submitted In evidence In the preparation and trial of a tiiiuiiiui tuse. j no net.ndant, Mr. Nobre, wants an opportunity to examine them to nrenare bin defence na ,., n. right to that courtesy. A representa. the of Chief Albright could be present I1.'. ,e. i!mc'.- ' ,lave "ot received Chief Albright's: letter of refusal to let me have the papers, If It Is to bo a refusal, I wlll have to take the next step after 1 receive his letter. Possibly it might bo arranged to study the documents at the Survey Bureau, although It la most convenient to me at my office." FIVE SONS IN SERVICE; NOW DAUGHTER ENLISTS "That's Where They Belong;," Say8 rroud west I'Jiiladelphla Mother of Fightcft The Kosselt family, of this city. fur. nlahes Uncle Ham's best guarantee that the Kaiser will be licked. With five brothers alreadv In ib mm. tary service. Miss Bara O. Fosnett en lilted yesterday us a yoewoman in the naval reserve. rrouai says Mrs. Charles Fossett, "!.?. l TL-rjiioinrioi im .ti LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 20, 101S r .V -. l.r 711 . - inB - -... cm ,uk, B . i. Bar f n&iT 1350 TONS OF CLOTHES NEEDED FOR BELGIANS " "J t woi.o, - South Third Street l Warm, comfottable garmrnts. even those slightly worn, are urgently needrd by the lied Cross, to b" shipped to France and Krlglum. Thirteen humlted and fifty Is the num bered asked for computed In totw, "Any kind of gainients with real tvp.i r In llteti, ii'ttl V,t ...,, ,..!. t.. , . .u " "" " , 1 , , ,,,,,,,-, iNiiii Mrs. . in pr IllSf.ltl. n;, rm:i ,.f the Ilelglan relief committee for Fcnn- sjlvatiia. this uuunlng. "11111 Judgment should lie used In sending thein. Stiff hats, fancy slippers or rubber goods ' not In llist-class condition are nitetv i' give more trouble In transportation than n.iri f,.,,,i ii... ' we can use anything, from baby's shoes i IO 'oinioriers. ' That response has been ceneroii. u , !",lc!,..l'y. ,l,,,!': l,rP! " """'J' gar - ments filled on tables and chairs Sweat- ' ' rrH of l" fllzeK n,1l shapes have come In ' I 7T .," !''" ll,neH "" '""""' nre needed. ' "''" Bwnnenla. from swaddling bands. , and nlghtlngjles to well-worn little ! I '"'"Pets, already strained and marked Mines: title evin a caieliss IhnugTit ' I'Ulineu'l l!lm ,-, ....l , 4. . ....... . .,.,, ,-,, ,, i;,tl ',-,-s lllllllnr , to the condition of fnnt-t-e ,,,i Liw...tnsu ' Ilelglum nnd it's plain we haven't one- ' ,e",i enough shoes," said Mrs. Cassatt. '" "V. "H Philadelphia htnt.ch ought o senu no less than 200 pairs and we haven't more than twenty yet. all told. Vo ""nt 180 pairs of shoes, new or In Knml Repair, to send to the Ilrlgliiu. f!.ood' ,'"r stockings, not with holes M"",W" l"1- " "y ,hem" LIQUOR TAX EXCEEDS IAJ1j1.HU1( b bSIIMAIE.tomhlned with other Ilepulillc.m leaders I in Philadelphia, will take on the head Greater by $35,000,000 Thnn Ammmf Scheduled by Internal Revenue Department Uiinhliigt'iii, March i'll -The war tux on lltiunr exrenled the Internal leienue collector's cstlmale by $35,000,000, It was announced today. The total receipt from dealers on alcoholic beverages In their possession October 3 last amounted lA'Vv,n.,0"'oon' "cnlnst an estimate of J 1 5,000,000. of the total $500,000 rep resented penalties for failure to eomplv with the law and $2.00,0000 taxes es' seswd on goods not reported. rhc thousand cases of :tlei-..,l euln were reported, most of them being found "I11 Ignorance of the law's provisions. v.' ,." "em us "ere severe y dea t with. It was stated. STATE BANKS LAGGING IN PLEDGE TO AID U. S. Only 17 of 70 Havo Subscribed to New Issuo of Treasury Certifi cates to Date Only seventeen of the seventy State banks and trust companies in this cltv have subscribed to tho new hsuo of treasury certificates. To carry out their pledge to help the Government win tho war. which was made in a resolution unanimously adopted by representatives or all the companies two weeks ago, sub scrlptlons must be made by Friday after noon, It will be recalled that on the pre ?fi ii p. 1.H'i!!0 of Treasury certlflcites tho Philadelphia Iteservc District has the unenviable reputation of being tho only f.'