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GOSSIP OF
.STEEL CORPORATION REPORT
A AND ITS STAGGERING TOTALS
INTEREST FINANCIAL WORLD
$?' moun8 Set Aside by United Stntes and Bethlehem Compa
ss nies for War and Income Taxes "Would Pay Liberty Loan
Interest Gossip
TN THE brokers' ofllces and In the Street the principal topic of discus.
slon yesterday was the United Steel Corporation's report and the
action of the directors, not only In. the matter of the dividend which vtat
virtually a foregone conclusion but also In reference to their liberal In
crease In wages.
t The manager of an old-established banking and Investment house
called attention to the. surprising fact that the taxes set aside
by tho United States Steel Corporation added to thoso sot aside by thd
Bethlehem Steel Corporation would pay the $460,000,000 Interest on the
" whole of the three Liberty Loans that Is, approximately.
This statement was made In the course of a discussion about the
990,716,250 set aside for Federal Income and war excess-profits -taxes
for the quarter In the report sub'mltted on Tuesday by the directors,
basing the figures on this report. The allowance of $90,716,000 for
excess-profits taxes Includes $88,716,250 for the current quarter, based
m the existing tax laws.
The Impression created by tho liberal treatment accorded to the
iemploes of the Steel Corporation through an Increase In wages was
favorably , commented upon jestcrday In the financial district. One
broker remarked that this Is tho seenth time the employes have shared
In this way In the profits of tho company since January 1, 1916. The
increase applies principally to day laborers and Is cqunl to 10 per cent.
a
It goes Into operation today. This, he said, will mean an average wage
'for these Workers of about $4 a day, as compared with $2 a day In the
last quarter of 1915.
In connection with this wage Increase Elbert H. Gary, chairman of
the corporation, said:
''The finance committee of the United States Steel Corporation, after
due consideration, has unanimously voted to Increase tho wage rates of
day labor at the manufacturing plants about 10 per cent, to become
effective August 1 proximo. Other wage rates will be equitably adjusted
except in cases where advnnces have been made recently. Coal-mlnlng
' companies are not Included. Their emplojes heretofore received similar
advances."
War Makes Vast Earnings Look Commonplace
The principal of an old established banking and Investment house
when discussing yesterday the report of the United States Steel Cor
poration, with Its net earnings at the rate of $600,000,000 per annum,
, remarked that these flgui es fl e years ago would have been considered
a staggering, incomprehensible; but the war has changed our sense of
proportion,
"Today," he said, "vve talk In billions, and the announcement by
the chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Represen
tatives a few days ago is authority for the statement that the appropria
tions and authorizations made by Congress for the fiscal year 1918-19
Aggregate already $30,000,000,000, which, added to the appropriations of
, the previous year, make the total for tho first two years of the war
, almost $60,000,000,000, and we speak of these figures," he claimed, "as
we would about so many millions a few ears ago, although not one
,. of us comprehends what a billion means."
-r On this subject the Annalist says:
"To comprehend what $50,000,000,000 means is hardly within the
range of Jhe human mind and its magnitude can only be ,measured by
'comparison with other huge sums. According to economists, bankers
and statisticians, the total value of all the agricultural, mining and
.manufacturing products of the United States, with its 100,000,000 of
people, ts between $40,000,000,000 and $50,000,000,000 a year. The aggre
gate wealth of the nation Is placed at $250,000,000,000, or five times the
congressional appropriations for the first two years of war. Fifty bll
. lions is one-third of the combined wealth of Great Britain and France.
"The aggregate of the total ordinary receipts and postal revenues of
the United States for the fifty years from 1868 to 1917 Is about $28,500,
000,000. The banking power of all the banking Institutions in the United
States Is estimated to be approximately $35,000,000,000.
"These bewildering figures picture 'fifty billions of dollars' as best as
it may be portrayed by reflection to figures of equally Intangible sums."
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New corporate issues passed upon by the capital issues committee
'I at 111 keep coming along.
A. B. Leach & Co., Inc., are offering $3,600,000 of the Hydraulic
iPressed Steel Company first mortgage and collateral trust 7 per cent
' gold notes, due July 1, 1921.
