fc7 J'' .s V- . r- cd' i EVENING PUBUC LEDaEEr-PHIL'ADELPHIA; FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 191S 1 um MISSES V OLIDAY DINNER Corporal Doody's Thanks T-. giving Day Passed in $ Dix Hospital : PEATE WAITED AT HOME . v . 'targe Number of Philadelphia ) Fighting Men Tnva--r " lidcd Home ICftmmon Council, nlso was present to corrobornto Councilman Colborn'n state ment that by Thursday he woSrld havo ready for .Mr, .;onorn's introduction in Common Council an ordinance to compel abandonment of the skip-stop which Mr. Colborn requested Inst week. The meeting wan presided over by W. O. Dobson, president of tho South Sixtieth Street Business Men's Assocl- i ntlon, and was preceded by a deleea I tlon with music marching through the i streets of the section Inviting all citizens , to "attend a mass-meeting to abolish murder by the Philadelphia Ilanld Tran- ' Fit Company." Select Councilman Gar- man was tho first speaker. "This constant killing Is appalling," ho said, "and something immediately must be done, A few years ngo an ordi nance was passed to compel tho P. P.. T. Company to bring Its cars to a full stop at every Important Intersecting street I crossing, and I uellevo that law Is' still upon our statuto books. "There Is no logical defense for the l continued maintenance pf the sklp-stop I system, with Its high-speed street cross ing endangering life and limb. If any economy or saving Is necessary, let the company rcduco Its power consumption . In the number of Its lights or In nnv other of the number of ways that are open to It; but we refuse to sanction or ! permit any method or system which con stantly menaces and tnkes the, lives of our citizens. You may count upon mo I for the fullest support of whatever meas ures ore necessary. Councilman Karstacdt struck at what i he characterized as the very root of the I Impulse causing the transit company J officials to maintain a public danger 1 under the guise of patriotism. SKIP-STOP CORNER, 60TH ST. AND LARCHWOOD AVE. -There was a plate waiting at 1613 South Taney Rtreet yesterday for Cor poral John , Doody, a wounded sol dier, bvlt he could not. get homo for tho -Thanksgiving feast. He spent the day In tho base hospital at Camp Pit, where he Is waiting the day when he will be nCIrong enough to make the trip home. wurporai uoooy is .one of the large number of wounded Phlladelphlans who nave been Invalided home to complete thejr recovery. Somo of them were able to come to Philadelphia for the day. JJ&ody arrived Saturday at Newport .News. He was vv-numlnl hv hmntln,. ir;apnel on his fourth trip over the top I on Sentemhei' ?n witii. ni.tin.- ...m. Company M of the 31Gth Infantry. ' Blamed on Finance -Other Phlladelphlans In the detach-' "I readily can picture the sadness pre ment are Privates Antonio Vurclo. 7200 i vailing on this Thanksgiving Day In that Hotelis avenue. Company B, Fortv- I home where n boy lies dead, a victim of eighth Engineers; William Swallng, 1D3C the Philadelphia Juggernaut," ho said Shamokln Btreet, Company K, '109th In- "And what is the real reason for this fantry; Raymond Decker, 7443 Klslng nllcged economy parading under the Sun avenue. Pomnanv It. innth Tnfnntrv i iriilno nf nntrlntlam? Charles Di Martino, 1415 South Juniper! "It Is nothing more nor less than an' street, company H, Twentieth Infantry; effort to save money at the expense ot Benjamin Donner, 27 Mercy street. Com- lives. In order that money may be got pahy 31, 110th Infantry; Judson K. Into the Ilapld Transit Company's trens. Godett. 1733 North Elghtn street. Com- ury with which to pay dividends on Its pany B, 146th Infantry; Corporal Frank watered stock. For without those dlvl- Han, 2010 Ionic street, Company L, Sev- dend It would fall from Its present enth Infantry; Corporal John O'Donnell. quoted price of $2G a share back to or 2503 East Indiana avenue, Company K, below Its nctual value of $14 or $15. 313th .Infantry; Corporal Iltchard I-e "It Is for that financial manipulation I'eure, 2314 Oxford street, Company U tor such ulrtyi murderous work that oioin inianiry; vv miatn A. 