.K'J'Sfs, '", UT. counry which failed to r..rphld,,laUOd?stre:i,ebyU5ecr?!aVry t'dfafjoo'oo000'000- Sub"'"s On the present offering Philadelphia's quota again s $10,000,000, but the sub. ffltatteSr1 u" ,o ,oday wcre rar Havana Kntries for Tomorrow .. V'rt r?.c!l '"'' '""old' "nil up. aprclal .','. n.,m- ,10-i. Iudstor. IO'.'; Chttfrtn. Jill Cou'ln nob, 118: Jsek Lsffan nj JcVA' ,"lij"!fn' " Pne" Dick, "ft, I.,; dfnthsl. Ilfli rtey, urt: Monlmlm. 110, Second rce, three.yeir.oUU and up. ape. rial wahjhta elimination, ruraa f 400. (i (J?. Ionia Mr., noalry, 102- .Mllbrry. . rwk. nd-,.11 Kadlmit Flower. IIS: Da Kloaa lljj I'aulaor, lift tiaaura, IH, .Deviltry Jll Knver Ily, im, Hcrlmmaie. illli netl tarton. UNti.'apuin Hen. 11(1 .M.nenel u, San Jon, llfli Jojam. 11(1. ' ' ! Third race. Ihree-yrar-olda and up. tlalm. Ini purae. $400. . furlonaa-p.acele tn, gMfa and Sane. 103S Twinkle Toea, lof. (lob ViS0"!' In"i Oolclen Chance. l(ii Seminole. i?,!. 'k1itl ""'ton. UOi Plou-tta. IIOi HaHie 0'Dy, tlOj Remarkabha. 110; ntddy. Kourth rare, three-year-olds Oil. '5'ne ."lalwart. 07i Fraaeuelo. 1031 S"'?;-i0'.oio:' 'MM n'r. ion?' Mill.' Nephew. 107 Hlzlh rar. lhra.,i.,M, an'rf .,K ,., hii. purae $500.' mllaCoimt Boris. Si Lujr.-ai.7SisiLi' jauavasasfi 'ulu .'SHiat' ill ,--- .,., ,hi,tv,r-viui anil uo. rlalmlm, purae 1 4 nil, it furlonaa rin Trev IMl Supernal. 103! Nettle Waleult. lot: Quln. lOfi! Lyndora. 110: Morrlatowi. ui Kdmntid AHama. Ill': Old Hen. lll'i Mai er UwJy TlJ ' rr'ih",l"on' '"i Thomas c". Fifth rmrm. lhr(t.vayp.nMi n ... ii OF CLOTHING ..f(o 1' S v"i '5ET-s POLITICIANS OF STATE ARE "MARKING TIME" Candidates All Waiting for Leaders to Declare Their Positions SHOWDOWN IN TEN DAYS Tile polittr.il situation lti Pennsyl vania presents tho finest example of "mai king time" the citizens of the Key stone Commonwealth h.'He experienced In yinrs. N'o one Is moving. livery one lis watching the "other lellow " Tho outcome of the slluatlon must lemaln obscure until the various "politi cal propaganda" has accomplished Its work. And speaking of propaganda thee same Pennsylvania politicians know how to make use of that vehicle ., , . . ,,. .,.,.., .r i ..i - " "i - ' politics to aunniinco any i andlilale or any stnnd on anything until the matter "" "P" l'"'P-"'"'.. .,.,., .,. temper of the people asccr'nined. T1M ' PPllnr light now to the J"-""""? the selertloi for the coming primaries, ' ""e thing that Is certain. jOCKeyillg on llie seieriiou ill a uri.ei 1 h tc Is only 'one tiiine nisi is certain. no renrose I and Vine factions must soon announce their stand, whether tney will tight or move along smoothly together nt the 1 Palmary qhfUon and the Democrats mist soon announce whether they Will lie wet or rlry and who "will he their gubernatorial candidate. There remains Just jdxty-two days befote the primary flection. At least i two weeks will he required for the candidates have mad II.I.,a I,-,.-., ,,!. . Inn,. ,,f !.,-,. ,ll,W,,,i,-e ,,,...