9?i &VS3N. vr - v - ai."y Stt !.).- .. C-. .1 . I W$' ' feENiNG Public" iJedger rpy. ' L. i. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1918 Ii '?1 taMH n. miy A M QQ COMMISSIONS GIVEN TO AVIATION OFFICERS WENT AT SCHOONER ' 3000 naturalized in year COLE IN GRIM MANNER ( 100SnSiK Twelve Philadelphia Student , Qf f iccr of gubmarinc.s Viclim Fliers at 1 raining Lamps Arc Advanced CITY LIBRARY CONTRACT VOID Supreme Court Reverses Award for Building on Parkway $2,535,000 JOB HALTED Clause Prohibiting Use of "Outside" Stone Is Held Unconstitutional The contract awarded to John (5111 & Son for the construction of the new free library building along the Parkway for $2,535,000 was declared lnalld by the Supremo Court today. The opinion was by Justice Frazer reversing Court of Common Pleas No. 4 In the taxpayer's suit of Walter It. Taylor against the Major, City Councils, the trustees of the Free Library of Philadelphia and the con tracting firm of John Gill & Sons, to have the execution of the contract for the new building enjoined, on the ground mat me ordinances of No ember 26, 1894, together with the amendment of December 28, 1895, were Invalid, and that the act of July 6, 1917, passed specially to alldatc these ordinances was unconstitutional. A demurrer was filed to the suit on behalf of the re spondents, which the lower court sus tained. The appeal was then taken to the Supreme Court on which Justice Frazer upholds the contention of the plaintiff, both aB to the ordinances and the sta tute. City Cut Stone tide Crux The main point at Issue was whether or not specification that work of culsiig and preparing stone used be dotyin Philadelphia was "special and locaV?eg islatlon" .as forbidden In the State Con stitution. "If the municipality may require stone cutting to be done within Its boundaries, tt may also extend this requirement to all materials and supplies, and provide for their production or manufacture within Its limits," Justice Frazer points .out "An escape is Impossible from the con clusion that such action would result in a regulation, of labor, trade and manu facturing, and must, consequently, be special legislation within the meaning of the Constitution "The act of 1017 being eliminated !U remains to consider the alldlty of the ordinances themseles The reasoning upon which the act of 1917 is held un constitutional cannot apply for the rt-a-son that ordinances are not laws within the mednlng ofhe constitutional preci sions prohibiting local or special legisla tion. Consequently the only question Is whether the ordinances violate the provi sions of the act of May 23, 1874, and the act of Juno 1, 1886, requiring all work and materials furnished to the city under contracts to be let to the lowest respon sible bidder. Deemed Local Legislation This right has never been passed upon directly by the appellate courts of this State, says the Justice, although in an analogous case, Frane vs. Felix, the Supreme Court held that a pnnlslon requiring employment of no one not a citizen of the United States and to pay not less than a stipulated wage per day to be Inconsistent with legislative pro vision that municipal work be let to the lovest responsible bidder. Justice Frazler then refers to a num ber of decisions which he compares with the present facts and conoludes: "No case has been found which is di rect authority to sustain the alldlty of municipal ordinances such as are here In question where the effect Is to conflict with an express statutory pro vision requiring contracts to be let to the lowest responsible bidder. That the cost here has been Increased because of the ordinances cannot be disputed In lew of the difference In the bids of both contestants. From what has been said the judgment of the court below must be reversed. The record Is remitted with directions that the bill