'inompson 2128 Mount Vernon atrcet. Battery D, 318th Infantry; Private Samuel Lellay, 4541 North Twentieth street, 317th Ma chine Gun Battalion ; Trlvate Itankin Slarcus, 1002 South eighteenth street. Company H, Flfty-rourth Infantry; Private Samuel Raphael, 320 Roseberry street. Company M, Fifty-ninth In fantry, and Private Thomas A. Rich ardt, 3310 North Eleventh street, Coni H&hy B, HOtb Infantry. ve are inlted to tolerate system Service Board May -gut End to Skip-Stop .u-flly of Inerrnitlng tntttt Hliould Hot be unnecessarily rilfti-untlnitfri. I'Utsliurdj and Hontun, vvlth other like reitlfi, are Increasing from Hie cents JoJ seven and eight cent fares, while thin management,, with, the co-npera-3!lon of its men, 'Is attempting to keep ititf fares down and wages up by de 7renlnff its costs of operation, 'No plan Is worth while which causes XnJreased fatnlltlex, but the Ulp.lop -fsnot sn chargeable. Tlin fatal nccl .ileiit nfWedncsduy, u herein a lad lost Ills life at Sixtieth street north nf arclnrood avenue, was cnuscil by the -ladruntilng directly Into the side of u 3V between the front and rear trucks Willie, being chased by other children "ajt'iilay. J In deference to public opinion and jeca'nse the follow-up check of our engineers found thut these sklp-stups Were particularly objectionable, ull skip-stops at public schools and the Important runes around City Hall .uere yesterday re-established. 52JA- careful Investigation of each line "diViiovv being carried an by the ciini 3nny nlth the Intention nf removing AiiJi1 possible cauhe of reasonable criti cism. " 'System Tailed Wholesale Mnrder As n result of esterday's mass-mert-Ijle.' l.cld a within a short distance of the,"; spot where the Brodbky boy was liUled, an ordinance will be introduced in Cornells to compel tho Transit Company to abandon the skip-stop. Speakers at tho meeting anstrted the wystem is an instrument of wholesale which strikes down our people In their Innocent use of tho highways. "This skip-stop system Is being main tained under the fraudulent pretense of patriotism, and I say pass a resolution putting our demands straight up to Councils, and if thnt body will not give the necessary icllef, then give every I citizen the right to remedy the situation J as each thinks best." Magistrate Robert Carson declared It 'was a clear question of the lles of citizens or dollars for the Transit Com pany. "Transit company officials have been quoted as saying the skip-stop B.vstem la .saving them from 14 to 16 per cent," he continued. "The things that havo been happening, not alone on Sixtieth street and In the Forty-sixth Ward, but throughout virtually every part of the city, show us at what human cost this profit to the Transit Company is being collected. "We not only demand that our Coun cllmen shall wage this fight to a finish next Thursday, but -we feel assured, from what we know of public feeling through out the city, that we have started some thing this afternoon which will be heard all over Philadelphia In a united pro test and demand for Immediate relief and remedy," Mackey Gives Opinion The suggestion of Joseph A. Brudder that Injunction proceedings at once be instituted to compel the company to stop its cars at all Important thoroughfares was abandoned when Mr. Mackey, an at torney, as well as chairman, of tho Work men's Compensation CommlFslon. put lined the legal status of the sltUiiti&n. "The streets of this city," he said, "belong to the municipality, and there fore the citizenship. For that very reason I doubt If nny court woulu grant even t preliminary Injunction. I put that for ward, of course, onlj; as my own per sonal opinion; but I feel quite certain about It. The courts, I believe, Would refer such complainants cither to the Publli' S'ervle Commission or Councils'. ' tho goerning body, and more likely the I , latter. "As the governing body for the cltizen- i ship. Councils granted certain conces- 1 sions for the Ube of the stieets to the j Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. Without regulatory stipulations there fore upon the part of the governing body the Transit Company could run ,iiiviHWHiiaiiuEin7ai)'V,t V.J" & &&$?