The proceeds of these notes, according to their representative here,
will be used to retire $1,800,000 one-year 7 per cent notes, due October 15,
.'1918, and for extensions to the plants and working capital.
The plants embrace three companies and at present cover a total
, of, 119 acres. The output of the plants at present, which are standard
' products, are being utilized for Government purposes.
. The price of the notes Is 97 and Interest, to yield about 8 per cent,
and it Is said they are being absorbed rapidly.
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Halsey, Stewart & Co. and William R. Compton Company are offer
ing $2,500,000 of a new issue of State of Louisiana port commission 5
per cent canal bonds at prices to yield 4.85 per cent or thereabouts. Tho
bonds are -exempt from all Federal income taxes.
J ' 1 Opinions on Telephone Control
Tom inquiries in me nnanciai aitinct tne, majority opinion appears
to agree with the statement made by Theodore N. Vail, president of
,th American Telephone and Telegraph Company, and quoted by Dow,
Jones & Co. as follows:
i'l am satisfied that the Government intends to do the utmost to
maintain the service, conserve the property for the owner and pay Just
compensation in a full sense." He did not attach any Importance to the
selling of the company's stock, which reached a new low record for many
years at 91-
Mr. Vail's statement does not coincide with a story told by a well
, "known banker In this city recently about another official of the Tele
phone and Telegraph Company, who said he had disposed of every
security of the company which he owned and would have nothing more
to do with them.
'The majority, however, seem to side with Mr. Vail, whose statement
should put at rest several absurd rumors which are afloat regarding the
.operation of the telephone and telegraph lines by the Government.
Philadelphia-Farmers and Mechanics' Merger
Howard W, Lewis, president of the Farmers and Mechanics' Na
tional Bank, has sent the following letter to stockholders:
"The, Philadelphia National Bank is desirous of buying the business
of the Farmers and Mechanics' National Bank, and has made an offer
to purchase our promissory and demand notes, our bonds and short-time
curltles and our bank building and good will.
."Our president will become a vice president of the Philadelphia Na
tional Bank, and Mr. Schlagle, our cashier, and Mr. Mlllett, our assistant
l cashier, 'will become assistant cashiers of that bank.
"The offer contemplates that our stockholders will vote our bank
Jnto voluntary liquidation.
"Our directors have adopted a resolution that it was the sense of the
"bpard that the offer should be accepted and recommending tt to our
stockholders, and if the bank be voted Into liquidation that your presi
dent should act as liquidating agent and liquidate all the assets of the
f bank not sold to the Philadelphia
I- Kv ' 'pVCQea8 thereof to our stockholders.
X i "While it is not possible to state wltl
if vpla'i will realize for our stockholders, Uvi
ti conditions in excess of $180 per
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BUSINESS CAREER
OF PETER FLINT
A Story of Salesmanship by
Harold Whitehead
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CHAPTER CLV
lost old Nolan,
"ITTELL. I lost old Nolan, tho life In-
surance prospect I hoped to urlte
up.
It was just as Mr Ooldmnn, the
agent's manager, said, "If n prospect
talks It over with his wife, It's 'good
night sale.' "
If only I'd had the answer Sam Gold
man gave me yesterday I could have
stoppe Nolan from talking It oer with
his frau.
When I got to his office, he slid, "I
talked It over with Mr. Nolan, and
have decided not to bother with Insur.
anco just yet. I'm going to buv bontlt
Instead. They are Just as safe and pay
much better."
Well, I talked myself black In the
face, but I couldn't convince him that
Insurance was as good an bonds. When
ho Bhowed me that bonds paid at least
4 per cent more than Insurance I had to
admit he was right, and left him prom
ising to call later but the sale was dead
by this time, I knew.
Now, I know thnt he would haxe been
a good llvewlre If only I had been ready
with that argument I recorded vesterdav
about "talking It oxer with the wife."
Een today I had r chance, but I
couldn't see where we could better a
good bond as an Investment.
I was talking It over with "C C,"
this evening. Ho laughed, and paid
"It's a simple objection to overcome If
you know how. I'll tell ou
"Vou tried to convince the man about
something that wasn't so. Insurance Is
not Intended primarily as an Investment,
but as protection. What you should
have done was to tell him that you know
bonds pay more Interest If he gets
them.