be reinstated with a procedendo." Injunction to Follow This means that the lower court wHl new undoubtedly Issue an Injunction restraining any further progress on the construction of the new library building, wcrk on which has already been begun The two lowest bidders for the new library building were George A. Fuller & Co , and John Gill & Sons, the bid of the former being 82,570,000 subject to a deduction of 8155,000 If the provisions of the ordinance requiring the Btone to be cut In Philadelphia was eliminated. The letter's bid wbb 82,535,000 with a de duction of 8110,000 If the same provision was excluded. The bid of John Gill & . Sons was accepted as being the lowest responsible bidder for work done within the city. The bid of Fuller & Co., how ever, was lower If the provisions of the ordinance were eliminated. After the bid had been awarded, Taylor, aB a tax payer, applied for an Injunction. This was the Becond taxpaer's suit against the" library contract, the first aK ' ' A 1 -k - i A DIRECTS RITZCARLTON l)aid II. Provan, managing direc tor of the Ailelphia Hotel, who has been appointed by Joseph E. Wide, ner 89 his personal representative in the affairs of the Ritz Carlton NURSES RESPOND QUICKLY TO CALL Drive to Enlist 1461 in City for Red Cross Duty Gets Good Start SEEK 15,000 IN NATION 2K1 4 1'alrhlU Mclriw 1'nrt. Pi Rt 6701 1310 tlrrstner nM Rwarthmor Pa . 2120 2261 C.?rstnr Field. havlnc been dismissed by Judge Patter son in Court N'o. 1, on different grounds. When the first suit was heard the ques tion of the legality of the old ordinances was not gone Into and determined, but the case was decided on the question whether or not Director Dalesman had the right to change the specifications permitting alternative bids to be made by the contractors basing their estimate on stone cut both in -and outside of the city. The Supreme Court, In this case, held that the Director had no such right un less all bidders were notified at the same time. INCOME TAX BILLS SENT OUT Ledcrer Beliecs Returns Will Net Over $125,000,000 for District Collector of Internal Revenue Lederer announced this morning that nearly all the Income tax bills have been sent out, with tho exception of those to be sent to holdlers June 15 is the last da for payment. Collector Lederer recently said he be lieved the total income tax levenue from the eastern district of Pennsyl vania would reach $125,000,000. Today he expressed a. belief that the total will go far enough over his Initial estimate to buy at least two destrojers. Many letters have been jiourlng into the collector's office giving him tips on persons who have not declared their full Incomo for last year. To avoid missing any possible chance to uncover a tax slacker, Mr. Lederer made Investigations of nil the anony mous complaints and found many of them to be true, with the result that the slackers were forced to make true declarations of all their 1917 earnings. WAITERS ASK AID OF U. S. Philadelphia Alliance Wants Secretary Wilson to Act Secretary of Labor Wilson has been asked to Intervene In the differences be tween the Walters' Alliance and the Philadelphia Hotelmen's Association. Members of the alliance threaten to strike unless their demands for an in crease of about one-thlrd In wages are granted. These demands have been for warded to Colonel Mahlon Newton, president of the Philadelphia Hotelmen's Association, but to date, the waiters say. It haa been ignored. Members of the Walters' Alliance say that most experienced waiters and bar tenders in hotels receive 830 a month and meals, exclusive of tips. They now ask for ai minimum wage of 840 a month and a ten-hour day. Four thou sand men, It Is said, will walk out from hotels late this month unless some means Is found to effect an agreement tnrougn arbitration. Secretary of Labor Wilson Is expected to act