$' -' '.' -in?"'iXXi ''".'i "r-"--i"-'' I . Ill lillW rVi I iiiiiIMiiH V?i".m& ,: VtWi -at". .: ? . - . ' Bi' smiH i ! -,4 g KjjiiliiiiT irfft r'" nBTl'iii nrniiiillNn , l siiiiiKJaiL3KMlislsinteE3IU'ifBUf1 i Ci'i'if'rr-rnr7nTrTTiniTriiiiiiiiiiln i n u I n I "ir r inu imf r ir n unrrrmr icn nuniri h mi imi nn im nw mmr ilif if MrwmiTn mnnw iwmrtrirwyMBinMwwinnwiwii wiw iirnrninj --Mr-iiinniriiitiiriiniiniwiiiirwwMWMrw-iiiiiiMiiriifiiiii.il riiiiiimiii'rr ..;..;? ,.v?'.,. .i. ' ..mmmmr 'iy-sir1 raaajK L-' a .';;-'; MMmmMtmimKti fourth naval five wins VJ W " r. aVMVBBBJJ'-', , . iHHBBrni " I II II I , i?vy .-S9ts i s A v. '. .- bhvbdv: ? ,-. 'KTammy jmji,9vB -r. LI i'qMliwiHWrw"'' I HPIWy i tS- Sks ' ., m Hoiil 3 "r"1 "' lMIICTlwraimCTwpawm ii,',, n imni lTl I W hi III IIMIIlB BEGIN DEMOBILIZATION ATCAMPMEADETODAY Aboul 2B0 Men Discharged and Work Will Continue at 300 a Dav MRS. JOHN W. GATES DEAD Widow of Financier It Victim of Apo plectic Stroke N York, Nov. 29. Mrs. John W Hates, widow of John W Oates, died tarlj yesterdaj at the Plaia Hotel from an apoplectic stroke Mrs. (Jates was born In St Charles, received her early Kl 1874. Under the terms of A! III., where she cation. Sho married Mr, dates arr 2 nntea'n tilll hn rfreiverl n fortune as tlmated at J38.U00.00O, which was placed' ft! , Jo edilij.,'. fcru! rJ" In trust for her and her son, the lata - A i nnries (jates. Since Mr. Gates died In Paris August 9, 1911, Mrs. Hates hail passed much time In New York and Austin. Tex. Un til the war was declared she traveled extensively. Irately she had devoted much time to wartime charities. Defeats Oxford College by 22 Score The Fouith Naval District, of Pier 19. Inst night traveled to Oxfxord, Pa , and difeated tlu Oxford College quintet b lit ono-sided score of 54 to 22. "Duke" Fuwler, the old Central High School star, lth six field goals, and l.omax, with to-nointers. were the individual t.us Miller played a sensational game or the losers. He caged four goals 'roni tho field. The Fourth Naval District is anxious ro hear from all fltst-class tinimi having Inors In Pennsj lvnnla. New Jersey, Dcl iare or New York All communlca ioiis should be addressed to Knslgn 'liKialn, the manager of th team, at IMer l'l WOMAN HOLDS ALLEGED THIEF Mix. Sabiis MnnkiiH Hangs In truder Until Police Arrive (limp Jlende, Md Nov .9 The demobilization of the development lattallonsl here began this morning, when npprolmalol 28n lads were given their pay to date, honoiable discharge certificates and started on their vmv to their homes. It was the first nctual step toward the demobilization of the units In this camp not a part of the Lafav ette Division. About 3U0 more will l,i sent home tomorrow, and it Is the hope of Major Prank V. Hcnnnmnn, the camp personnel officer, to relense about 300 every day. starting Monday, until all of the more than 2000 men in these units arc sent home. After his work has been completed with these units Maj begin with the signal five companies of (Junrd Coast Artillery, who were sent here when relieved of guard duty at munition plants, the Depot Urlgade and , all other units not a part of the divi sion. It is hoped to release at lci-u 1000 of these men hefoic Christmas. Orders have 'been issued authorizing' officers to teslgn If the? care to le.ne the service at this time under the con dition thnt their superiors feel that tlu-h services can be dispensed with. A vitv large percentage of the officers have i elected to rema'n III the service as a part of the peace army, and It is feared ( there will be quite a surplus of officers after the thousands of ineti are --ent to their homes Bo Stalls Hid I'lajnute In a fight over a Iiovh' football game in the street vesterday, thlrtccn-enr-otil , Willie Ml'chell. 