c jn'fwr-"1 ' iw''yjgit1'1' EV , W1F,I f 8 FORMER MAYOR BLANKENBURG'S CAREER FROM BlmttJiCnburg Americanism lCep a cool hendl , TUep your powder dry! 'tnd by tho President ' .YORMER MAYOR'S CAREER ' . ftadolnh Blankenburg wan the first re form Mayor Philadelphia has hail since tke Bullitt charter went Into effect In tho early elchtlen. He was elected Mayor fat November, 1911. over Ucorge H. Karle for & term of four yearn. Ho haa been "beet dejcrlbed by tho trite expretaton The Old War llorse of Ilefgrm,' and thin phrase described hi", great publla activities better than any other coiu MtmUon of words In the English Ian- avanv- At the outset of hla admlntstrntlon ho WH hampered by nu Inimical Council, 4mtolled by the Organization dominated y McNIchol and tbo Varta. Many of W recomrnendatlons to Improve tho tax ation system were Ignored by C'ounollc, hut the aggressive advocate of good gov ernment was able, despite tho Organiza tion opposition, to eliminate (he police and firemen from politic and place the letting: of contracts upon un bonevt basis, ft sjstem emplO-d successfully by the Organisation to retain them In ontroL Two of tho greatest public Improve ment undertaken by a Mayor of I'hlln- neipnia were uegun ay Mayor wanken burg, These are the Improvement of South' Philadelphia ap a railroad center, 1 tho abolition of the gradn crossings nnd the .tiuildlng of municipal plors In i-on-' ricton With the Belt Line. This project U to cost $20,000,000, of which the city will -nay 116,000,000 and the balance will i b carried by the rauroaus. Grade Cromttnga tci Do This single act would Insure the Blankenburg administration u perma nent place among the administrations marked for great public progress All the grade crossings In South I'hlladel phla are, to be abolished under tho plan, the Belt Line Is to be extended and made an open gateway for all steam . railroads entering the city ureal freight yards are to be built In tiiu x tremej southeastern section of the ftwagr from the residential districts, mill the Belt Line Is to extend along the river fronts, where, for n mile and u half; above Greenwich Point, municipal pttri ar to be constructed on the Dela ware River. Tbej second monument to this admin istration Is the passage by the Legisla ture Of nets enabling the city to build subwaya and elevated tallways for leas ing ' purposes, The plans uero all evolved by the Department of tt Tran sit, a. department created by the Ulank enburg; administration. When the scheme Is carried to Its ronileten. the- pity will build a subway In firnail treefc atld run elevated arms ti Darby and Frankford, thus gling Philadelphia tho very best rapid transit facilities. Atf tho departments were thoroughly organized under Mayor Ulankeiiburg and the business of the city placed on the Kartfg etllclent and economical basH ns Olat'.of a well-organized private cor pcitytlon. High IdraN In Prartii-e As o. Mayor, known before he entered tho office as tho most valiant foe of evil politics, he carried Into olllce tlio high ideal which Inspired him to vigorous warfare for so many years. He refused to dismiss men from ofllce to create placei for those who had aided his c.tuse, and from tho first won tne enmity of poli ticians demanding the "spoils of victory." Certain men who had followed him In tho memorable fight against George II. Earle and before, deserted him when he became Mayor and became his most earning and netty critics. rf" There, ure not many men who will carry; on a ntrty years war aimosi iilone; against great political odds for a clvlii Ideal, and that la why lludolnh Qlanlcenburg was nrttnlrerl even by Ills nost vigoroua political opponents. 