before June 15. To supply the Pennsylvania-Delaware division's quota of 1461 nurses for the Red Cross, a ten-day campaign opened today. More than 16,000 nurses Is the total aimed at in the nation. At auxiliary headquarters throughout the city committees were on hand ready to enlist recruits, and the work made a satisfactory beginning. Nurses In every section of Philadel phia and contiguous communities are being urged to make every possible ef fort toward volunteering for service with the Red Cross. People who are at present cmplovlng trained nurses are being called upon to release them for duty w Ith the Red Cross Committees are being lined up to get In touch with all the nurses suitable for this work, and to call upon them to enroll. This call, emphasizing the duty of all persons employing nurses, has been Is sued by the Red Cross- "To release for service In the armv and navy nurse corps as a pressing military necessity, every nurse whose services pre not Imperatively needed at home. "This military necessity devolves di rectly upon every person employing nurses where th dictates of lire or aeam or the utmost phjsical necessity do not demand them. "If )ou are emplojlng a trained nurse largely as a companion. It Is your duty to release her." Within ten dajs it is planned to reach rvery nurse who has graduated from a recognized training school for nunes and to bring before students In hospital training schools th lmmcd lati needs of the army and navy. A direct appeal Is to be made to grad uates of women's colleges and high hf.uols to enroll Immediately as stu dent nur'es in hospitals, and especially In the army school of nursing recently established by the army in connection with military hospitals This army school of nursing offers women the opportunity of nursing sick and wound ed men In military hospitals, and at the same time the opportunity of completing the course of training and enable them to become graduate nurses. TELLS OF EDUCATION AIDS t Silas S. Ncff Talks to Business Science Club The necessity of Initiative and imagi nation in addition to education was pointed out this afternoon by Silas S S'eff In an address before the City Busi ness Club at the Hotel Adelphla. Interesting details of life in the trenches were given by Waldo A. Ross, of the Blrtlsh-Canadlan recruiting sta tion. William F. Wilson presided. EMPLOYERS' OPPORTUNITY TO SECURE THREE COMPETENT MEN Three men, with an unquestionable record as to ability, character, etc. (present connection non-essential line), contemplate maklne a changei Our general experlenco lie alone the aelllnff and managerial line. Connden"a assure us of our capabilities of reach In into broader fields. Character of business or position no object. Prefer Joint connection, but will consider other wlaa. An Interview would probably be of mutual Interest. Address r nuaiub yAf" n URRYfer ERAS DEVELOPING G PRINTING -THE BETTER KIMP FRANK J.CURRY THE CAMERA SPECIALIST 812 CHESTNUT STREET 812 Major Oencral Henry P MC'iln, ad Julanl general of the army, has an nounced the award nf. commissions In the aviation corps to twelve Phlladel phlnns who have been training on tho flying fields In the United, States Com missions nlso hnvo been awarded to men qualified for -peclal technical service. The 11st Includes: Second Men-tenants. Aviation Section Slennl Corp TtAt'GHAN. STIiniKV DKCATUH I., 2t3 Pine Rtreet. at Rich Fl-m BOND, Wtt.Vtim KRfSKN. street, at Tail rielrt Tes OI.AV7. PARI, ( Park nem. icnn hewitt. nonnrtT rnvrtosn in Dur ham utreet, at Call Field. Tex MrCArFTtKY. .TAMRf AUOUST1NE 14 South Fifty-nrt street, Grestner Tleld. T.B MrnOVAl,D. GF.OP.OK CLEMENT, l.anedonne t venue, Rich TleM KAt'OM!. PRANK SHEIlltUHMi i South ltv.flfth street A1NSWORTH CYRIL, Kellv Field. Tex CAMPIlBI.ti WALTER MELVILLE North Carlisle street, Park Held FRtDAT ELLSWORTH CLEVEVPTEIN. 