"So many people arrange to buy bonds
'a little later' but that time Is always
a 'little later' The money to be saved
for bonds gets spent on other things
And If they plan to sae so much a
week In a savings bank, there's no
urgent drive to keep It up there's noth
ing compulsory about It so after a start
ninety-nine men out of a hundred
gradually drop It.
"Now. Insurance Is a semlcompulsory
form of sa Ing. You must meet your
premiums. It's a recurring expense, like
rent (although It's an Investment, of
course). It creates a habit of saving
that nothing else does and we all just
hate to save."
"C. C " paused a minute and then
asked, "How much cash have you
saved?"
"Well," I began, "you see I've so lit
tle money that It's Impossible to save.
Of course, when I get more money I can
and I Intend to then."
"Same old stall !" sighed "C. C ," wag
glng his head. "Don't you get more
money here than In your last Job?"
"Yes, of course, but I only average
about $3 more, and even with that It's
pretty slim picking."
"Of course; but Buppose sou were still
on the old Job and old salary?"
"Oh, well, I'd have got by somehow."
"Yes, of course," hero ho became
serious, "but when you get your next
raise you'll raise our standard of liv
ing In proportion and so on and so on.
1 Don't you see thnt you can never get
nhead of the dollar game unless you De
gin now to save a little If It's only a
quarter a week? Oet the habit of sav
ing, or the habit of spending will get
you.
"When you get your next raise, save
It and contlnuo living as jou do now.
Keep your Income one step In advanco
nf vour standard of living and you'll
eventually have money enough to live as
you wish and still keep a reserve.
"An Insurance policy would make you
save take out a policy of only $500.
Write it up yourself. I urge you to do
It It's nothing to me, so my advice Is
disinterested. I know you are only a
youngster, but for heaven's sake try to
think ahead for once.
"But to return to the question of In
surance versus bonds. Insurance repre
sents a value far In excess of the cash
paid as a first premium, while the same
money In bonds Is worth only Its face
value. Tell your prospects to Invest In
bonds If they will, but let lnsuranco
protect their estate. Insurance Is a
quick asset of fixed value. Bonds may
have to be held for a long time to be
sold at a fair price they may evtn fall
In value. ,
"A widow would prefer cash from an
insurance policy to bonds or partly paid,
for securities which she does not know
how to get rid of at a fair valuation.
"If a man Invests $50 at 6 per cent It
earns $3 In a year. Put It Into life in
surance. He still has the $50, and In
place of the odd $3 he has protection
rn 11(10(1 nr 11600."
"Gee!" I said; "if I knew all that it
would bo a cinch to close 'em.
What a lot there Is to know about In.
surance 1 Perhaps I ought to take out a
policy in favor of Rosle.
TODAY'S BUSINESS KPIC1RAM
The world owes us all a living, but
it's up to ouraclvea to collect.
What does this mean to YOU?
Kuslness Questions Answered
I am rontemplatlns taklrui up a C. P. A.
cour through a correpondence school. ran
jou rfr me to ont I am twrnty-alx ar
old I w In th telllnc gam. for four
jean and Peter Flint li BOlns through the
am. achool that I had to so throush. the
chool of exparlsnce. The harder the bumpi
the mora uccful h'll be. H. N. M.
The Y. M. C. A. offers a good course.
I hava been readlnr your ajrlal atory In
the newspaper every day. Aside from beln
Intercstlnr and educational. It haa proven
ts m that many things can bo learned from
smaller paopla than yourself.
1 am at present employed In a retail
rlothlns housa aa a salesman, nelns new to
business lift. I would like to attend a
school where I can sain some Information
about teatlles.
If there Is none, would sou please tell me
where I could set soma Information from
booka or masaitnas?
I am nineteen years old and hava been
with these people since I left school. In my
senior year, six months aco, I have a de
sire to so on the road tn about a year and a
half. Could you alve me some advice?