4 Most personB who have tried It will '. ,-.! l.t... . .1,A -MAC. ......A............. I 1. .. ,. uiiiji viia i iiiq iiiuoi uiiiiiuuiiciuiitii ui. "oVfSrVSSl.lTeareinll'Jt.lrns1 , & ti"1 oejw own reward. . ... , Bit Iludolph ulnnkenburg nnu neen laerKMed with reform moiements for inortr'than thirty years. ic was uio suie rurvtvor of tnose nunnreu nusine.ss men .. IJt .li .f.jTi-ii.. "ii. ..rJ-J.i .1,'. .i,ie. ' might be a way to right the wrongs the people were suffering from under what was, called boss rule. This does not mean that xll of those .reformers have passed I to the Great Beyond. But It does mean ; that those who are still with us long ago retreated In disgust or under a feeling of hopelessness for the cause, or that some I of them may have received a change of , heart, and returned to the old party. . NeTer Valtered In Course The thirty years to Mr. Blankenburg. however, made him mote persistent than ever to see his Ideal of a clean econom ical, competent government for city and i State realized, He was sanguino to the I end. Slneo he first entered into uctlve work for hjs Ideals In public life Mr Hlauken. burp was fortunate In witnessing an 2 wakening that n generation ago was ndrteamed. This reawakening placed him In the Mayor's chair. air. uianKrtiDurx was oorn m m- iunn , os: -Wiienirnp, in ino irniiiij.ui. "i i tlprxDtmold, near Hanover, Oennany. i on February 16, 1843. Ills father, tho, Hoy.- Xr. Louis Blankenburg, wai tho i pastor of tlie chief church (Gentian He pastor of Uie chief church German '"-"leiates and counselors. lormejJJ in tne town, wmen lies in mo heart of a beautiful farming conntn-1 n5,Vlere f,1.6 e:lt refoninJLi?fei ,.,t't I deiphla-. with his seven ;rot''e nd i Bitter was cduftated. Ho had at first a prlx-ate tutor, and subbequenlly "Jt to the Kj-mnaslum, aa la the custom In mo3t ' llirmjn towns. Hla studies, however. -wer.e planned with a view of having him enter tho mlnlstrj-. but theso Ideals. ' which wero not his, never were carried , Mt. . I Emigrates to America His tutor had emigrated to the t'nned States, The great Civil War bed made ' known rather more Intimately than had been tho case the size and character of the Nw World. Ills tutor settled in New Jencey and his letters appear to hav vxclted, the lively Interest of his former uplL la 1S66, at the close of the great struggle that ended In uniting the coun try, young Blankenburg. then a youth of Jwentyttvo, bade farewell to the old town In Germany and caino to the I'nlted States. Jfe visited his old tutor, who brought him to Philadelphia and In troduced him to a mercantile house. Knowing what kind of a citizen he has been during the last thirty years, those Who know him can readily imagine what itlnd of a youth he was, and to relate how he rose In his business until he became a proprietor ot a large business of his own Is likely to lack novelty. It Is sufficient to say that In 1STS he estab if.lirf thA manufacturing- und Importing FJi)slne which he personally carried on nJcqesfully until two years ago, when he retired irom active uusmrwi . ( Th"Cntennlal Exposition of 1876 ap- i SAari to have been responsible for the Wiketiliig of the phllauthroplo Instinct In Mr. Blankenburg. as It was. In n tierccc sense the cause of many reforms, cartkularly In commerce. Industry and art. In this country. At least. In the brief biographies of this olvlo champion i ..",....:. 7. .l.i. ilm Hint lie In n-.mnrmed m' to hava come to the front In the fleld B, whlcB. since has grown to such Impor- r- tance all over tne vuuhii-ji "-o" "" L ieouIeel under the" namo of sociology. I' 'Tricteir In organising Charities Mtoy nm not can it uy mm mine -TTtT M M.....WA -1.IU ..Am I., inK aoU PU.'ISiviikv vr.c.v .n...v ... t.,v. hut Mr. nianuenDursr. among Kv-ifgy iZtntmA a natA of warning In i?V,.'-i. fulness of charities In tlila cltv ' jK, ifith othem, set about this reform, kbout this time, and ths result was the 5cjely for OrtranlxiiiK Charities In i'hll- ilrtAWutthe same time there was being, . jeanINvie in uu ." i wum ;v" JaVa began to receive a name. It was kjrtti rule. At that time, there was tne !znl ,.: -ie ma xrnrka. and there becan il hi isbaraes of various kinds, which ro- ?SR.S..iIn uhleh than was In Its James McManes was regarded ar Doe nt me nuio jo supposed tb Ulvtste Homlna- -l.ii.ntu and to generally or tiiion ot dictator of the city -favrr fn raliison latttO jk? t worso'. we: vorg ffertwnents over In . POOR BO Y TO RULER OF BLANKENBURGS in., ling- ft "e i.ui irtiiullv no or- guiuz.ition ! sm Ii v.i- the Milrit of tin liniesili.il I'.nii m. a Id inoi rat, was eieitea ii, in., t . 1 1 ,.r 1 ss i'tt (on - ll-oili-v, ,iltlniiii.i I'D' irinalnder of the, II. lleeMs stepped in ami iuiI Me il,i ticket was i,t iiiiiIit mi avalanche of ' by proposing that inn ivmlni.iii i'i!-)oti-. . i gestc, i, the eoiniiiiitee sIhmihI .