34M KranUford avenue Orstner Field SCHEETZ. JACK T, Wjncote. Ta , Rich SHELDON. CARROt L EUGENE North Thirteenth street Flrt Meiileninls. Mrdtrnl Beserv-e Corps .MrCANDLlSH HOWARD SHIELD Phlta- ilrlphta Gonerj! Hopltnl SC1IAI11NOER, CHARLES. 122S Llndley avenue Dt'Rvniorr Leonard clamor Phila delphia General Hoipltal Captain, Infantrv, National Army DUNCAN, STEPHEN GARDNER 0386 Church road Second Lieutenant. Knulneer forpi. National Army DUNN. JOHN STRUrHERS 330 anton street. Germantown. r.vns. HERIIERT, Jenklntown SCHLESS, JACOH T., 40t Ilaltimore avenue. TOMMNHOV, HOWARD E . (00 South Fif teenth street. First I.leutesnl, Ordnance Department, National Arm BOWMAN, WILLIAM MENGEs 3S21 Spruce street. SOVIVIERS, PETER J 201 West York Ftrcet, Philadelphia FIGHT DEPOT MERCANTILE TAX Atlantic Refining Company Con tends Branches Should Re Free The Atlantic Uerlning Companj has appealed to the Common Pleas Court from the decision of the Board of Mer-cs-ntlle Tax Appraisers, which held that the company wds liable for the pajment of a mercantile tax as a wholesaler and retailer at Its various depots and dis tributing stations, In addition to Its place of manufacture The taxes sought to be collected by the Commonwealth, through these proceed ings, amount to several thousand dollars The company also filed a bill In equity against the mercantile appraisers ask ing that they be restrained from making any assessment against the plaintiff upon, or In respect of. or by reason of anv of its products so manufactured and delivered by It In Philadelphia County but not sold at a store apart from Its factory, for the purpose of vending goods Similar proceedings were started bj Swirt & Co, meat dealers. In tak ing an appeal from the Board of Mercan tile Appraisers, which also attempted to assess a mercantile tax on Its depots In this cltv and reported an assessment to the State Gives Vivitl Account of ' Experience n tlnnlli- Port, .tune S Tlrst Ofllcer Robert l,alhidges, of the Ametlcsn schooner IMward II Cole, sunk by Oerman t'-boits off the New .Tcrj-ej coast jevlerdav, this afternoon gave the following vivid account of the Cole's evperlenre with tho suhimrlncs 'The C!erm ins went about Ihelr work In a grim and Ihoroughlv liuslnes-llke wav. The niiMed no woid- in fonnnlitv and afked no questions "We weie brcczine; along nt three oi four miles hniirlv when -omethlng blai k loomed up abutil ii mil? lo port It was n Herman t'-boat Then .1 vcrond IJ-IhvU bobbed un nbout .'0 V irds to starboard I 'The l'-bo,it roinnnnrtcr sent out nn ' order In halt and we Mcnaled , " 'Wo are Americans ' I 'Qukk hs UkIuiiIiik the slcn il flashed bark ' 'We are Herman 'Herman Hats then fluttered into view and the submersible s commander came on board and ald to Captain New- conihe J' 'You and jour men have Juit ten1 minutes to get Into virar boats' I "'We ran make it in (he' Ciptaln New combe assured him "Well we got nwnv in good order and rowed toward the Jeiev horr hoit lv thereafter there was .1 tietnendous explosion and the old Cole began t" sink Meanwhile Hie other stibium Im sighted a smudge of smoke on the horl ?on and started after hir prospective victim. "We drifted about for thiee houis and were then picked up bv a coatwlje steamer and brought here ' W S Holland, deputy clerk, United Stites District Court, Issued the follow ing statement this aftrnioon ' Slnro last June, SnoO foreigners have been naturalized In Philadelphia One thousand of these were Irish and Hug llsh , T.'iii wero Italian, 730 were rtus slan. in were Swedes, Norwegians and .Swiss. 