- ,,,,,, ,v cut., ,, lllur u.et.s or more. Then. too. no candidate wants to start nut on a speaking tour until he has Mime definite Idea as lo when of the bigger lea, era arc for him an" "men are iiBaiusi mm. These things are the points which make It necessary for the candidates to bring about n showdown on the part of the factional leaders in the TttsX '""' "" Prfdletlons arc Mill going the inutids lf " tlcUot- rh" l'l,,,!'t Prediction Is that the leaders- will remain neutral on the Onvcrnor, allowing the voters to elect between Sproul and O'N'ell and the other candidates as they see fit. Senator Vnre and his leaders laugh at this Miggortlon. The Senator says the only thing that could bring about latch action would be u complete and even split 111 the cplnions of the local leaders. The Town Meeting parly leaders In the Klghth Senatorial District aro urging V. Frank (lahle to run for the nomination. The district Is com posed of the twenty-third, twenty-fifth, thirty-third, thlity-flfth, forty-thlid and forty-fifth wards. REDUCTION OF TAXES SOUGHT BY Y. W. C. A. New Jersey Supreme Court Asked to Annul Assessment on Asbury Park Property Petition was mado at Trenton today to the New Jersey Supreme Court by Ida M. Huston, president of tho Young Women's Christian Association of Phil adelphia, to have nn assessment of $19. 200 on a tract of land in Asbury Park; donated by Founder Hradley for recre ational purposes, set aside. The tax amounts to $618.82. It is stated that some time ago the buildings on the tract were destroyed ny fire and, owing to war conditions, have not been rebuilt. The destroyed buildings accommodated about 270 girls and were used by the Philadelphia V, W. f . A. to provide brief summer vacations for Philadelphia working girls. RULING ON FORGED CHECKS Judge Finlctter Decides Only Last Indorscr Must Be Notified A bank paying what later proves to be a forged cheek Is required to notify only the last Indorscr of the check, nnd not all of tho Indorsers, according to a decision handed down today by Judge Flnletter. In Court of Common Pleas No. 4, In overruling the findings of a Jury, The decision was In the case of the United States National Dank of Port land. Ore., against the Union National Bank of Philadelphia. The amount In volved was $3000.' The United States bank claimed dam ages on the ground it had not been notified of tho forgery in time to pre vent tho depositor to whose credit the $3000 had been placed from drawing the money from the bank, Ferguson to Preside .in Moot Court Judge Wll lam !. Fergusbn. of tvim. mon Pleas Court No, 3, will preside over the mcot court of the law sehnoi f Temple University tonight In City Hall.' many ui i o iiiuucuiH in tne service of the United States Uovernment wlll be present.- Tine public is invited to witness In... inn to uvccuiuaa. William K. . Bar ssZ IT' alMaftrntW T m MRS. HASTINGS FREED IN SUIT FOR DAMAGES 'Jury Dismisses Claim Against Ardmorc Woman in Auto Smash-Up Case Mis Tlr'odore Mitchell Hastings, n prominent society mid clubwoman nf Cleierson, Atilmore, was exonerated by n Jury In the Civil Com I at Norrlstown todiy. when the verdict In n damnge suit brought ngaliil her bv Llewellyn l.lones. nf Lower Merlon, was relumed III her favor loties asKed Iteav.i damages, i h.trg- Mng 1 Tin t due to the ciuelcsMtiys of Mrs, Hasting.' when she was learning lo drlin n new ear. In ,1 Hillary of 1 f 1 7. he was periiianenllv Injured. He also charged I Tuit .Mis Hastings was tuutiltig tho car undei an Improper Itiense ,b ne was the owner and dt her of a mill, wagon with which the llnstlngs atiioiiinhfte minded Seirial hundred 'limits of mill, wen' spilled, the liriise was injured and the wngnn ilnmaged In lllldilloti to the Injinles to the owner. The automobile, after hilling the milk waenn dashed aiioss the toad, knock ing down .