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30, 1918
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(CAUS COAL MEN
BIG TAX DODGERS
F. C. Reese, State Official,
Says Millions Are Lost in
Schuylkill Region
SOME TOWNS. BANKRUPT
School Directors and Council
men Decide to Fight Al
' leged '"Trust"
rottuvlllc Vn July 30.
A county convention of school direc
tors and Councllmen at the courthouso
were astonished when former Represen
tative Frank C. Reese, presented figures
which he said showed that the blR coal
companies havo for 5'cars dodged mllllonu
of dollars In taxation In this county Be
cause of this ta-dodgingt Mr. Ttedsc as
ertcd, conditions In tho anthracite re
gion have tieeoma Intolerable. Towns
and townships which aro among tho
wealthiest In mineral deposits In the
whole world aro bankrupt and skilled
miners hao for years been leaving the
county aq fast as they could establish
themselves elsewhere, he went on
Mr. Reese quoted from thej report of a
State commission showing that of the 19,
000,000,000 tons of coal In the anthracite
region, 12,000,000,000 tons were In the
Schuylkill region at tho time the report
was made. And yet, he said, the coal
lands In this county aro only ns"x,rt
$24,000,000 ns compared to $171,000,000
In the less wealthy coil county of Lu
zerne. It was decided to form a permanent
organization to fight tho "coal trust"
and another meeting will be held at the
courthouse net Monday.
Most of tho School Directors and
Councllmen were accompanied by their
solicitors, who took part In the meeting.
An Increase of $200,000,000 In the tax
valuation of the coal lands is confidently
predicted Mr. Reese, who is now an
auditor In tho State Highway Depart
,ment, will address tho Dauphin County
Commissioners on the same subject to
morrow, Reese Indignantly denies In behalf of
the miners that too much alcoholic liquor
Is hindering the production of coal He
eald this Is only one of tho many "goats"
put forward by the operators as an ex
cuse for tho nonperformance of their
duty to the country,
COMMITTEE TO STUDY
NEW REVENUE BILL
Named hy Alba B. Johnson,
President of State Com
merce Chamber
llarrlslmrg, Pn July 30.
The Pennsylvania "State Chamber of
Commerce committee on national tax
legislation, authoried to make a" com
parative study of the new revenue bill
now being prepared hy tho House Com
mittee on Ways and Means, was an
nounced todav as follows by Alba B.
Johnson, president :
Louis T. McFadden, chairman; H D.
Shute. East Pittsburgh : Fa etto. R.
1 Plumb, Philadelphia, and Paul Little
field, secretary, Harrishurg
Chairman McFadden Is Congressman
from the Fourteenth Pennsylvania Dis
trict, -prominent minority member of
tho House Banking and Currency Com
mittee and an expert on banking, cur
rency and Federal taxation. Ho is vice
president of the Westlnghoiibe Klectrlc
and Manufacturing Company, and for a
number of years was Its treasurer.
Mr. Plumb is prthident of the Kayetto
R. Plumb (Inc.) Company and an au
thority on corporation tax. A member
of this committee attended the meetings
of the Ws and Means Committee dur
ing June In order to look after the In
terests of the mote than 27,000 manu
facturing plants and a large number of
commercial houses throughout the State,
and to provide information for mem
bers of .the chamber on the proposed
legislation.
TO TRAIN REGISTRANTS
Retired Surgeon General of Navy Heads
Committee in Charge
By the Associated Press
v.w Voric. Julv 30. The National So.
curlty League Announced today that
Rear Admiral Charles U. Stokes, re
tired surgeon general of the navy, has
accepted the chairmanship nf Its com
mittee on preliminary training and in
struction of men registered for the draft.
Utilizing Its 281 branches throughout
the countFy and co-operating with draft
boards, the league plans to establish
classes for prospective conFcrlpts, who
will be drilled by retired or disabled
army officers Supplementary pre
paration for military setvlce will be
"'directed. It was stated, by local clergy-
kinen and physicians
Galvanized Boat Pumps
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Guaranty
INTERNAL GEAR-DRIVE UNIT
Lippincott Motor Co.