1251 South Napa street, was stabbed In the left lung with a knife He Is In the Pennsylvania Hns. nltnl iin.l his aliened asallant. thlrtetn- ve.ir old Allen Domax, Thlrt-fourth I street below Wharton, was arrested is been completed , ,,-. - , , t t f 1 rco'rTXS.X 'HPHE Sonora (which won highest Virginia National D JL score for tone quality at the Panama Pacific Exposition) is the fin est product of its kind. It IS ein recognized as b The Highest Class Talking Mdchine in the World The view- at top is looking north on tlixtielh trcel from I.arrkwooil avenue, the corner where nine-) car-old Simon ltroihkv va- killed hv a tiollev car. The danger sign on the telegraph pole vas nulled there b citizens of the neighborhood Wjrder, maintained by the company for -he'sole purpose of producing dividends. The meeting of protest represented I Its cars from ono end of the line to tho ey&ry political faction. It was attended ' other without stopping If It chose to do liyilve of the six Councllmen from that so. But Councils made such stipulations ward, tho Forty-sixth ; Magistrate Itob eftrCarson, Harry A. Mackey, chairman of..thc woricmeirs compensation Com mission ; heads of civic and Improvement ' associations, business men and work- I ipy men. ".Citizens of the ward said they In tent to learn when and why nn ordl fiaEco wns annulled which compelled, or supposedly compelled, the transit com riSiy to stop Its cars ut every Important thoroughfare. And If that ordinance , fijjpr was annulled, as several Council men 'and attorneys yesterday asserted, US' It Is intended to bring every pres sure td bear upon the law and police rTeBjetrtmentB of the city to enforce that regulation -"2 Iue for Council "The power of regulation jests en tfffly with tho governing body which permitted the company the use of the Mveets," explained Mr. Mackey, when called Upon for a legal opinion "l 'agree absolutely with Magistrate Carson thai, the remedy lies with Councils, and ' that If they are truly representative of the- citizenship Immediate and perma , rierlt relief may bo had.", The Councllmen who attended the meeting1 were Ira D. Gnrman, Select, and Dennis J. Grace, W. T. Colborn, Louis ICarstaedt and I Walter Thompson, J po'inmon. Francis F. Durch, of Common , IsSnc", who was away from the city, -v waa the only absentee In the Forty-sixth & 'SMrd, councllmanlo delegation. fc -4tl 'addition, William Felton, clerk of and profit prompted that course anyway upon the part of the Transit Company. "(n the exigency of war and the neccs. slty for conserving fuel the fuel adminis tration ordered certain streets skipped in order to save the coal consumed In stopping and starting cars. Tho war Is over and the fuel administration order has been rescinded "The Philadelphia Itnpid Transit Com pany Is arbitrarily maintaining the sjs tem now for Its own profit, Irrespective either of tho convenience or safety of the people who support and maintain it, and upon whose streets Its cars operate. It has sought to make a war Innovation a permanent policy, to the detriment of the citizenship. The remedy lies with the governing body. Councils." The meeting adopted the following resolution offeied by J. H. Trainer: "Itesolved, That it Is the sense of this meeting that we shall demand of Coun cils that they Immediately compel the Philadelphia llapid Transit Company to abandon the skip-mop system or the citizenship of this section will use moral force to procure It." Magistrate Carson,-George V Hanly, Eugene I'.ahn, J. H Trainer and J. It. Smith were then appointed a committee to draft the following- "Resolved, That the death of at least two-of our clt'zens Is directly chargr ablq to the reckless manner in which the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com pany has been operating Its cats In our seqtlon, and that this cond'tirm Is brought about by the Institution of the skip-stop system whereby numerous stops at principal streets Intersecting Sixtieth street have been eliminated; ;ind the high rate of speed with which the cars, are operated between .the pres ent permitted stops : and that w hereas the skip-stop system having been insti tuted by an order of the fuel admluls