14 were Hreeks; and the others were three Turks, two Mexicans and one Wpanlatd- ' lleviden mis. b2 snlillei were natur alized nt the loiat bureau within the la-t month. Of these. T" nor cent were Italians, IS per cent lilsh, and It per cent llus-slan and Creek I "Since the lirglnnlug of 'he war papers of lion Austrian who applied foi naturalisation have been held by the i Government for Investigation ' $; w EDDING ANNOUNCEMENT $. and Sin prr timidr-rd i;i)AKI) OIU.ON Formrrly v ith Tiffany f Co. irn (iii.sTMi sinisKT ,m't filer and stationer S Devon War Relief HORSE SHOW JUNE 6f 7, 8 at DEVON (peneflt Stain Line Branch Emeroencu Aid) wm4afi7P ! &, feTwieS RESTAURANT "The Place for Meuks' Hanked Sirloin,, i or ) CI 9K Villh VcKetiihhVT""'',PJ--t Tenderloin en Casserole, flfjc Milli Veectiinles " Special Steak, P. P. Pot., 40c Hi t-o. Sth 218 No. 13th Actrr C losrd m II 1 PAVE ELMWOOD STREETS Construction in New Housing Sec tion Starts Tomorrow The city and the Kmergencv l'leet Corporation, acting together will begin construction work tomorrow on streets In the new housing sertlon laid out in the Fortieth Ward tor Hog Island work men and their families Work will be ftarted In Slxty-flrs,t street, from Klmwood avenue to Hulst avenue, under contract with the rtarboi Asphalt Paving Companv Plans for the work were prepared bv the Bureau of Highways and llstlmates The con tract amountH to $7000 Numerous" bill" are now before Coun cils for the development of streets In the Fortieth Ward zn: :,.&,. Does Your Hair Fall? If tills distressing condition pre vails. Ulevveiivns extract, or can thai Ides villi help to correct It .save where the root-bulb is de stroved It villi stimulate pro fuse, vigorous growth of lustrous hah 7." cents a bottle LLEWELLYN'S V Philadelphia's stand ml Drue store 1S1H rhestnnt strfft l'ejrh teeth Hoe & Jljrrh ,V,c rrmr..,.'-- ASKS SALARY FOR MILLS Mayor Urges S1000 and Revival 1 of Old Position A salaiy of J4000 for William n Mills I In reviving the nosltlon of assistant superintendent of police, was urged In a letter bv Major Smith to the Finance Committee of Councils this afternoon in another letter Major Smith op posed the creation of any new positions anil all increases in saiary ln his letter asking the re-Lreatlon of the position foi Mills and the $4000 salary Major Smith said he had been ' Informed by Superintendent of Police Iloblnson that he was unable to "do Justice" to his position because of tin large amount of work. AVIIIiam .1. IcL'loskej, Common Coun cilman of the Sixteenth Ward, after de clarlng the Major's letters were In di rect contradiction of each other and stating he would vote against such a move because "ou can't make fish of one and fowl of another," had a change of heart and Introduced a resolution providing an appropriation of JJ000 to 1 pay Mills's salary for the remainder of this j ear. I lEy.BANKSSBlDDl h A u MILITARY- NAVAL JEWELERS H, ( A V HERA1UISTS STATIONERS MEDALISTS VV PATRIOTIC EMBLEMS Service Rings and Pins American Flags Jeweled with Rubies, Diamonds and Sapphires FOOT AND LIMB TROUBLES Instantlr relieved by our perlal areh sonports. fitted and adjusted by siperts. Oop 8 f m les Elastic Hoslerx tha moat comfortabla support for varl- fosa veins, swollen Imba. .weak kneea and anklea. Trusses, abdominal and athletle sun. nArtn nt all Irtnit, mfrs. of deformity aoDllancea in1 Philadelphia Orthopedic Co.. 49 N. U'a Hi. jLbI L Limn jrmlty appllancea In tha world. cut out and kD for rrrnc.-HL F. I . fL Hardwood flfc jfc FLOORS m tPlNKERTDNJ Hardwood floors, once laid, "stay put." They do not warp or crack or split, but retain their attractive ap pearancealways. Satisfactory work at moderate prices is my business "How can a man think in such a racket!" jfBv H CLICK, click click, click, click click, click, click the type writer tattoos the air in a dozen differ ent places at once, setting up a veritable business Bedlam. Concentration is out of the question. Nerves are out of tune. Tired and dis turbed literally boiling over inside, you come at last to the end of an imperfect day. Segregation of typists is not