What do you mean "people smaller
New and Only Route
Direct to Hog Island Ship Yard
VIA
"SOUTHWESTERN"
FROM
3rd and Jackson Sts., Moyamensing
Avenue, and Penrose Ferry Road
Connecting with all P. R. T. cm
Utwn 3rd
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than yourself"? Never mind, I won't
hold It against you !
Under Rennrnte cover I send vou the
names of various schools giving courses
lntextlles.
At the stme time I send jou tho nam.
of a Journal through which you can get
all tho technical information vou re
quire. If you want to go on the road Belling
drygoods, I would advise vou to tnl,e
special courses In business English,
salesmanship and elementary account-
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or course, i oon t Know wnat training
you have had, but generally pnlesmen
are verv weak in their abllltj to descrlbo
things accurately nnd forcibly They
are generally lacking In a knowledge of
the fundamentals of business as con
tained In elementary accounting, nnct
they are often worse than Ignorant of
the principles of salesmanship
Why don't vou Join the Salesmanship
Club of Cleveland" You will meet all
the worth-while salesmen there, and tho
acquaintanceship you ought to form
should prove valuable to you
Study ybur goods nnd then study
jour goods and again study .vour goods
until vou are nn c.pert In them Put
j'ourself In audi a position that buslncs-,
houses would be glr.U to profit by jour
advice
The most successful Balesmen are
those who havo such a complete anil
thorough knowledge of their goods thnt
buyers look upon them as experts, whose
advice they arc well adv Ised to follow.
Just ft few questions I would like an
swered , t , ,
Where Is there nn eenlnfr achonl of dfn
tlstry? VVhlU Is the coit of a full rourne"
How lone wou'il It take solne evenlncs?
Is there nny woman dolnu dcntlatrv work,
anil where? -I K. H.
Under separnto cover I send jou
names of certain journnla from which
jou can get full Information as to the
particulars for dentists
Under another cover I nm also sending
the name of a college which has a de
partment of dentlstrj-.
WILL NEED BIG FORCE
TO MAN NEW VESSELS
Ships for Transport Service
Will Require 222,000 Offi
cers and Men
Wellington. Aug. 1 (By I. N S )
Approximately 22,000 officers and 200,
000 men from the navy will be required
to man the 2000 vessels which thcUnllol
States shipping board Is building, and
which are to be rushed Into commission
as soon as possible. Theso vessels will
be operated under the direction of the
navj'. They will be turned over to the
naval overseas tranrport service, of
which Commander Chnrle3 Belknap Is
the head, as fast as they arc commis
sioned. This service, which now Is operating
virtually the entlro fleets of the nrmy,
the navy and the shipping board, has
been unusually successful In Its work
Being able to enforce naval discipline,
Iv' Is getting results which seemed Im
possible during the early days of the
war when It was necessary to make up
crows from the morchans marine who
scoffed at discipline.
Acceptance by tho shipping board of
the overseas transport service to operate
Its ships Is a high tribute to that de
partment. Gradually the army turned
vessels over to it, and finally the ship
ping board accepted Its services on a
small scale.
By utilizing trained naval crews for
the new fleet there will bo at all times
complete co-operation between the of
ficers of these vesselB and the various
naval escorting flotillas. This will make
very materially for safety In the ship
ment of supplies across the ocean.
' 12,000-TON SHIP IN 24 DAYS
Alameda, Cal., Plant to Launch
Vessel August 5
By the Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 1. Twentj'-four
days after tho laying ot the keel the
12,000-ton fabricated ship, the Invincible,
will be ready for launching, the shipping
hoard announces, at the Bethlehem
Shipbuilding Corporation plant at Al
ameda, Cal , August S, Two days' work
on the ship were lost by a strike.
Forty thousand rivets wora driven
and more than 137 tons of steel put In
place dally In constructing the vessel,
which is 4GT.6 feet long, flftj'-slx feet
broad and thirty-eight feet deep. The
first rivet was driven July 6.