-Imi the If the people . ould do thK w itlioul , declaration of principle,, i.f the ran iirganlzutlon. what cmild be auvim- ! mitten. While Mils motion was carried pllHhcd by reputable citizens regularly organized to light the system'.' The answer eame In the formation of the Committee of One Hundred in the spring of 18S1. This committee con sIMed of exactly 100 r,f the foremost buslnes.s men In the community, uinong them Mr. niankenburg, who a-; yet had not been fully recognized, nil hough he was to the forefront of reform even thin, and was sulllclently underMood to be given a place on prominent sub committees of tho main committee. The first work tin coin.iiilti e set for itselt v. n the vbrtinn of a Mayor win would h" beyond the reach of the ioss Thi re was a meeting of the com mltte.. e.-irK- llmt v.Mie. nnil .ilille llitrn was an understanding that the result would be the nomination of a. man for the office, the committee was much per- i turbid wlici A I Drexel, the h.inkir, arose and nominated William S. Slokle) for Major. It may be said that tlici-c were tho conditions when Mr HlanKeubiirg step ped Into the limelight fur the tlrst time. ll.it 1 1 (ia- Trait lli- U he with "tTies' o7 llf .Vontlni, ........ .. ..! mn in.ti.i-.iiii t...n..w.il nmt n was Ini- ...... ,,?,.. r .-. ,.. ..i...i ..r n.. WVune u , . coinmlltee In a resolution offered b Mi. i-iunii;. r iiiiiii,- .,e in,.. . , .' ln-eel that hn he recommended as a camlld.ite for the majornltj. Iniinedl ately Mr. Ulankenburg aiose and offered a substitute for tho res-olution. Ills resolution was that lMward T. Steel, the president of tne Board of Kducu tlon. be suggested as a candldato for Major. In this be was defeated, be muse Mr. Arrott aroso and read a letter from Mr. Steel, in which he refused to have his name used. But Mr. Blankenburg was not through. He had tho floor, and he protested against the suggestion of Mujor Stok ley's name. He Insisted that the Coin- leys name, tie nsistei uiai '" ,u.'"' llllllfH VI ..IIW IIUIIUIIVI II. V lv, II . - ...I...I ... ,1... I.,..... ..t -e.r.irtti "Clinll gnnlzed in the Interest of reform. "Shall we." he Insisted, "ut the very threshold of our movement give ourselves over to I lie eiiemj the eiiemj" whose intolerable acts have provoked our committee lulo existence'.' What will be the thought of the people, tiiion w hove support we relj for succes's. if we thus thtow away our principles and act from motives. Inspired no, ny a design to advance putuic in terests, hut hj- feelings of personal obli gation and eomlderntlons of selflshneHiV What is Major Stoklej's past rei'ord'.' who ime tieen and arc still tils usso- Haxe not .lames M,.xi , .,i .,,,.- ,,n,i,.,,i i.,.llvo. ,0lr, )f ,lns,no rv Ba trusl mCinor been tho Mayors supporters, and will It not bo a complete surrender to them for us ,() mnke ;,ls Ilomnullon..... T, nif(.,B ra nn uproar. An . POiiiiniiniiiitiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiistiiiwiwiiitiiminiAtiniiiiiiiiiiunttiiiistiiHiniiswitiniiiitminiiw iir Swagger Style and Values that are Without An Equal in the United States AikForNo. 160- VncHh l"t- hrmd Hal heelj, iavillble oelrts Comet m buck Gun Metl and rich Burtunil' Un. LtHritht litS v Th Xrwmtk y x ' J&JEwWMRJltmfir IE tttHmKSHtWss 's to lee t h e si The same ,KiHDlM?3Sv5ifF Newark C u I o m atrle In a aJTlMTr? ' ii f 'fi 1 Btncli Made Shoe- If very hlth 0T&8wNlsZ&r I the, product of an c,;nft claas Cut- Ms'tttKmSSS adJtd Fattory ea.tlU i MsdeBCOt lfalap8r IT 0" jk f l S5.00 ..tri,kt n "" ! iH .Skt'tMorti C VOU will understand why we do such an enormous x business when you see the remarkable styles and values we produce at $3.50 and $5.00. You will say they are easiy worth a Dollar and more per pair or we miss our guess. More than 300 Smart Styles ,for Spring and Summer. See them tomorrow. jlsmarf. Sitae Stores Cbl .. I I.VK HtlMIIN'S ,M) MKVH KTOItKH IN lillf.VUKI.IillA l4 Market St..Ut 12th 4 13th His 2!8 N. Front St., near Iiuunhln U' SII5 Kennlnttun Atr.,ti Tprk unit i 00a (lernmntoon Ate., msr eh. I i.'uiniK;rUni sta ten Avl 17SI tienuitstvwiT Av. . bet thliti .11 Koulh COtli M.,near Marl t a ... - Av,L.fnA,iom,,;,t,), SSI Henalssion Ate..nr llari I" It? North Stli HI. near i Kerry til 14X1 south St..b-t proad a lth i tji-isuth t.. near 4th ut W N. 8th rt,.ut U. , irH.i tH Market Ht bet 