(crime llenr.i, a negro boj . Mi Hastings's ilifni-e was that .tones had taken up mote than his part of the load and that she. being an ex perienced driver, would not have cofllded with Hie mill, wagon had the wagon been where it should havo been. She Is wldeK known as an autolst and before her niaritage wai Miss Camlyn llallj. SAVE OUNCE OK KREAD; CITY'S TQTAL 215,100 Tint I Would Ho Daily Record, Says .School Children's l-'ond Con- servntion I.en.on I If eier peisnn lM Philadelphia .aved a one-ounce sliee of bread i-very meal the saving would nnmiiht to 21.1,100 slx-len-oiinie loaves nf blend a da. This was flail of a lesson In food con servatlnn given the children of the pub. lie schools today. It Is based on two meals n da.i In which lucid Is nten.. The si hool ihildieu wctc lold : "We can ii some of the whrat by eating substitute foods; we can be jut as well feed niirselvn and have some wheat left to send abroad lo the hungry ones over theie. We should be very glad Indeed that we have the stihMI tute foods, for the people of some coun tries do not have them, and we know That more people have died of starva tion In this war than from the bullets, shells, bombs and poison gas of tho battlefield or the submarines nt sea. The school children of Ameilca can save lives by saving food. The next lesson tells about one wny or doing this thing." Timm Declares Alliance Loyal fnntliuicil friitn Pace line not approve1 nf his acceptance of th" decoration and an article In llie Official' Mulletln, Mtltlen hy me, explained to the iieiioiiu rnreign unice mat Americans of Herman birth did not wish to be decorated." A call had been Issued to members of the Alliance light after war was de clined by the I nlted States against 'ertnany. he sAld, urging them to do their duty as American citizens nnd urging Hermans not et naturalized to obey the law and discard the pictures of Kaiser Wllheltn and llie Herman flags. Since, the war began, hi said, nu merous branches of the Alliance have urged the adoption and promotion nf measures favoring the' American fiov ernment. In Pittsburgh, he said, for Instance, rcpi.rts made hy fifty societies show that 13!H memhers had hought Liberty Howls, valued at $2l7.2f50. f'liib l.lrenilng lllll Tho- National Herman-American Al liance was not the prlmo mover In llie campaign before the Pennsylvania Leg islature In IfHfi to defeat the club . censing bill, because It was n campaign In which nil the licensed clubs In Penn sylvnnhi took part. He then outlined to tho committee iim way In which the Alliance got Into the inoiement. "The Herman-American end of the campaign started at n Joint meeting of the Philadelphia branch with the I'nlted Singers and representatives of clubs not initiated with the Alliance on Wednes day. January 23, 1013," said Secretary Timm . i "Julius Spless was chairman and F. W. IlausRinann, secretary. Contributions- to tho campaign fund were made by clubs nnd Individual members. The I'nlled Singers of Philadelphia con tributed $250, tho Pennsylvania branch of the Aljlance called for an assessment of ten cents per member, raising nearly $1000, The brewers and liquor dealers were in favor of the bill, also Hovernnr jonn k. rencr. i "The protection of the lawful rights of clubs, the conservation and main tenance of all eh II and political rights of American citizens were tho main lea sons for th founding of tho Pennsyl vania branch In 1899. Tho legislative committee always urged the clubs to obey tho laws gov ernlng them, Lc-cal option and prohtbl. tlon were opposed because their propo. nents wero united with the club-llcenslng people." Opposed to rrohlhjllnn The National Herman-American Alli ance Is opposed to prohibition, and has petitioned Congress on the subject, as it has a right lo do, he said, hut has never entered politics, "Wo have believed It best to keep our organization out cf politics," Timm asserted, "and In carrying out this Idea the national ofTlcers administered a ccn sute In 1900 to two branches which were on tho verge ot entering party politics. "Two or thiee year ago Doctor Ilexamer. formerly president of the Alli ance, Issued ii warning against Hie Alli ance entering politics." Mr. Timm declared that tho Official Bulletin, the organ of the Alliance, had never advocated