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HIGHER WAGES GIVEN
( ontlnued from rane One
the tlmo of terminating one dnj-'a work
and the tlmo for repWtlng for nnother
day's work Is less than ten hours an
addition of paj- shall bo allowed for the
period of tlmo below ten hours: For the
the first hour below ten hours, fifteen
minutes' pay : for the second hour, thirty
minutes' pav ; for the third hour, fortj'
flvo minutes' pay and for tho fourth and
each suceedlng hour, one hour's pa
Tlmo nnd one-half tlmo for evtra
work, extra trips, or tripper service. In
addition to the runs to which men are
rispectivcly assigned
l'ennslvnnln Companies' llntes
Pennsjlvanla-New .lersev llnllwaj
Company, Trenton. N J., effective June
22, with back pay due September 1. Mo
toimen nnd conductors, first three
months, thlrtj'-elsht cents; next nine
months forty tents ; thereafter, fortj'
two cents
Scranton Railway Company. Scrnnton,
Pa , effectivo June 2. with back pay duo
.September 1 : Motormen and conductors,
first threo months, forty-one cents ; next
nine months, fortj -three cents', there
after. fortS'-fHe cents
(The company shall ascertain from
Its books the amount of the Increase of
fate for which receipts havo not been
ipcelvcd bj pissengers pajlng the same.
and It shall distribute pro rat.i to tno
men In their employ at present the
amount to which such men nro entitled
under their agreement with the companj-.)
Uast St Louis line, Uast St. Louie,
111, effective Julv 1 with back pty due
September 1 : Motormen nnd conductors,
first threo months, fortj'-one cents; next
nine months, forty-three cents ; there
after, forty-five cents. Interurlian, forty
seven cents per hour.
BufTalo'a Case
In tho cae of the International Ball-waj-
Company of Buffalo the board ruled
that motormen and conductors shall re
ceive 43 cents an hour the first three
months, -10 cents for tho next nine, and
48 thereafter Men running one-man
cars will receive S cents an hour nbove
thlH scale. nnglmers on freight cars
will receive for the first three months 4S
cents an hour, tho next nine month". 48
cents, nnd thereafter 50 cents Con
ductors on freight enrs will rerelve re
spectively 44, 47 and 49 cents per hour
Brnkemen on freight cars will receive
:epectlvel.v 41, 44 nnd 40 cents per
hour. These rntes arc retroactive to
June 1, 1018. and the companv Is given
until September lo give hack pav
For l:anston, III, tho hnjid fixed the
.The Girl with the Voice with the Smile
BELL telephone operating offers to
young women an exceptional op
portunity to engage in pleasant work
and, at the same time, to help in an
essential way towards the winning of
the war.
The Bell telephone operator is provided
with comfortable rest-rooms wnere she
may read or relax; the work is enjoyable;
her companions are congenial and she
is associated with young women who
have been chosen because of their cour
tesy, their personality, their refinement
and their ability.
A good salary is paid while learning and
there are frequent and regular increases,
with many special opportunities for
promotion.
Application may be made to Miss M. D. Ryan at the
Bell Telephone building, 163 1 Arch Street, Philadelphia,
to Miss G. Smith, 406 Market Street, Philadelphia,
to Miss F. R. Zlngol, 26 W. Chelten Ave., Germantown,
or to the Chief Operator in any other city between the
hours of 8 A.M. and 6 P.M. or evenings by appointment.
The Bell Telephone
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CARMEN BY WAR BOARD
rato for motormen and conductors nt
11 cents nn hour for the first three
months, 43 cents for tho next nine
months and 45 cents an hour there
after Kates for Cleveland,
For Cleveland the pay l 43 cents
an hour for the first throe months. 46
cents for the next nine months and 48
cents an hour thereafter. Explaining
the Cleveland award, the board holds
"Additional p-iy for the period of
swing runs In excess of consumed time
shall bo allowed as follows:
"Fifteenth hour Fifteen minutes.
"Sixteenth hour Thirty minutes
"Seventeenth hour Forty-flvo mln
uleH "Klghteenth and each successive hour
Ono hour
' Sundays and hc.lldayi and on night
runs snail no straight and no more than
eight hours, nnd with ten hours' pay
for eight hours' tlmo on night runs.
iiirLiive .,inj- i, anu mo companj' Is
allowed until October 1 to pay tho back
pay
For tho Cleveland, Palncsvllle and
Gaston Railroad Companj- and tho
Cleveland and Ashtabula Railroad Com
pany, the fellow Ing Is applicable:
"hirst three month?, thlrtj--elght cents
an hour; next nine months, fortj- cents
an hour, and forty-two cents an hour
thereafter
"Ijxtra trips, extra work on tripper
servlco and In addition to runs assigned,
slull bo paid tlmo and one-half.