4th and C'h m. 257 Start EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PIIILADELPIIIA, FRIDAY, ON FIFTIETH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY attempt was made t i. n the iiimnilttce ami the i.itiil i Mayor Stnliley. anil Mi Iti.u i l'i i motion wu left liimctul hi mi ! I. and a crunniittie was liclna nonoliiteil 1 go to Major Stnklej and hne him sign tho ileelarutliin. Mr Uluiikeubing bpuw, resigned then and there, und. taking his hat hurried out of the hnll. Whrti the committee went to Major Stokley. then In olllce ut Fifth and Chest mjt treet, li- received tlieni courteiuis ly 1'iei loekid the door and ennf. eo In Mmii' that while hr pmio'inlly a I" llevi r In all of the committee's dec Inrntlors he could not sign them it -,i Dl.ilnlv miller ji.oil that li "Ill not do ro on ncccunt of the boss's In fluence The unsliot' of the mutter ivn that th eommlttee nominated Samuel (i. U'ng OUtl lie will elect Mr. Illankcn- I ,JUrl." coming back hit tbe committee as soon as lie round it ki epliig within the line of reform iim he understood it. .Mr. King was elecful .Major, and fur the uit few jeurs the r.ti, ill 1 1 . ex. (rted considerable Influence on politics in the cll.v. As a res.uK of Hint election more than hlrly-flve professional re peaters and other election eiimlnnls were sent to Jail, and some of the sjh Uni after the election results had become known were chagrined. Thej ml nit ted having sfuffed the ballot lHe-. hut thej' had not lirojierlj calculated on the ote, and they did not put enough fraudulent votes In-the IlliMS. Thej- were readj . liuweier. when Ihe time cane for Alumr King to be re turned to fiilh'c, Thej pulled off a List card that tumid the trbk. (Hi the duy of election on I hr walls of eerj otiug place In Ihe eltj there was an inimensi postH- declaring Ihaf Mum" King h.id disfranchised the iwllee. The Jluyor de nied the accusation, but It wux too late to reach every voter, and Major King was overwhelmingly defeated. There wero more arrests, but tho movement wai lost. The cuminlltee. Indeed, did hold together for some years later, but never again did It exert Influence. rather of Iteform Movement It may lie Id to have been the father of all reform movements In th. ,,(,. 1. r... 1-119. ' y. It gave torm to all tnni rouowea There was thi. Committee of Fifty and otheis that will come Into Ihe mind oi the reader, anil In nil of these Mi. lllanki nburg was u prominent ilguic. He has fought the bosses for the InM Ihlrtj jeurs. He fought Mi'Minu-s, fought ljuaj, fought Durhuni. I'. unite .it ut Ali'MchoI. In the Dtiaiuater eain lialgn he was active as a speaker; ut exery municipal election of Importance his voice lias beitn beat'd, and be ha given getierouslj fioiu his private re sources to overv reform movement that was in fat or of real reform. Although he ban foilKht the Itepuh Pcan urganlzatloti in tills city, and In ' this Slate- -and bore It might ho men tioned that his name is known In evetj countj in Peiinsjltuula Mr. Blanken burg has alwajs been an unalterable Itepul.llcnn In national politic. V. i y 3T33kTSSgCT in 97 CitU SV one of the season - VsJ tS S ' uroane si - - e a- sjawy 'K a j ! H GREA T CITY an tn lit , i , , i i ., i . i.,- tl , Ii, t, iii i. '.mix. .1 i n i In i I ., in I i. il lv l"' tiioii . in n.ltiK i ml Ii.iv, li.i.l ., , Ml. ,.j II Il U.I- In vi ! III, -mi,. Ill w lii I hi r ill, ..ui. il v i.l - iu Iiiiii he r it l. alu.ivv. .iilmltt. ,1 iluii tin' lJi I Ills speei In s II.' lilt l wtongs and w rongdiicr.- straight I'loin tliu "hoiilil. e. and while he mudc iiliirmlng stat. meats ,o times, he ulwavs was I 'eadj to Uick ttv'tn with fnets und llg ui'is that iiiiilil not he Igiion d During' the Hnrrtson-Cleveland unn . palgu he wus mvlud tn .tump the State of lnwu for Hnirisiiu. and was eei where received with eulhii iiism. but hi vrmest udinliet'. in riv'it In Ins own fi it' . l,t Ii- dn,.l li -i. h" li besl I known both by thi.se w tin bcllev. e In I him and b those w ho are ufrald I ol Ins iilllnM)lieiine:-. lie never i-paied l .i pollttenl wr. uoriliK r. he lias made n I cnni.'tiiiit war on the c.iiilrae'.ni ceiihliie h- If ciilbd t. and h speeelie.i wer. iimr wanting in a lig'u touch hen and there, nor wen; tin1 ever without ionic nttrie:ie adonntii'jii In iingunge. wlinii nlvtays appears in lie used :-o Hi it the most imlntellictual of his lieare' 'luij he placed at fine 1 1 iiossesioti ti the ci ux of the situation. One of the most plctureeipie light -eer etinducted In Mr. tllnnkeiihutg wa his .oegnnlzeil attack on (Ju.i In the w tilers of IsliT und 1MI8 In the r.iiinei lit tlle.