MOTOR TRUCKS
2120 MARKET STREET
I.2.3J4 &5 Tons
Iippincott Motor Co.
MOTORTRUCKS
2120 Market St
Philadelphia
Textile School
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SCHOOL, OF INIR'Mltl.U, AHT
America's I.rndlnc Textile Krhnal In
the Greatest Textile Center
Courses under expert instructors
Include practical work in dslgnlns,
cardins, spinning, weavlns of cotton,
wool, worsted and silk, chemistry.
deing and the General processing of
textiles
Equipment unexcelled nnd Instruc
tion thorouah and prictlral.
The Philadelphia Textile School Is
to the Textile Industry what tho
United States Military Academy at
West Point is to the Army, i
Our graduates are sought by tex
tile manufacturers in all Ijnes,
Call or write for Illustrated Cata
log. Day term opens Mon., Nept. S3.
Ent. examinations Thurs.. Sept, ID.
Special Ktenlng Couri.es begin
Monday, Sept. 30,
E. W. FRANCE. Director
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Russia's Heart Broken in
1915; Won't Eight Again
By CHARLES 11. GRASTY
Special Cable to Eiening Public
Ledger
Copvrtahti lilt, by .Veto York Times Co.
London, July 30. Americans ar
living hero from Russia agree In
the belief that that country will
not participate In tho war again
on cither side.
"Russia's heart vnn broken In
the defeat late In 1915," said one.
"She was so big that there were
enough shattered remnants to
create nn Impression of activity
for some time nftervvard, but her
strength declined steadily. If the
Allies strike a hard blow on the
western fiont within a few months
It will paralyze the German tenta
cles In Russia,"
Ambassador Francis Is repoitcd
well and optimistic. He said a
short time ago that he purposed
staying In Russia If he had "to
live on wheels."
BETTING SYSTEM PIONEER HELD
George Graham " Rice Charged
Wjlh Using Mails to Defraud -
By the Associated Press
New York, July 30. Jacob Simon Her
zeg. better known as lieoige Graham
Rice, vv ho first gained notoriety by found
ing the mjthical film of 'Maxim ,L
fiay," which was the pioneer in supply
ing advice on "the on best bet' In
horse racing, was arrested here last
night by a United States maisli.il on tho
chaige of using the malls In a slIkiho to
defraud He was released In $15,00i ball
for a hearing.
Ulce has been Involved in other finan
cial enterpilses with nation-wide ramifi
cations, some of which resulted In prison
sentences According to the Federal au
thorities, he started a brokeiage business
In this city about six eais ago and
claims to have 63,000 customers, 123 em
ployes and office expenses ot $200,000 a
eir.
The specific charge on which the art est
was made Is that last .Tammy ho ob
tained $721 25 from 11. W Hailman, of
Mansfield, O, thiough the mall for sev
eral shares of American Car and Foun
dry Company, which. It Is alleged, he
never sent Hal 'man.
EHRET TO FIGHT SEIZURE
New York Brewer to Institute Proceed
ings for Return of Property
By the Associated Press
Washington, Jul 30 Ocorge Hhret,
a blew or of New Yolk, whose estate,
estimated to be valued at J40,nnnnoo,
recently was taken over by Allen Proper
Custodian Palmer, was reimrted todaj to
t returning from Germany to Institute
proceedings for recoveiy of the pinpeitj.
The caso is analogous to that of Mis
Adolphus Dusch, tho widow of the St.
Louis multimillionaire biewer. who nnw
Is seeking lecoverv of her estate which
was seized while she was In Germany
Khret went,, to Germany before the
United States entered the war, and his
friends claim the tilp was made neces.
urv he leasnn nf his decl n ng boa til
-His pioperty was seized bytlie Govern
ment on tno grounn oi ms utniwn n.-n-dence,
as residence and not citizenship
is the determining factor Insuch cases.
APPEAL FOR AUTOMOBILES
Kensington Neighborhood House Lacks
Ychiilcs for Picnic
Several moic motorti ticks and autn.
mobiles are needed bv Mr. M W.