Tlmo nnd one-half shall also bo paid
from completion of their ruii" to stand
ing time of extra trip or extra work."
For tla Cleveland, Southwestern and
Columbus Companj', thlrtj-.elght cents
an hour shall be paid for tho first three
monthR, forty cents' an hour for the
next nine months nnd fortj'-two cents
an hour thereafter.
"Other emploj-es," said the board,
"shall be paid a minimum of fortj--twO
cents an hour, effective April 1, and tho
lompany Is allowed until November 1 to
make up the back pay."
Afreet I nc Detroit
Tho Detroit United Railway Company
case was decided ns follows'
Motoran and conductors First three
months, fortj'-three cents nn hour; next
nno months, forty-six cents; thereafter,
foity-elght cents.
No change In classes of runs as laid
down by the arbitration hoard of 1917 :
hreaK or lay-ore time amounting to forty
five minuteR or less shall be paid for at
rates prescribed In this award and shall
no consiueruu pan ui me piuiiurni lime; '
Sunday and holiday runs all shall bo,
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straight, with no more than eight hours'
tlmoj night runs shall be straight, with
no more than eight hours' time and with
ten hours' pay : car Inspectors, controller
men, pitmen nnd pitmen's helpers have
the right to organlro In trade unions and
lo bargain collectively through chosen
renreRf ntntl,. rnmiwnv'n nnprnflnn nn
tho basli of the open shop, union nnd
. nonunion men working side by aide, to
continue, nnd not to be deemed a griev
ance : wages for these men not decided
int this time, for the reason that tho
parties did not submit any evidence upon
the subject It Is, therefore, referred to
an evnmlner for complete Investigation
nnd report to the arbitrators
Cnnrrrnlnir Rnlen nf Fnre
A supplement statement bv arbitrators
'on the question of rates of faro follows
"This award increases tho maximum
rate In Detroit from forty cents an hour
to forty-eight cents nn hour. Tho In
crease Is substantial, hut required by
. the Increased cost of lllng, and Is fair
Other changes In working conditions
morn favorable to the men will normally
I ndd to tho wage cost The fares nllowed
to the Detroit Hallway are exceptionally
low bring three cents a passenger on
I some lines, four cents on others nnd five
cents on otheis They should all bo
I lalscd lo meet the Increased operating
cost duo to the high prices of needed
material and equipment nnd tho In
creased pay herein awarded." Tho lan
guage used In the Cleveland case Is
'also made part of this award
"Award Is effective Juno 1, 1!18;
compan) allowed until September 1 to
make back payments "
I Itatea II veil In Other ( Itlea
For the Joplln and Pittsburgh Hall
way Compuny motormen and conduc
tors are awarded thirty-eight cents an
hour for the first three months, forty
for the next nine and forty-two there
after For the United Traction Company at
Aluanj, N Y, additional pay Is nwarded
to bring the minimum wage up to fortj
cents an hour and tho companj- Is al
lowed until September 1 to make bai.k
paj-ments.
For Schenectadj-, N Y , city line fig
ures for motormen nnd conductors Is
fixed at forty-one cents for the first
three months; forty-three for the next
nine and forty-fic thereafter
on in-
rilOTOPLAYS
The Stanley Booking Corporatiori
THE following theatres obtain their pictures thtough the STAXLET Booking,' i
Corporation, which Is a gnnrantee of early showing of the finest produc-. '
tlons All pictures reviewed before exhibition. Aslc for the theatre In ycur
locality obtaining pictures through the STANLEY Booking Cornoratlr-n. ",&
Alt ,L lSth, Morris t Pasujunk Ave.
AUiamDra Mat. Ualls ntl', i:gs. 0:15 AU
MADC1U KKNNKUT In
"THE PAIIt I'KKTKNDHR"
A Dril I C BSD AND THOJirbON STS.