-e J cars In- Otg.inl7.tll tin I Hi; . no, Men's Hood ("lnernnient l.uigiie liuit was the Htm ihet'u were fiu-nnti, , ef plum Iritv-tti.grnms and otlu e , tn, r tulnnig po Itlcnl lllernture. .Mr lll.mk enburg pei..uiiiilly went' to llurrlsluig the winter of ti'i? tn conditm bi lit .1 1 against (,"i. iv. wlm ut the lime uu,'- in sslin. I'piin ihe election ol It c I'tn rose .is ('tilled States Si nator tu s'e -ceed I'limcioii. Mr ltlaiiltmilnirg w,,s the siipiiorter of John V.'anaiii.iKer, a-ii He opLtieil lieiiiliilltir . t . in fi ii BUFFALO 450 Ito.m. 450 hatlu NEW HOTELS S 53 Si oonn oonn i at Ml a , .uw uviiiio fauv vuili aaas $3 CaW J"t aKaWaWBM''-WBWtBliMWaTaTaTitaJ MaHH .19 1 Ll .Inn BBMaaMMaiaafcr-riMaWl . I ziIjHPIm VoyIivv JKKm aHHaHHiHrVa J "aatkaia.a0aaV aaH I ll PTFaTLrXr I f I II aflV j' SalMalatf' TT KjQ'axljyfejajF'ar fft B' I I t'-'"'l:V JfTH liHNLaKalilLsMVsjHaV I iT'iiSi1w fV iK'HB W I1 -'MA. JwaBB-stf '.rt .a 1 ' n m- 1 aaTasMn Mm MM llWfflaM' I ' ' fi ftl 'it MM '" ViafTW V af '- ACHIEVEMENTS OF BLANKENBVRG ADMINISTRATION M.xltil.llshcil u tcgulur budget system for nil departments. Hstnbllshcd ti ays-tern of upoclllcntlotiH for receiving and awarding bids, which iniidc collusion between oHli-Inls nnil contractor.') lmpossjblu. nnd sccuifd city full value fur ctury dollur cximndod. l-'orcctl Ini'rciuo In Interest payment by banlH on city ileposlls. SVeured iiowcr tti iiwatil foiitruets liofot'e sclllpg bonds necessary to lliolr cnrryltiB out, tlins saving large Interest charges, Made Important prugrosH with parkway work. noelopmenl begun of Soutlierti ltnttlevnrd, I.ettgtio Islninl I'alk, North. ennt nuuleviml, Cobb's Cteek Park, I 'lived f'hestntit nnd Koutli streot with wood blocks. ICIImlnatcd grndecroMslngs in Smith l'lillmloliililn and Northeast I'lillu delidtla, by ngrecnienls now becoming effective. Widened Dolawuro avenue. fotiipleted Dock Ktteet pier, b'outliwark plors. I'Mintncnccd liuliaiiiK -Moyninenslng liters. New Ht-ditueiitutlun li,sln, Torresdalo, iilannctl. New wnttr-plpo system laid In AVest Philadelphia nnd South Philadel phia. Pipes for subway In center of cltl rolueutod. Subway work begun. New huuslns t'oilo nnd reform In trealmont qf jngost,ed districts effected. Iteorinnlzod .Municipal Hospital for Contagious. l)!seaca und general i -ire of Indigent. , ItulKlieaded Sclitljlklll illver. Kxteitdid t.'nbli'H Cteek Park nnd- vnrlous other open spaces. of l'cnns Ivnnla ns the Legist-1 whs on the i'H' of organizing fori Di -, ion. I oiiirlit (limy at lliirrilinrg T In llusine Metis League op. ued iilipmrfirs In the I'onitnonwculth Ho- I .mil part of n f. story liul.ding In imM;ii- part f Harrltbiitg A Wnnn- ,ilnr hicIi wns thrown across one of ii -tii'etu of the capital, and the work bruiting the boss of Pcnns.ilvanla . In gun. It lerpilred all the iu.iiiiiiilt of whli Ii he was posses"ed urr on this light. The (juayltis nl- ' t hnrii) d utely aitested one of his ii i'm and clanged him with briber). i cMiii-.). H n,.fr wuit nnv furthei ; ii dall.i the (jimv heniliiunrtirs nuie i Ins ut the names of other agent" of ii- HuhIim-sh Mi-ii'i League who were to .hi Mid, anil ihargcH of bribery were . .n-lanl I lining the lust duys of the fight Mr. W.io.'iituiUcr appuiriil on the sc ti". but the i irgiiulzatloii llnnlly settled the mill -1. 1 n i-iiticiis, of which no notlc ap i, ivd to have In en given. It wai a f. .ic gone ciiiiiiuslnn lifter the choice In .-.in. im o,' a chulimuh Ihat the Wana in.ilvi r followers were on the road to i. fe.it Hut Mr. Hlatikeiiliurp never il. -paired. He coiitlmietl to buffet and Unlit i onilltinns until the vote for Sena tor was taken. Then he found that he had liis-n deflated. Penrose had re ceived 31 votes in the Senate and 02 in the Mouse, while Mr. Waiiainak. r had "n his side on,;. In In l'u Senate und loi In the House. But Mr. Hlatikenliing rcfu.