Ketchum. financial secreiniy of the Ken
sington Neighboihond House and Rich
mond Soup Socletv. to accommodate the
guests at her annual fico picnic to Faii
inonnt Tark tomonow.
War conditions have caused her to
curtail her plans, and only 400 children
and a few elderlv women will take the
trip Instead of the thousands of other
vtars Hut she needs transportation
facilities for these.
Todav fourteen children designated
to take' the ti lp reported at the head
nuarteis, SOfiS Piankford avenue, that
thev would be unable to go because
thev had no shoes. An elfoit is being
made tosupplythem
REPORT KERENSKY IN U. S.
Naval Man Sas He Crossed VtHth Rus
sian E-Preniicr
Chlrniro, Julv 30. (By I. X' S ).
Alexander J Kcrenskv, former premier
of Russia, Is in the United States, hav
ing arrived Incognito on a leoent steam
er, according to telegraphic word re
ceived here from John A. Haggerty. a
naval gunner, who says he was a fel
low passenger of tho Russian statesman.
The telegram addressed to William H.
Burnuest, associate editor of Domestic
Hngineerlng, and published in the Chi
cago Herald and Examiner reads in
nart :
"Passenger with Kerensky on , at
tacked off Irish coast afternoon eigh
teenth. Great liner Justlcla torpedoed.
Attacked again at midnight same day.
No casualties Kerensky calm. Travel
ing ineoknlto."
SfeoSfs
Market Street Store Opens 9 o'clock, Closes 5.30
CLOSED ALL DAY SATURDAY DURING AUGUST
aj nil
lid-Summer
Clearance
Women's Pumps & Oxfords
White
31
Formerly to $6. SO
Formerly to tS.SO
"A.8S
Louis or sport heels.
919-921 MARKET STREET
60th and Chestnut Ste.
4028-30 Lancaster Ave.
MARINES
s&TSCCSsss-tsOTTrsssssOTJT
L'nilei tin" uatdifiil eves of marine
a t ?-sii. ,
GERMANY HURLS MILLION
MEN INTO GREAT BATTLE
Gigantic Force Makes Mere Dent in Allied Front, 1) hilc Foch
Presses on for Gains at Various
Points
Hy the A'socialcd Prcs
-The Germans have thrown nearly a
million men into the gigantic battle
between SrUrsons and P.hcims and
have been vic'ously counter-alt ickli)B
all mound the clicul.ir line that
stretches fiom to!ssons to the neigh
borhood of Rhelms
i:en this formidable force, how
ever, appeirs to have made not more
than a dent or two In the Allied front
In Its latest effott, while at various
points progiess for the Allies, slight
but important Is repotted
Regarding the sticngth of the Gli
man forces, unofficial advices btate
that there aio si.vent-one Teuton
divisions engaged In this struggle
The strength of a German divMon Is
about 13,500 on a normal footing, so
that If all the units iets'tlng the Al
lies north of the Maine have been
kept up to standard, theio are 958,500
men trying to hold the line until the
situation istrelievid of these divis
ions there are ten diawn fiom Crown
Prince RuppieUitt, .umy In the north.
Troops from Ollur fronts
The German Ciovvn Prince had In
the neighborhood of 500, ono men be
tween Rhelms. and rh.itcau-Thlciry
when the attack across the Maine be
gan on July 15 The incit ise In the
number of divisions rng.igod in tho
battle would appear to Indicate that
he had since that time drawn heavily
on other army g'oup- It would also
seem that this action nn ills pirt te
llects the Importance of this battle in
the eyeu of the German high com
mand. Thiough tho Get man counter-blow,
the Amei leans were driven bark fiom
Clerees, southeast of Pire-cn-Tarde-nols,
while to the nnithwest of Pttt,
the Americans have aWo heuii fotced
out of Reugneux, into which the had
penetrated after pas-olng thiough
Gtand Rozoy
Uuzancv, t-ituated on the west side
of the Crls'e River about five miles
smith of Solssons, h is nisi been the
t-cene of heavy fighting, and the bat
tle appears to havo been genital
along the line j-outh of that point,
notably In Plessier Wood, near where
the front turns abruptly to the east
On tho other end of the bittle line
there have been bharp engagements,
but tepotts credit the Allies with
making an advance at Aubillv, In
the Ardre valley, west of Rhelms.