trat'on, and this order having been re scinded immediately after the signing of the armistice, therefore. In order tu pro- j tcct tne lives of the people of our com munity and of tho city at large, we unanimously demand of the Pli'ladel phia Rapid Transit Company the imme diate abolition of the skip-stop system in this and all other parts of the city, and call upon the Select and Common Councils for the Immediate puss-age of nn ordinance compelling the Itnpid Tran sit Company to stopMts cars at all prin cipal stieet crossings and to sound the gongs at all other crossings ; and wo further call upon the Director of Public Safety to use the wide power vested In him under tho police power of the Stato to conserve the lives and safety of the citizens on the public hlgnwnvs by com pelling the 1. U T Ci.iV.pany to oper ate Its cars In a safe ind 'otislble man ner. "And further, be it resolved, That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Select ivnd Common Councils of Philadelphia, the Director of .Public Safety, the United Business Men's Asso- f elation and the Chamber of Commerce of Philadelphia." FLAG RAISING TOMORROW I'll, bravery of Mis. Sabas Mnnkns, I ill Vine street, resulted I nthe capture f a negio suspect at her home early tnl.iv. The man forvcel an entrance to the M.-uikaa borne and took more than 300 from Mr. Mankas's pockets. It Is Large d Jumping from bed. Mnnkas etzed the man by the neck The latter hew a blackjack. It Is said, and made , -Oubborn resistance. After a llvclv fight, the negro broke may from Mnnkas and attempted escape hmugh a w Indow. Mrs. Mnnkns grab-1 ',il him by the coat, and shouted for he police Patrolman Sweeny took the ugrii to city Hall. The prisoner said Heroes of Eighth Division, Tuenl ninth Ward, lo lie Honored In honor of seventy-eight oung men who have entered the service from the rlirhtli division of the Twenty-ninth Ward a service, flag bearing n star for , hurger have been valuei he was James Hants, Tenth and South stieets. i-iiurt by He was held without ball for Magistrate Mecleary AIDS HOME AND CHL'KCII $500. each man and two Bold stars will raised tomniiovv afternoon at Tvventv fifth and Thompson streets. A commu nity sing will form a feature. -Music will be furnished by tho Phllnilclphla Police Rand The Rev. I,. K. Richard son, pat,tor of the Graham Memorial Church will open the exercises wieii ; prayer. Addresses will he made by Congress- man Geo'ge W. Kelmnmls. State Sena tor Augustus F. D.Ux. Jr. , Select Coun- clhnan Richard Wegleln, Mate Repre sentative Patrick Connor and Frank e"5 Murnma William McLachlan will be chairman of the event The committee In e-hnrge of the flag riilslntr consists of Mrs. John Murray, Mrs. Thomas Murray, Mrs. Joseph Rice, Mis Annie Franz, John Murray and Ralph Cochran. BULGARS END BOLSHEVISM Orangemen's Institution to (et Value of Estates Filed Tlie Orangemen's Home, at Hathoio. and the elreenwlch Street I'rsl bj tPilan Church, this city, benefit by the-terms of the will of Jemlna Nlckal, tfiGT Fleming street, aelmltted to probate toda. A sum of 500 goes to the former Institu tion and ?100 to the church The estate Is valued nt J7050. Other wills admitted to probate were those of Trlnlelail Portuenelo. 430H Wal lace street. 511)00. and Julia Relmer, 3748 flerinnntow-n avenue'. Sinnti. The Per sonal elTe-cts of the estate of Jacob Al- et ?s2,?r.i.i:', Schoo inel ot the e-state. of Solomon Asher at $228,US'7 32. Y. Automobile AX II Airplane -i iiiiks' coiiisr. Automobile Mechanics commi;m'i: Monday, December 2 Afternoon ....2:30 5:30 Evening 7:30 10:30 lleglxtrnttmi at the School, 717 N. Broad St. Central Branch Y. M. C. A. Instruction Dept. 1421 Arch Street The Sonora brought new and higher ideals into the phonograph manufacturing industry and has been foremost in developing advanced fea tures of construction which improve the musical quality of the instrument and its appearance. See our complete line of the superb Sonora. There's just the instrument you want at just the price you wish to pay. Sonora Phonograph Sales Company, Inc. Demonstration Salon: 1311 Walnut Street 18X Fffyow'tlfeproiuliD own a, Sonora urn Order ReMorcil, Boris on Tlirone, but Nation IS'eeels Fooel Washington. Xov. 20. Rol.shevlsm has been stamped out In Rulgarla, diplomatic advices at tho Bulgarian lega. tlon here stated today Order hns been restored after a brief period of street demonstrations, and Crown Prince Boris Is established on the throne. Malfnoff heads the Gov ernment with a coalition ministry. Theo doroff. of the National party, Is Foreign Jllnlster. America has been asked to tend 100.. 