ArULUJ MATINEI3 DAILY
L'lIARLOTTC VVAI.KIIK in
"JUST A WOMAN"
1 ARCADIA riT-i'sVil
' AKMLT iiATAVtAWA"ln1,,P- '
"Tim C1TT OF DIM FACES"
ni T ICDIDn BROAD STREET and
DL.UH.Dlrv.L' 8USQUKHANNA AVE.
DOroLAS FAIRIIANItS In
hay. Aocso rni.i.ow"
r-lVIDDCCQ MAIN ST.. MANAYUNK
MABTEnMNCK'
"THE BLUE UfRD"
r- a irj1tr"M 1WT -'0th fiinARD AV.
r AIKMUUIN 1 MATINEE DAILY
I ..11IT,rKTnAl7lOMIDAT''
I -
' IT A Mil V THEATRE 1311 Market St.
1 -11VA1A-' " J. " in .uiumgni.
nrcssin I.OVE In
LITTLE SISTER TO EVERT ONE"
p-T-i i cT THEATRE Relow Spruce
JO 1 PI 3 1 MvTINEE DAILV
ORACE DARMOND In
"THE CRUCIBLE OF LIFE"
GREAT NORTHERN '"VRS"
MAE MVRSH In
"ALL WOMAN"
IMPERIAL Sl.ST5A.VS.,?r-o.
NORMA TALVtADOE In
"THE SOCIAL SECRETARY"
I rAPIFB ST LANCASTER AVE.
L-t-AUE-rV MATINEE DAILY
PAt'LTNB FREDERICK
In "THE FINAL RECKONING"
THEATRES
OWNLD AND MANAGED BY MEMBERS OF "
THE UNITED EXHIBITORS' ASSOCIATION
RRLMONT '- AUOVK iIA1,KKT
pl; FV-rl-rirU In "T
rau'e rreaencK. m,Sl
THE
ORY HEART"
,,-,,-k a r- ntTii i .., A't.-vriTTn
CEDAR t0TU CLUAU ANLNUB
Sessue Hayakawa '"mTi1
RRAVEST WAY"
COLONIAL Uln' niiM.
Taylor Holmes 'n''aaLESDGAiv,
fQi ISEUM wr'tet Ut' ot,lh 4 ou"1
Tavlor Holmes ,n ' "fn"LE.s
l ayior nouncs or nr.D AP
ssssssV ir V Trgvii ,w: J?!yX
t3L&3
"The Little
Napoleon Bonaparte, that imperial im
personation of force, viewed in silent won
der the awe-inspiring and majestic pyra
mids. They symbolized, as nothing be
fore had done in all his tempestuous career,
the single quality he loved and under
stood. They symbolized power.
And if, today, you wished to symbolize
that POWER in business which brings
men together quickly and economically,
that they may buy, sell, rsnt and ex
change to their mutual profit, surely you
should choose the Want Ad.
Our Want Ads are a great Business
Power. They are a FORCE which you
should use for nearly every business pur
pose. '
If Ynu Want tn Timi
Place Your Ad
m tr J J
J- D.
,. uv
BSaF?2B
.aif-
VJBBJ
terurban tines the rats Is.te) MfH
and one-half centi an -hour, ?
For Rochester, N. ,Y3 .
the rate Is the same asror
For lnterurban lines- It, lcS
cents nnd for the West SMtrs)'
It Is fifty and one-half cent".)
comnany allowed until Septeml
maico uacK payments. rV'j
- . - "V.V .
Hills Ames nallard. genera! !TAM J
.,.- t,ki,..,ankih rtrtnlii PMt.4vH'i
Ul II1U X -limwe,li Mt-,u am,nr
panj', refused to comment mil alter
IkIum. hnanl In rfnmmnA Inrrafcar
trolley fares througnout the COM
it -.. mn-:s nnmmnlaa iis,WfV ll
ruptejV -rt-A
Mr. Ballard also declined to '
the hoard's statement that "theTfrn
clnl condition of most Of the 4'T Jj
companies of the country Is perltoUflVy JWW
us application to me i: u. . I'reeioerj
.uiucu hub out ot ine city, HtT'
William C.rnham, superintendent;!,!