the nubllcatlon nf !,. therland, which has been offensive to American Ideas with relation to Ger many. MAN DYING, TWO HELD AFTER FIGHT AT BALL As'saijant Who Shot -Edward J, Yerkes Escapes in Confusion After Quarrel r.iiUl.,I.',5 'Ju;rrcl "t started at a hall and ended on the sidewalk at X,rn "'eoJ"1r".r.", ani Columbia ave nue, Ldward J. Yerkes, of 2524 Oxford street was shot In the stomach by a "'', whose Identity Is unknown tothS Holin'ii.lY''rl"' '" '"" nt Ht- Joseph'S JMj'f who-tlred the shot eacsped wiii.mrh'" .wa. e"'F 1 to the hosplUI'ln a taxlcab. James Floyd, of iS'SSlSin,l,.Uc1 "nd Columbia avenue, and Edwsrd CsrmnHv f r..,,.. JA." and tnMeuli .'.ir.'J W!.J l"' "conci lrs& - iiLi.Sfc2i "IGNORANT" ROBBERS CONTINUE ROBBING Don't Know Crime's "Abolished." "Shoot Up" Store Near Di rector Wilson's Home Thieves hie little respect ror Hie statements of Hirer tor of Public Safety Wilson that the new delect ho "zoning system" has vlitually abnllshfd crime In 'he city. In the face nf, these state ments .two daring rnhbeiles were at tempted one of them rear the Director's home. A few minutes after midnight n masked bandit ."shoot up" the Keenan Pharmacy, southeast' corner nf Seven teenth mid Shinik streets, which If within fnur t-nuares of the home of Di rector Wilson nt I.lol South Twentieth street. .A clcik was nrMcrrd to hand over the contents of n cash register. I'or leply he hurled j-evetnl bottles at the In tinder, who retreated. When ntitslde Die would-be robber opened lire, bicnkltig sevcial bottleii and damaging Ihc In terior of llie store. He then lied The other attempt was within two sriuareH of, the Third and He Lanee streets polio station, In Him "Mloody Fifth" Waul. and. although enough racket was made bv the victim and n noisy burglar alarm, no patrolmen np. penicd until nn hour after the toblier had disappeared. This attempted tobbeiy wns Hie sec ond within two week's nt the store of Mnur l,ean. 2,10 South I'lfth utreer Levan, who rejireents Turkish Intel ests In Pennsylvania, tired thirteen shots from his revolver and shouted for the police. Hut not until a burglar alarm agency tepresentatlve led a policeman to the scene was Levan aware that then Is such a thing as police protection in Philadelphia. riunmiirn nnrtn niMnn runinLii Damn i'iitn SEEN IN WHEAT ORDER I Consumption of Flour Will Be 1 Curtailed to Meet tllC .... , XT . Allies NCCdS Colialdetit with ii warning Issued bv day Cooke, fiKul ndmlnlstrator for rhll adelphla Cnimly, that only by rigidly currying out the conservation rules governing the use of wheat, cut a flour famine be nveited. rinnes an. nouticentent from Washlngt'.n that fuither restrictions nn the consumption of wheat are cotitempla.ed. pro,,- able they will be announced within a few days. (legllinlng with the baking trade. whlfh uses to per cent nf the wheat flour consumed In this country, the nil ministration has approved plans for a division of flour supplies between shops, sharing of wheat substitutes, and for a nationwide educational campaign, to eliminate waste, which will be worked out at a meeting In Chicago next I'riilay. Hsllmates mado on the holding of wheat flour reported by .1500 Philadel phia fnmllles show a I'ttfllcient quantity In supply their needs for the next ninety dn.vs. "It now looks as f the elty, with gteat care, will get through the sum met-," Mr i.'ooko said, "although I can not go so far as to say there will not Im an acute, shoitage. Continuous con servatlon through strict observance of the rules governing tho buying nnd sell- Ing nf wheat should see us to tho new liarvest without a pinch." How- serious the situation Is may be teen in the fact that (here Is n deficit nr xiz.ouii tons to no made up In ad dltlnn to tho regular supplies to ha ship, ped abroad. To carry out Its