the solu tion. The so-called sound-proofing of walls helps but little. The logical answer to the writing-machine-gun nuisance is found only in the Noiseless Tjpewriter. This mechanical marvel is so in geniously constructed that no noise is cr.eated. The Noiseless is really noise less, and it is a real typewriter in the bargain. Write, telephone or call for a demonstration. The Noiseless Typewriter Compant 835 Chestnut St., Philadelphia 'Phone Walnut 3691 Write for these booklets "T h e Typewriter Plus" describes the machine, and "Why I Like the Noiseless relates the experi ences of a number of stenographers. Both booklets free on request. uVSLrLLLsLLBjSw NOISELESS Mann & Dilks 1102 CHESTNUT STREET Qy Reductions Tyrol Wool Ladies' and Misses' Plain Tailored Suits 19.75 There are about 200 Suits, mostly light colors. Mann & Dilks U02 CHESTNUT STREET & 'AV THE name "Ritz-Carlton" has always stood as the hallmark of "Best." The terms are interchangeable. In the big cities of the New World no less than in the Old, being a guest at the Ritz-Carlton confers a distinction. And the best of each city are Ritz patrons. Philadelphians are a class unto themselves. Somehow (through no fault of ours) we do not know as many Philadelphians as we would wish. We want not only to know more Philadelphians, but we want more Philadelphians to know the Ritz. May we ask you, then, to come here, and in a friendly spirit of rivalry compare cuisine, service and prices, with the best you have found elsewhere. We hope to surprise you pleasur ably! Our Roof Garden is now open. It's very pleasant, indeed and a little unusual. THE RITZ-CARLTON Broad and Walnut Sts. Starting This Monday Morning VT' w . . r 11 AM I , I . Perry & Co. Announce This Season's One & Onl; $& INTENSIFIED VALW3 SALE I o' Comprising Several Thousand SPRING & SUMMER SUITS all of Unquestionable and Unqualified $25, $28 and $30 Qualities at the One Uniform Price $20 tt d j f When we looked over the woolerV situation many months ago with a view to planning our regular Intensified Value Sales for this Spring and Summer Season, we almost threw up our hands in despair and confessed that it couldn't be done. ALMOST but not quite ! We just stood by in readiness and watched our chances and the Chances came! J Jl nnnrrfnn ! i For spot cash offered at moments, we secured here, there, and else-? where enough goods at price concessions $30 qualities from one concern, $28 and $25 qualities from another, to which we added t staple goods already on hand purchased over two years ago, making, all told, the quantity of merchandise needed to hold one Rousing Perry Intensified Value Sale. To supple ment these price concessions and savings, w.e sacrifice part of our own legitimate profits a mn rihiift-M nlic?j-h1if4-Al MAAMnMM.. j. t-i- I u ...... w .uuktwii imjujuiujr iitLcoamy j cnaulc us to sen tntse suits in an Intensified Vain tf Sale at the One Uniform Price of $20. THE SUITS 81 B m 'T' Smart, youthful styles for young feUoWjltl carlra4-A PAHcaM,4iiita pfitlAn i". M2Aa. J... ?-'-?.? i owuai.v., wiiow ouvs oij'lta iui 4UICL UrCBeiZ-; neat patterns ana aggressive patterns grayt'g emu g.ojriou uiiAiuira, giccuo aiiu grccru"iv iijiAiuica, uiuwiis aiiu uiuwiusn miXIUrfll!''! blues and bluish mixtures; Blue Flannels, md-M uiue oerges every one an unquestionable) and unqualified $25, $28 or $30 quality, ahl', all to be sold in this . $'Sj 27 & ft T a. . 1 T 1 fl f iniensinea vaiue aaiej ,s at the One Uniform Pri tfn m sayj . 'yjM Ml -' m . . -..... . . '.a Sale started this laonttmy Mmrm &n A-tzm at Eight' o'Cleck J fr4& KTi Perry & 16th and CH . - i r-'T& V-M ' . -jje TYP'E WRITER ??i , pax J zUt Mater lenirer, 1 mono, -i- rr 3034WfTrk'SL"-iw: ' v.',2Tft K& n? "-' rf $' J-p ii'i .i" ' . i v jjt3i; ii.f "-r i-s. i j r e
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