They have als,o forged ahead further
down toward the bottom of the pocket,
at Villerb-Agron-Aigulzy.
Allied VIcwh DltTer
While these counter-blows against
' tho Allied lines are general and of
great violence, It is not believed In
London that the enemy Intends to
mako a real stand south of the Vesle
River. Paris, on tho other hand, seems
to believe that the Germans may have
fixed upon tho present location of
of
"buck" and white canvas pumps
y?p
and oxfords; also plenty of styles in
mahogany, gun-metal, Koko-calf and
patent leathers; turned -sole models
with covered Louis heels or welted sole
styles with sport heels.
Pumps and oxfords in the most fash
ionable styles of white "buck;" also'
a wide variety of models in Havana
brown, gray, green and black Kid;
Koko-calf, mahogany and patent
leather: turned or welted soles and
2746-48 Germantown' Ave.
5604-06 Germantown Ave.
ON LOOKOUT FOR
irsrazrsssssngg; sxaussuasxei innxssri
and liluciojt, the itUunleti in
Nllllll
their armies as the field upon which
thry will tuin at baj
Their hivt been pitiol operations
alnng the Utltish fmnt, but nothing
significant has ocruned tliete
Little has been lrpnitcd lo nmplifv
the Copenhagen dipitch to tho ef
fect that TuiUp and (lerminv have
blnken uft ipl.itlnn AiiT-tetdim ad
vices, however. Indium thu Tut -kev
intends to putt-ue nn agpressc
policy In the Cam imk legton, the
Held supposedly set aside foi Get man
exploitation This 11115 cmy ,1 meas
ure of continuation of tin 11111101 tint
the Quadruple Alliance has Innkeii
over the divlsinn nf sprns kubsttiunt
to the peace ticitk" w ith Uu la ami
Rumania
FRANCIS MOVES, SAYS REPORT
U. S. Embassy Declared Trans
ferred from Volgod.i to Vrchimjicl
fly tJip Associated Vr?
vt ii-hliiKlori, July .10 Unconfirmed
repoits leached tin- State ivpntnn nt
today that Arnhdhsaili 1 rr.iui'ls h ib
moved his headquai teis fiom Vologda
lo Aichangel Nu dirict word li.ib been
received fiom Mr l'rancis and the State
Depattmetit has cabled him legaiding
tle lepot t
Conflicting reports leg 11 ding the p'is
ence nf Geimau tioops in Moscow hivt
leached the State Dipaitimnt I'nuii
one tource comes Inform itiou 11 it
Nlkoltl Lenlnc, the I!olsh-.llv piemlii
his iidmltted that the (it 1 mans .111
bonding tioops to gu.ud the German
embassy, whllo lepoits fiom nnotln 1
bourct! deny this I icpaitmuit olllctil.
',111. .satlslled, howevti, that u leitalf
number of German guards, are In Moscow
The NOISELESS TYPEWRITER
"She's More Valuable
Than Ever Before"
"QHE'S always been a mighty faithful girl, but recently
she's been helping me more than ever. In the old
days she used to work in the outside office because I
couldn't stand the rat-tat-tat of the noisy typewriter.
"You know what that means. Always yards away
when I wanted her most never near enough to answer
the telephone just a typist instead of a private secretary.
"But all that was changed the day we installed the
Noiseless Typewriter. Now she works right at my elbow,
yet unless I watch her hands I hardly know she's typing.