pledge the United States must send 20,000,000 bushels mo'o this month and a similar amount next month, leaving one month's supply, that of May, for submarine credit. ROOT NOW A MAJOR; WAS STATl ATHLETE N. G. P. Captain nnd Lawyer Here Assigned to Fort Sill- Firing School Captain Stanley W. Hoot, Philadel phia attorney and iithletc, now on duty Hi v Camp Hordon, Ha., has been pro moted to the rank of Major, and as signed to a course of training In the firing school at Fort Sill, Okla., accord. Ing to a dispatch from Atlanta. .Major Iloct, who was attached to the headqunrlers staff of tho i:.7th Field iCsHvnnirv "7 mra ,H U,0 I ciinHjhiinla National Ouard. reslcnln If mil" fill Wll? HPCOItlJ rinifairu' Irnl ntlend Hie second rifllcers' trnliilnr- ..... ,,i i-. i .. --at. kiuiiii 11: which ie ,-ecelvedRll i0,'i'rT,' ,a"i from thr'nll ia(!lel;erv,!!;sf Nov' ! bir. -w ,., ,L .Mivem-1 He Is a native of Wllkes-Uarro and I a graduate of the I'nherslty of Pennsyl. na!i,,',J:''p:!.JJ'th;rc;i',,ci; Ii.liii, ;. ., "-'' " """i or Which i iiV 1 ;"" ""! hh an ath into i!fecVon"HH nt '""""C i;.V-" iiV" .. '" .V"H ."Oteil as an ath. WANTED TO SEE WORLD . WENT TOJJLOUCESTER But Adventure Questing Youth Adopted Lonely Horso and $200 So Police Adopted Him "I'll see the world." said Tony rtobell. a determined youth of seventeen. So he went to Gloucester. N. J with $200 be n'o'lTce'1 ,0 ,,ls mother- "cording to the ,.AiM ',,cr"rc ''"g the Journcv happened to spy a lonely horse belc ?.i. "r,rry, Sach"- ot 3? South Sec street. The horse was on' . ." y he lone- The horse w,.E, :."'.'' "'cona In .Pennsylvania; but n'obeT nSKU i ,n" po"ce' coad 't lo gonway witB Clad In a checkered spring suit, pearl fi ni" If ,UoV Z" - 5?WI " Sa's spats leadl rreXCh '" arrested him. Hurl Playing Soldier, Boy Never Whimpers A nlne-ycar-ohl boy, playing "soldier," laid for two hours badly crushed and sufferlnsr intensely under a mass of steel rails In a freight car. without maklnp- an outcry, "A soldier wouldn't cry. and I'm so)dler," he Avhispered when rail road men discovered him. And they agreed, ho was. 'The lad. William Hadley, 19 Durfor street, was playing "over tho m top" with companions In a car on tho Pennsylvania Ilallroad traclts at Klgliteentlt street and Moyamonslng avcniie. An engine bumped the car. Tin shock dix. lodged the rails and tho little fellow was caught, beneath them. Frightened, his playmates fled Out he lay there. bIIII, without making u sound, "I'm a soldier," he whispered. . iBi2MMi&& COURT WONT AID I IN WAR ON FLASKS! Federal Attorney Hints! He Will Ask President to Declare City "Dry" I JUDGE OPPOSES iMOVE'fl Tho llcensy court today letnscrl h. quest of I'nlled Slate- District Attorns Kami thal.lt regulate the Pn of ho, ' goods I saloonkeepers as an effecti., method nf wiping out "bootfW . tliimiEll the sale of booze i snderi . 'allots in llile city ' Mildgc Wcssel, speaking for ,,, emphasized that It could not Imp,,,,., .nih icstrletliuis n the OUor at' luce such action would he Illegal, ,. oigEostcd that If the l-MorJ PI a tPS" Oov! ernmetit decided ti. tabe n m,,rt )n h' matter and would Issue an order !!,! lug n dry zone system In force ,' the court could then ice to It that th,' older was enforced. It was hluleit during the hearing n ilny that Hovminvnt authorities mar lie called upon to lsu ,u., ord(r Judge Wessel referred in ..i. .. . ', ..,.