-. I to he dlwojiragcd. The following war lie whs foremost lit organising tin Business Men's Itcpublli ,in Luigui. Tln.s oigun- Manv 8h?pe9 and circs 10c mraiL'ht to i for Z'c IlllOllllllllO.l.lllltlllllliinei,, jlllilVinMMiNMiiii i I, ,''ii.,, jJr Favorlta V -V; 8?t t I i ; ,1 il jdT ll-lipe .S0,' . . ie&W 1 r' ' r i'I ' Jtr -a four-filths actual tlie ' $9$ ' KotJS'M8 i lw MILD HAVANA FILLER, J? ili45 J i !i j ill Vw SHADE GROWN & i ! Msnvjlupe? anil olrcs fefo- WRAPPER. tWuDrii-jomiiuti nv,.nu 10cmr.ightto2forZSc , fofcte ..-x HPCICAHCO PHiLAPEtPHiA, Wliat's the Best Hotel?" I! Good hotels arc plentiful. But in four prospe-ous cit'ea of the Middle West .Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, and St. Louis) there are Statlcr Hotels nationally known for three thiiiRs that entitle them to a descrip tion even more flattering than "good hotels;" One is Statler equipment complete equipment which gives you circulating icewater in your bathroom (every Statlcr room has private bath), puts a well selected library at your disposal, and provides for your comfort and convenience in many other unusual ways. Another is the Statler policies, under which these hotels arc operated. The basis of Statler policy is a working principle which declares that "the guest is always right," and your as surance of Us interpretation is that, in any Statler Hotel, your satisfaction is guaranteed you to be the judge. And Statler service is a complete service, rendered by employees trained in courtesy, thoughtfulness and genuine in terest in the guest's wants. All personal service is, of course, aubject to the limitations of the human element which delivers it; service can't be wrapped up and handed to you like a bundle of merchandise. But Statler service is built on the right founda tion (guaranteed satisfaction), and it is pleasing thousands of travelers every day. When you are in Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit or St. Louis, register nt the St atler. You will get more than your money's worth in hotel accommodations, and you can cive the local nddress in each of those cities which makes it immediately evident that you know the right hotel. TAJZER. CLEVELAND 1000 llooini lOOOUutlu. JDETR.OIT lOOORooms 1000bat)i YORK Hotel Pennsylvania Now Building To b StatUr-opratad 2200 rooms, 2200 baths AlRlL 12, 1918 izatlnn had a meeting In the Itourse In February, lsys. and suggested the name or .Mr. wnuntnaker for i.oMrnor. .itir suing the boom so well started Jtr Illunhi nburg set off over the Stati and organized is" brunches In hi many cltlis nnd towns. Thete was a brancli i of the league In every county of Petin sylMiula. and after be had slgnllled bj ihttir his ncerptnnee of the nomination Mr. Wananuikcr star'ed over the State to lake th. stump against the tvninnv and Incumpi tiliee of the "Orginlzatlon." j .Jliulp (it.v ConiinNsliiiirr During the turmoil ..f 1 Sf'S. when there I was a small r volutlnn over the gas lease, .Mr. Ulankenburg natutally was I brought til the front bj the (itj p.irtj. I For the llVst time .n his lift be found ) himself besliged to take public oilce I lb was nominal d by ihe Cltv party i City Cotniiilsslouer Thtre who tears I oi 'i ' ejes whe'i, ufter vainly trjlng ,o decline, ho was c mpelleil by friendships that Insisted that he owed It to his city to accept. The result of the elec- , tlon saw him elected to an olllce that i paid B0OO n jear. 1 There wus nothing to do nul take the iilllee that thus was forced upon hltn hj- his own sense of public dntj. . V v the three venrs, the t.nn of bin olllce. .Mr. Itlnnhenbmg condtuietl its affairs In a model manner. Xulurallj Il win di. dud that so ctli.-nni a piibllu ofllcer should be returtud, but Mi Blankenburg declined to tun. He if piled that "II Is better to sirve the pm ple than to exploit them." and returned the th'ee yiars' salarj. Sli.iHtu. He did not r. turn tin s'llaij to tin Cllj' Trea.-uuj. tiei'iiuse. he said, "the .57: LOUIS 650 Iloo 650D4th oi' i-sowamtoww-- i n .h,,!. I i.iiHliiiit.i.iilllUilll Intxcusablo mismanagement of tho 'city's ilnances, the Juggling of appro , prhttlons. the reckless squander ng of ' the taxpayers' tnoney, tho floating of 1 permanent loans to pay current ex- ........ .... .!. ....iltnii nt tiAlllfMJt linleeS it:iiBrn, ill.. ,.:, ni ... ,,..... ..