tho Public Service Corporation In.Csu
den and Its vicinity said this afttriH)e
he had not been nfllclallv notlfledtlt-
Inlinr ltnarH'a tnnrenaA f wai VW-
trolley men would apply to hl,Mrg
urn. iimi u ii niu auoui dull rnenAjnnjairr"
be affected He was unable tcraUst)'.
oennueiy mo total or me aaauion
wnees iho nomnanv would have totsji
out weekly under the new ruling. fe'tfo
HELD ON FUGITIVE CHAR
I
New
York Firm Arniftpa l'ritnnr . 1
$6000 Larceny -'&3
Victor I.elbsteln, Diamond stret;r.r.'
Or
eighteenth, said to bo a fugltlve-froml
New York, whero he Is wanted onV'j"
charce of era ml larceny, was arrahrntdS
today before Magistrate Pennock ntithe .
Central Station, and held pendlngrfrr'
renulsltlon. "fiiVjlfl
i.clbstcln. according to the notice, waar
a bookkeeper for Marcus ft Co,, coU
dealers, at 130 Klghth avenue. ,NrtfV
York, who charge him with maklnVv?
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5'i
1'IIOTOI'I.AIH
STRAND Ctn' Av" at vnnp' Rof Broad,
WALLACE REID . .O
In "LCS3 THAN -KIN" , '
EUREKA 0TU MAHKEX ra.';-i-
TOM MIX
In "ACE IltGH"
-
333 MARk'FT street theAtrs Y
JJJ IV1MIM1 1 o A. M. to IX :15't. 1 'y
VIOLA DANA In KTlIfe,,I
"OPPORTUNITY"
MODEL s ggSM'-x tofl
"THE KID IS CL1SVER" 'Prletifl
PAI APF 12U MARKET STOBETfvV-ffiaB
PEnSIIINO'S ,-VTT&Kl
CRU8ADER3 ' ffiWkJ
1 ii.,1
PRINCFSS 1018 MABKKT 8TnKBT-,Jffea
11ARI1ARV fASTLETON In iV. fjaviai
---- ......... w n Mtii i
RPr.FMT MARKET ST. Below XTTHf
'"-""'. 11A.M. to ,KalCvi
MAi,ilArh; Jtisir in -- i i
"LESS THAN KIN"
i ' raa
RIAI TO OERMANTOWN AVH. i..V
-v- i .fHiHiH'irarv mtmw .k i.
MAROt'ERITR FISHER In
trt3 ETotinn . M' ":'?
iMiu.-i.-tuii.ci nuisAn -
Dlm I BSD AND BAN80M BTB.
1I V vll MATINEE DAILY I
'FIFTY-FIFTY" ?KPJ
RURY MARKET ST. BELOW JtUXsW
IU I jo A. M. to litis PlT-
ALICE .lOTCE In
"THE HIGHEST DIDDER"
' SA'tifri
irfRi
T.tTiS
AiSHR
SAVOY 12U MABKKT STREET - Sft1
i-- V J I II A. M. TO MIDNTOatTS
.. ........ t ....... r.i.i, in Ji,jL
THE GOLDEN WALL" J.TTii.
STANI FY MARKET ABOVE lOTHtj
J 1 AfNLri, I Itit.lA. iLoUti0pfM.'Ei
CLARA KTVtHALL YOUNQ In -TClU
"THE CLAW" iril.1
VICTORIA MAn,AEI,.1J:n11D
OLOA PETROVA In V
TEMPFRrp STEEL"
FRANKFORD T13 'nora Arri
GUY EMPEY '" "Over the Tor
It IMRfl ril0N'T ST. 4 G1RA11D AVE.n'lJ'f'
juiliuu Jumho .Innrtlon un Krankford v"!t i
i .itnia! 1
WALLACE REID la ;S'grLYgEl
vr v wr i, m
lucus i a",-A,3,o8JSouv??.tLS??ira
Dorothy Dalton '" '"E iJfA'ggl
NIXON C1'u UEJTV 3U,asJ$l
CMir nCMMPTT In 'THE DESERTiJ
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Corporal" m
nr RM Anuthlmafl
in Our Column ,&
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