-- .' -'"" mov Jl ,,,,..."1 '"'"" ",0 0vernm.,t 1 colli Prelilent viHj (. nun i.nvernmem aeiio,, mH.. s . i "i" " " - '-. km- Nevcrat dan In- I ll.vli-1,-1 Allornev l.... .. i. . ".' ""tni """ Washington autiioritie ZZ"ZX"Z tW-r? 1 W Vi? T "-T even If u dry Philadelphia shall fol. I low ',;"',? ''n17ffirrL"r "'"", wi. i. an '-ffort to further control the sale of ll'Hior to soldiers and sailors, ThGov lerninenfM lighting men. he explalntt are being supplied with ll'iuor by "run. 1 nets" and "hootleggers." who btiv fmm saloonkeepers In ipmnlltles of a half, pint or more and then sell It to Bailor or soldiers. If the court made u rullnir or ricomniendatlon, Mr Kane urged, that letallers should not sell limm- that was tn be consumed off the prenv f Wes. the hontlegglng" evil would b S greatly hampered. '.' w iVTX TTt $ I'l'iest. "We may make a rerommendj. 1 lo'lir.n'U. J Is for the C.oveinment to make an order ', similar to the one you suggest here. nM then If the saloonkeepers do no'.1 comnW . with It file u remonstrance and th ( court wlll then havo something to ba .d Its action on. A man would be morally unfit to hold a license tf he did not comply with the (lovernment's ori1er Mr. Knne replied that the Oovernratnt could not make such an order, hut Judge Wessel called his attention to the recent "heatless" Mondas when the fuel ad mlnlstrator iHrected that all saloonktcp. crs close on such Mondays. There were five saloonkeepers who did not comply with this order, Judge We- ' scl sal'?, and they were summoned lo 4 ......... .!.... n ...... I.. I.. ..1... !..... .11.1 . f. mull in, it,.. ,i, i-A,,,,iii n inrj ui4 nou j; This violation, however, was not suffi. 1 dent to warrant a revocation of their A" iiiviiM-, im iim-ii- n rn iiiuvn uuuui about the question. lint that If a similar order were made r next winter and w.ih not obeyed then 'A there would be grounds for a revoca tion, because there could be no cioutit ai to the authority of, the fuel admlnlntrator . to close whatever places he deemed nee- essary to be closed to further the Got. 5 ernmc-nt's purpose. i Mr. Kane also suggesled that whole- (J salers and bottlers' keep a record o( sales which would contain the name i nnd address of tho purchaser and the J! amount purchased. This sugjestlon met with tho same response from the j court. V i Says Dealers Will Help. J John P. Connelly. City Solicitor and , counsel for Pennsylvania Bottlers AM0- elation nnd William W. Roper, i repre- sentlng the Retail Liquor Dealers Atio- l elation, said that their clients wr ready to co. operate In every way with I the Government to check the sale of ' liquor to Fallors and soldiers, but they agreed with the court that It would bo useless to make a recommendation, & and It was net within the Jurisdiction to make such an order as Mr. Kane j Itquested. Attorney David Wallersteln. repre- i sentlng Fuel Administrator Lewis, told jw me court mat lie nan nsKeu tne coun to Kllinmmi five knlnnfilimtnora U ho hid Violated Hie fieilleuu. MnnrlnV rtOfllnC Ti' I order, for such action to be taken ai ' Jrt thotiKbt proper un4rt!.. clreuiiiHtniircH. Mr. Wallersteln mid M fj rammielst ..,,. !.,.,! !.., til. reniotisirnnee bud been filed, .is the fuel f.3 i' in.'iiniimivr 111114 iirrn tin administrator thought th, S ,!"' .T. '"li !? ." S" e revoklnf w 713 iBtlc.amfeture'iU wien ,llrc u..,s imll.h mHUnderUnd.i m ll,K num right of 1 a,, order. lit tho closing order, and the 'SB me autmnisiraior 10 mane aum . an oruer. a Hn directed llie eonrtu nllentlon one case In particular, that of ndward,; Gallagher, of Klcventh street and Wi"il Ing Sun avenue, who violated the eloilnf vl order, nnd when he was summoned to the fuel administrator's ofllce came In an Intoxicated condition. He, however, made n promise to close his place oa the next .Monday, but this promise wai 4 violated, $2.00 Skirts for Spring Great variety of i' rics and patterns. Jut wKat you want Is here- Made with collars at? tached or separate collar to match, ns vou choose. TACOB ,m 1424-1426 Chestnut., i:ii!iii!!iaiiii;!i!i3ii!ii!iii!i:i!Hii!!:iiiii!S,ii:!i:iii;njiiiaa!B mrim m'usr'v.ai BaUSLHKUbisi 'Si f,fiUtMmnEfmi .tatMAa-'LaaMM M&
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