- to pay unholy political debts nnd other oxtrnvagnnccs have convinced me that the only wnv to Insure real and en during benefit from this money Is to npproi)rlato It myself for specific public, purposes) and thus to prevent its dis appearing Into the maelstrom of pro digality that will surely sooner or later be resented by tho people." So he turned over the money to the Hoard of City Trusts, specifying that the Income should be equally divided between tho pension fund of the police, firemen and school trackers. . There was nothing lemarkable In thl action to those who knew Mr. Blankn btirg. Away back In the ilnys of tho Harrison-Cleveland campaign ho made a stipulation that If he accepted the Invi tation to sneak In Iowa he should b allowed to pny bis own expenses. Later. when there was a serious famine In Hint went out from this o'ty in two large steamships, and tho expenses nt the Journey, which were considerable, I were borne bv himself. Ho would not permit u dollar that was glen for ths relief of sufferers being uppioprlnted for I his expenses. Helped I.onn Muir. Victim" Another time, or during the panic Of isa?-:u, It came to Mr. HlanKenuurg s, I diss a and the rumens' t'ermaneni no- .v.;,! -.,,, thn Intel reri.niii.11". ,al llef Committee, of which ho had been I ' ' ' ' fC,'."aI ' f f thj n member from Its inception during the '" " ,)J r ,t"a onJ.' .",!, p?'l"c Ml yellow fever ep'dcmle fn the South I" ' K Sf mortonH r 1 i.l'i A?,r' the eighties, Mi Hlankcnburg vnlun .'"r forcot his native couSnrt'n,"ir, teertd to go to Itusslu nnd persona If.; , expr - 'm"n,b er of the Oer'T; ,iu ......... ..,,....1 ,i, ,iiui.-ii,iiii.M nt i ret ,.f s n.mrmnei oi ine Herman .o-!t nuui imniu '-' "i. ........... ... .... ..... i -,,,, , . ni will, far nn ..T" ri iiiif'iiimn ) fiittiiifnK . . ll .1., w ... Inrin lIiOpL'u II bPfl whn wre ' i Tire 111 olio of tllf IniKO olllce buildings tliat money loan sharks wero seventy-flvc employes of the Hureau ef on the neeehsltles of the poor ' ,., ,..... te.ler.l m. n . ' ..ut of woik He opened an,' " 1 roperU tendered Mr Pond t i Dor an C A grouping of new and forthcoming Spring books from a list remarkable for its immediate interest for a very large reading public and for its permanent appeal to those whose at tention can be given only to the better books. Attractively bound Catalogue sent on request, THE UNITED STATES AT WAR FACE TO FACE WITH KA1SER1SM James V.Gcrard Jtevelation of German statecraft from the inside. Illustrated. 8vo. Net. $2.00 FRONTIERS OF FREEDOM Newton D. Raker Contains report to 3 nate Commit tee and addresses to units nt the front. 8vo. Net, 51. .'i0 THE REAL COLONEL HOUSE Arthur D. Howdcn Smith The intimate story of it world din lomat. 8vo. Net, $1.50 NAVAL POWER in the WAR Lieut.-Com. Chas. C. Gill The ablest recent discussion of sen power. 12mo. Net. S1.25 PRESIDENT WILSON'S STATE PAPERS AND" ADDRESSES Contains all the historic war ut'er nnecs. Svo. Net. S2.00 MANUAL FOR TROOPS IN THE AID OF CIVIL AUTHORITY Brip,. Gen. Louis L. Babcoch Kxplains what every community should know. 12mo. Net, $1,00 ENCLANP AT WAR THE WAR AND AFTER Str Oliver Lodge A vision of ihe Great Crusade to vhicl- the nations of the earth are called. 8vo. Net. $1.50 THE MIND QE" ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR i Wilfrid M. Short Selections from Balfour's non-political writings, with added section on Germany. Svo. Net, 2.50 WOMEN WANTED Mabel Potter Daggett What women have done in industry since the war. Illustrated. Net, $1.50 THE HEART OF A SOLDIER Major Laughlan Maclean Watt A book to warm the spirit and cheer the heart. 12mo. Net, $1.35 WOMEN OF THE WAR Hon. Mrs. Francis McLaren The story of thirty-one women leaders. 8vo. Net, $1.50 THE WESTERN FRONT Muirhead Bone 1 Official drawings of battle scenes. 4to. Vol. I. Net, $2.30 PERSONAL EXPERIENCE STORIES CAPTURED J. Harvey Douglas A line, vivid nnd valuable account of what our "missing" soldiers face. Illdstratcd. 12mo. Net, $1.23 THE ESCAPE OF A PRINCESS PAT George Pearson The straight story of fifteen month's in the hands of the Huns. Illustrated. 12mo. Net, -$M0 ! WHEN THE SOMME RAN RED Capt. A. Radclyffe Dugmore An officer's experiences in the great Somme offenslvo of immediate Im portance. 12mo, Net, $1.30 I BOOKS OF SPIRITUAL SION IFICANOE RAYMOND Sir Oliver Lodge A'c u Popular Edition Remarkable testimony to the sur vival of personality. 