000 tons of food to relieve famine which is daffy growing worse. IT'S called Steak Min lite because It uiualljr take ten minutes to get It. But it'; worth wait ing for when you get it here! A thin piece of delicious steak not al ways on the' menti, but always waiting, ready to be cooked the minute you order it. Next time you're, here try Steak Minute; St. James I s Prices Reduced Select your Gas Lights and Fixtures, at greatly reduced prices, while the limited stock lasts. Some suggestions : " Welsbach C. E-Z Lights fit on your present fixtures give lots of clear, white light were $2.05, now $1.75. Welsbach Reflex Lights throw the light downward great for reading and sewing were $2.35, now $2:00. Shades for these Lights, 35c up. Table Lamps beautifully finished, com plete ready to connect were $9.75, now $8. Floor Standards (with shades) rich, decorative were $17.85, now $15.00. Many more unusual bargains. These Lights save fuel they use half the gas and give twico as much light as open-flame burners. Connections to existing outlets free. Broad and Arch Store and all of our District Offices. U Good WiSi Oiveri a New Impetus A statement of Dodge Brothers war activities is due the owners of their cars. Dodge Brothers refrained, during .the progress of the war, from any reference to the performance of the car in Government service. It seems proper now, however, to disclose the facts, because they are creditable facts intensifying that good will which owners of Dodge Brothers cars have always manifested. Dodge Brothers car was the only one of its class approved and adopted by the War Department. In a separate Ordnance Works, built especially for the purpose, costing millions of dollars and employing thousands of their skilled motor workmen, Dodge Brothers undertook an important duty designated by the War Department. Without the aid of their great motor organization, Dodge Brothers could not have fulfilled the heavy obligation which they were asked to assume by the Ordnance Department. The other service required of , Dodge Brothers motor works, by the Government, was to continue to furnish their cars as they were needed. They were furnished, not in hundreds.but in thousands both for the training camps here, and for service in Belgium, France and Italy. The record of those thousands of carrm and army cars is one in whicn any owner may feel the utmost pride and satisfaction. Their performance justified the compliment implied in their selection by the Government. The great works in which nearly three hundred thousand of their cars have been produced in the past four years furnished a vast store-house of human energy and equipment for the ordnance work. Naturally, it will take time to adjust the motor works to its full accustomed activity. Gradually Dodge Brothers will resume the grateful task of con tinuing to deseive the good will of America and indeed of the whole world. DodgeBrothers consider good will their most valuable possession. They will never knowingly do anything to lessen it. THORNTON-FULLER AUTOMOBILE COMPANY Parkway Below Eighteenth Spruce 1040 -( '.. rJ?f V "I, ( ,v '-5,. ' ?. k4 fan ?'!"' y-vfl &. ' ', .MS j 'MB J535C-1I .(WiS 5 M "trf j ?s '& - jp I A'-" 1 ;vs mi f'-vn tkiM Jim ..-; ,?, ltVIJC eWlr JJMIHCB . TkUmteiGastoproyementCo. mm IV, . i" .-' '., j'. KWhrat,M-'13 A-Street s sesssssssmnssi ltv WMKImm: mL mSSSSSm 3KE "W "V 'Wit ' '- ' - '' i-f, .. rWt HmifcJEJ s rri. a.- 3rniMAM
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