"The Noiseless has increased her efficiency -rand mine,
too fully 50. More work better work quicker work
that's the answer"
Write
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The Noiseless Typewriter Company, 835 Chestnut St., Philadelphia
(Phont, Walnut 3691)
RIOTERS
Philadelphia have liecn .llum
mini
WANTS R. R. BRIDGE SPEEDED
JIaor Coinitlains of Delay
at
Span (Jcr Island Avenue
M.-oor Pmlth sent .1 telegram to Sec
rrt.ny of War Hak. r sterday calling
attention to the fact thit the construe
lion of the In idee ov 1 1 Island avenue,
on the line of the Phllidlphi 1, ISiltl
more and Wa hlngton Ualhnid. under
continct bv the cltv and railroad mm
pinv, had btopped In cause of the com
mands ring of mitiilal bv the itlb l.ils
of the Hog Islmd shipbuilding plant
All troop and Government fieight move
ments from the South to phllndelphli
and N'evv Voik go over the trestle ued
ns fale woiks and the Major asked
tint the Wat Pepaitmcnt act thiough
the 1 1II1 nid legiornl dlrer'or to stop
Intel ference b tin Lmergencv l'leet
Cnri)pnnn. ns the woik Is essential for
the bafet.v of tioops
for Luncheon
for Ice Cream
for Candies
Open in the cienino till clcvni'thtrt'j
for soda, ic cruttn, and candiis
D16 CDestnut 5t.
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for booklet "The Typezvritcr
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TYPEWRIT
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SUGAR RATIONS CUT
TO HALF POUND EACH
Food Administration An
nounces New Restrictions on
Weekly Allowance
Vew restrictions In the use of sugar
just announced by the food adminis
tration sallow but one-hilf pound per
person ppr week
Consumers arc notified that their sup
plies for August are not only unusually
small, but will be dolajed In reaching
them, so the.v are ndvKcd to make the
amount now on hand gn as far as
possible
Cargo shlpa. used in tho sugar trade
between here and Cuba, are scarce and
It Is Impossible to maintain the nornvil
supply. As a result, manufacturers
using sugar In less essential indusliies
mav be further limited
Two pound for each nlnetv persons
setvrd Is the allotment allowed les
taurants and other public places
'ugar for canning and jupservli 'j may
still bo purchase d on certificates issued
l urocers
Any person who attempts to vlo
lite tho regulations mn the i isk of
having to go without sugar entirely
T. J. Hradlrj, Undertaker, Head
John J. flrVirtley, who has been en
Ratted In the undertaking business n
final ter of .1 century at Pol tv -eighth
street and "U'valusitig aveniin dkd 1 --
pidiv aftei three months' Illness Mr.
lltiilltv w.11 a memliei nl main uigini
yitioiis Including the Knights of Hie
Hod Hiaiuh of whlib In was supreme
clilif. the Knights of Columbus and the
Vnilent Order i,f ltlbeinlnn" He was
flhc-siv veals old Mr Iiradlev Is sui
vlved by his widow, a otl, John J Iirad
lev ,lr, and four daughters
BaleiBanks
AND BlDDLE CO.
1832-Jewelers 1918
Gift Selections
Jewels
Gold
Silver
Watches
Clocks
Swords
Memorials
Plus "
E R.
In Full Blast Today I
The Big
REDUCTION SALE
of
PERRY SUMMER SUITS
(Formerly $20 to $45)
at further savings from their
already l(nv regular Prices!
i
We will sell
$40 & $45 Suits
Big Original Value
53tU,0( yjl " j28.00
$28 & $30 Suits
Bir Original Value
W4tU- vJi mw 19.00
I Get these TWO POINTS clear in your
mind First These Reductions are on the
Finest Clothes made; and Secondly, are from
Prices already remarkably low!
We're doing it to clear decks. We're doing
it to make room for the Fall and Winter.
We're doing it, also, because these Reduc
tions will help to introduce our Clothes, with
the merits of fit, workmanship, style, distinc
tive of Perry's, to numbers of new customers
who have been looking for just such qualities
in a Suit of Clothes.
For Tropical-Weather Wear
"Breezweve" Suits
$10 and $12
We can't replace them at the prices!
Palm Beach Suits
$7.50 to $15
Wide variety of colors and patterns
and a Big, Solid Saving in Price!
Suits of
White Basket-Weave Serge
$18
Very "swell", and also very reasonable!
Outing Trousers, $6.50 to $10
Closed Daily
Saturdays at
During July
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