12mo. Net, $1.50 THE NEW REVELATION Sir Arthur Corian Doyle Bridges the gap between Ihe scien tific and tho religious aspect of Psychical Research. 12mo. Net, $1.50 MAN IS A SPIRIT Vi Arthur Hall New Evidences of spirit communi cation. l2mo. Net, $1.50 I inn isaEBSsssHiESsg ifCOMPANY, fuktakirt and Undertook alone to assist th Jf people who wcro thus being honel.?? enmeshed. t Is said that he wiSV mis manner auip o give assistance b! iuu ii'icuiix, .in. iu mmusi Or V(r lrr,ZM their nefarious business the loan ahirtJ" V.1111C ins loriune, as measuriViTC these days of millions, Is not i 'tJJ" one, Mr. Ulnnkenburg, when he reti-lJ two years Hgo from the business h Si founded nnd turned It over to a 21? porntlon known ns tho II, niankenw Company, was a wealthy man. and io what he has given for reform In si. city and State probably never will k known ; but considering his means t u believed to be a large nnd substatitfl! sum. He always paid hli own "expend when campaigning that he regardM .. tho pople's builness and he had m.Jf It a rule to tako nothing for MJ; what he regarded as n public duty. Mr Ulnnkenburg was always n n publican In national politics and sevT.i ilme' has been elected liy Henubll...i ills State to sit In natlnnJf "?5 r jtlons. He was a member of the UbIi? :Vuf.' .VT.. ' Ll ,"'.7i'L"rf.r? . Plubiw movements In thl3 city. City Forester I'ond Enlists Huymond Pond, who has held the pn. sltlon of city forester for revcral ytiri bus been granted n leave of absent and has enlisted In tho army. He Mil .. -.V..,1QQ 0ave for Camp Meade. Md.. tomorm- M r ... .. . . ""n, '.T I dinner last night OOKS CERMANV AT WAR GERMANY AS IT IS TODAY Cri Brown A balancing of the assets and liabil ities of Germany's internnl affairs in 1918 12mo. Net, $1.50 GERMANY AT BAY Major Haldane Macfall Remarkable interpretation of th German menace and the psace mp. . 12mo. Net, $1.50 JAPAN OR GERMANY Frederic Coleman, F. R. G. S. The inside story of the strupgle for Sibe.'in. 12mo. Net, $1.35 THE LAND OF DEEPENING SHADOW D.Thomas Curtin A revelation of Germany by a mn who has "dared tell the truth." . Net, $1.50 SIDELIGHTS ON GERMANY M. A. Morrison Pictures German life and charac ter during war time. Net, $1.00 THE WAR AND THE EAST CRESCENT and IRON CROSS E. F. Benson . The exposure of Germany's scheme! in Turkey, based an official docu ments. 12mo. Net, $1.23 TWO WAR YEARS IN CONSTANTINOPLE Dr. Harry Stuermer A sensation abroad, by the former correspondent of tho "Cologne G yctte," nnd late officer in the Ger man Army. 12mo, Net, $1.50 WAR IN THE AIR AIRCRAFT IN THE WAR W. H. Berry The story of the greav struggle to control tlie bnttlefield of tomorrow. Illustrated. 3vo. Net, $1.50 WINGED WARFARE. Major W.A.UUhop,M.C..D.S.O.,V.C The wonder book of the air, free from the grim sights and sounds ef the trenches. 8vo. Net, $1.50 THE FLYING POILU Marcel Nadaud The blithe, fearless, romantic ex ploits of a Parisian Btreet urchin in tho aviadon corps. 12mo. Net, $1.50 FICTION THE AMAZING INTERLUDE Mary Roberts Rinchart Author of "Bab: Sub-Deb." A tale of rare charm and tendernesi. Portrays the heart of a girl as only Mrs.Rinehartcan. 12mo. Net, $1.49 THUNDERS OF SILENCE Irvin S. Cobb The story of a prominent nnti-war politician with an amazing cllmsx. Illustrated. 12mo. $0.50 THE BROWN BRETHREN Patrick MacGill "" "Keen, alive, tense, more like a hu man being than n book." AW I'orfc Timet. . 12mo, Net, $1.25 THE LONG TRICK "Bartimeus" "A masterpiece of the British fleet wonderfully realistic." P; hurgh Chronicle. 12mo. Net, S1.3-) THE RED CROSS BARGE Mrs. Belloc Lowndes "In dramatic construction it superb." New York Tribune. 12mo. Net, $1.25 NINETY-SIX HOURS' LEAVE Stephen XfcKcnna A rapid fire adventure tale of Uir khakl-clad British officers on a lark. 12mo. Net, JUS THE SPY IN BLACK , . J. Stnrnr Clauston The breathless adventures of a G- m man naval spy in England. , 12mo. Net, $tS POETRY FOB WAR TlMEll THE FIERY CROSS A John Oxenham Poems that have swept England" 12mo, Net. $1.0 THE SILVER TRUMPET Amelia J. Burr A volumo of poignant appeal, . j 12mo, Jfet, IMJ-, KwY 1 aPkc ' tin' sJ .. .;m'J imic. rot iioiii 4w fti BTOUCH1 HMIffiBHir Hi dMif rtlPwll f&mtf$"t,Wr' ' , , ."
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers