ininnraRBSxnsraRajraRra f!55ws? r TT"Wrv ' i'vi' 'r'f"i' i t i u C' K 1. EVENING' PUBKIC CEDGER PHIBADELPHIA', WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1918 m&mxMUim w & Ife..; '2 mm r s . I fc. 13 ii v. St!- i v k I Et li ft- L'et F I l B iiv & u h V W C IV) Bf w" K.V m ' tt & If CHARTER DEBATE ON AGAIN TODAY Committee Formed by City Solicitor Holds Sec ond Session WILL PICK SECRETARY Definite Program Expected to Be Decided on This Afternoon riiaiter revision plans wre expected to receive added Impetus this afternoon whcn'clty Solicitor Connelly's committee of representative citizens held Its Beo ond meeting In the City Solicitor's office. At the first meeting the committee con tented Itself with organizing and hold ing nn Informal discussion on proposed changes In the present form of municipal government. A definite program on charter revi sion was expected to be laid before the committee at Its meeting today. A number of suggestions were sub mitted to the committee for consider ation by.Sollclto- Connelly at the first meeting. They Included a proposal to strip the Mayor of much of the responsibility now attached to his office, the substitution of a single chamber council, members of which would be elected at large, for the present dual system based on ward representation and a complete overhaul ing of the city's present system of finance. 'One of the duties of the committee to day Is the election of a succossor to Thomas Raeburn White as secre tary. Mr. White protested when he was unanimously elected at the first meeting and announced that he would retain the office only on the condition that It did not Interfere with his other duties. Since then he has resigned. He has been assisting the Committee of Seventy in Its charter revision plans and finds that the duties Involved by the two committees conflict. "Tho best way, of course," said Mr. White, "would be for the two com mittees to co-operate, but If this can not be done they can work Independently and at tho conclusion of their labors wo can tako the two sets of recom mendations and find which coptalns the better Ideas for a revision of the charter." FOOD SCARCER IN BERLIN War Cripples Kept From Enter ing Streets of City nerlln, Dec 4. The food situation in Berlin Is rapidly becoming more serious. Since Fridav the price of an ordinary meal has increased nix marks. The military governor of Berlin, com manding ten thousand Republican troops, has the only force available to )rcserve order in case of disorders. In an interview tho commander declared that should there be an outbreak of Bolshevism In Berlin and Germany tho Entente Allies must hold themselves responsible, because they have not sent foo Or the outskirts of Berlin corre spondents saw thousands of legless and armless war cripples. They are not per mitted to enter the streets of tho city, evidently for fear their pitiful appear ance will inflame the populace. 1 DISCUSS FOOD SAVING Howard Heinz Speaks at New Cen- tury Club Meeting Howard Heinz, food administrator for Pennsylvania, and Mrs. Charles M. Lea, chairman of food conservation for Council of National Defence spoke at a meeting at the New Century Club this afternoon. This meeting was held In com nllance with the reauest that all women's organizations set apart today as a means or. special ooservanco ul me uciicmi Conservation Week for World Belief. Mrs. H. S. Prentiss Nichols, president of the New Century ciun was as sisted in receiving by Mrs. J. Willis Martin. Others who will assist are Mrs. Theodore Lewis, Mrs. John C. Gallaudet, Mrs. Albert liruDaKer,- Mrs, rranic j, in. r I milt Roberts. Blank, and Mrs. Frank C, TREADS OLD QUARTERDECK AFTER FOUR YEARS IN WAR Thrills Galore Encountered by Captain Ifoolfender, in Transport Service Covering Four Continents, Sink in Joy by Return to Command of Merchant Vessel Leaving This Port Today Overjoyed to bo back to the old job again, the merchant service, after four yearo of sea thrills In command of army transports, Captain B. Woolfender, a ray-bearded English skipper, sailed, out of this port today in command of the 11,000-ton steamship City of Florence, Carrying grain to England. Captain Woolfender did' yeoman work for the Allies during the last four years. He left the merchant service at tho out break of tho war, and for two years carried British troops from England to France. A big portion of Kitchener's "first hun dred thousand" owed their sea safety to this skipper. Ho carried troops on transports to virtually every war zone, and on the Ill-fated Mesopotamia expedi tion. "Submarines sank transports around me In fact, one ship sang alongside of me," said Captain Woolfender, "I heard many clashes between patrol craft and German undersea boats but, would you believe me whenI say that I never saw one in the open sea." However, Captain Woolfender had other dangers that he did see. He heard the whizzing of Turkish shells on the Mesopotamia voyage and stood by to carry hundreds of British soldiers some wounded from the scene of the un successful expedition while tho enemy ; loosened fury on the British ships. "But I had a more gratifying trip to the German ilast African colonles.where 1 carried troops that defeated a Bmall force of enemy defenders and seized the colonies," added the veteran skipper. "I took several ship loads of troops through the mst dangerous sea zones en voyage to Archangel and various Rus sian Ualtlo ports. Big forces crossed the Atlantic with me from Montreal to virtually all of the fighting zones in cluding Ireland," he added with a merry smile. The skipper referred to the time of the Irish revolution, when a movement was afoot to secure German asslstonce in order to obtain tho freedom of that island. But the big feature of Captain Wool fender's experience was his command of the rescue ship Bent to bring back thfa crew of the Ill-fated British Bhlp Tar a that was sunk by a submarine. The British pallors landed on the African coast and were captured by the Senuat tribe. He Bald; ' "When tvb cot t)e .men aboard w '"i foufidttmt thy hadjmbn fTby ' thlr aStom. but exlMul Mlctia and rats ' The' fell rttwr than walktd kMUfJ tfct Wnlt.n, MMrH,Mn with Entertainments Today for Service Men Here J.V Tlin NAVY YARI 7:3a p. m. Hlhte Study Clsss nd Sons Serl T M. C. A. Ann 7:30 p m. Kducatlonal Program Y. M. i A, hut. ., 7:30 p. m. Tf n. Acts Vaudeville Navy and Marine Corps recreation center. Ot'TSlDK THE NAVY YARD nance 7 p. m. Danclne Claai Hejlnnerii. 8 30 p. m Dancing Class Advanced. Athletic ltecrentlon Park, Twenty-sixth and Master streets. 8 p. m. Danclne Clan from 8 to 8:S0. All the latest up-to-date dance" taught, followed by dance at 8-30 p. tn. Ship nnd Tent Club. ::232 Christian atreat. Twenty-five cents, a p. m. Dance and Refreshments notary Army and Navy Club, 23 .South Van Pelt street. 8 p. m, Keith livening Smokes and eats. Old St. Stephen's Club. 10 South Tenth street. 8 p. m. Religious and Social Bethany M. B. Church. Camden, N. J Fifty men Invited Meet Dad llutler at Navy Yard sate, 7 p. m. liberty. Basketball 8 p. m Vlctrlr Catholic Club n. Mid ale fctteel and Ordnance. A. A : Naval Aircraft A. A. vs. J. & J. Dobson A. A. Iloth games played In Traymore Hall, southeast corner Franklin street and Columbia avenue. Tor tickets see Mr, (aes, Y SI. U A. Annex, near Navy Yard gale. SPROUL TO BE MOORE'S GUEST Congressmen Will Give Banquet at Wnohinctoii Governor-elect William C .Sproul will be the guest of honor at a banquet to be tendered him next Wednesday In the Hotel Kaleigh, Washington, by Congress man J. Hampton Moore. All the members of the Pennsylvania congressional delegation, prominent Stato officials, the two United States Senators from 1'ennsylvania nnd State Senator Kdwln H. are are listed among the guests. Considerable Interest Is attached to the function because of the dinner ten dered Governor-elect Brumbnugh four vears aeo bv Concresstnan William S. Varo In the Wlllard Hotel. At that banquet Governor Brumbaugh was boosted as presidential timber. While classed ns a Penrose man. Congressman Moore has managed to play a rolo of neutrality between the rival Hepublican factions In Philadelphia and Is one of the big figures on the Republican side of the House. Oovernor-elcct Sproul is booked for n series of dinners before ho assumes the office of Governor. On Saturday eve ning he will bo the guest of the Five o'Clbck Club in tho Bellevue-Stratford He-will attend an Informal dinner In tho Union League Monday following the election of officers and his retirement ns president of that organization. Tues day evening he will attend tho charter revision dlnnf r of the Committee of Sev enty: Wednesday he will be the guest of honoVat the Moore dinner in Wash ington arid on Thursday he will tender a dinner to tho Union League officers who served wi(h him. THOMAS GREAVES DEAD Retired Manufacturer and Prom inent Methodist Thomas Greaves, a retired knit goods manufacturer of Germantown, died last night In his home, 156 Manhelm street. Mr. Greaves was born In Derbyshire. England, and came to this country In early manhood. For moro than fifty vears he conducted a factory on Wake field street, Germantown, retiring less than a year ago. He was well known In Methodist cir cles and was a member of the Church nf ih Advocate. He waa a member of the Society of Sons of St. Georgo and I of the Transatlantic society, lie is but vled by a widow. . CHILD'S BURNS FATAL Girl's Clothing Ignited by Brand From i Bonfire Four-year-old Mary Smith, daughter ' of Mr. nnd Mrs. J. Smith. 212 Grove' avenue, Cheltenham, was fntnlly burned when her clothing caught flro last night. The child died in the Jewish Hospital. According to the Ogontx police, the ' girl was playing with other children near a bonfire. A flying brand Ignited her clothing, and she ran screaming towards her home. Neighbors respond ed and tore the blazing garments frpm the child s botiy. iwtjr treatment uy Dr. A. A. Johnson, of Cheltenham, the child was taken to the hospital. I - ( Small Blaze 23d and Market Streets A blaze In a pile of rubbish In the plant of the Vim Motortruck Company, Twenty-third and Market streets, was I discovered today by a watchmart Tho fireproof construction of the building , prevented spread of the flames and they wero extinguished with small loss. I tight-drawn faces from hunger every one of them from the captain down." "But- what was really your biggest danger In all the war," he was asked. "Tho Influenza," he replied. "I bur led thirty men at sea during one voyage In the transport service. Mosttof them were soldiers going to the fighting zones. "At times it seemed as If we would bo paralyzed, from the ravages of this dis ease. Bfg numbers of the crew were stricken; some died. "Medical officers fought bravely In cramped quarters against tho malady that was raging among the soldiers But, like everything else, that cleared up after weeks." Thousands of bcau---. t i f u 1 scarfs in fancyand plain colors. Ready to your hand for Christmas giving. 50c to $3 each William H. Wanamaker 'pr iAnL'n io 1217-1.1 ChMtnHt'St. PUSSY-FOOT SLEUTHS FAIJU IN QUEST OF Vainly They Follow Clues From Canary's Stomach to Pet Cat's Maw Stone From Lieutenant Boston's Ring Is Recovered in Corner of Room Find tho cat which swallowed tho bird which swallowed the ruby that belonged In tho ring of Lieutenant Bos ton. This was tho task assigned to two detectives of the Thirty-second street and. Woodland avenue station by Lieu tenant Boston. The canary, "Dick," had a miscel laneous appetite. Although he ate regu lar bird seed, he had nn extreme fond ness for peanuts, which did not In tho least afTect his digestion. When the lieutenant missed the stone from hla ring he was greatly puzzled. The ring was found on tho floor among Homo peanut kernels. As the bird had been eating peanuts, one of the station house sleuths made the deduction that Dick had pecked the stone from the ring and swallowed It accidentally. The mystery was Intensified by tho disap pearance of the bird. While tho police were pondering over tho matter, "Dixie," a cat. belonclne to Low Longacre, a nearby business man,, wandered Into the station house. Dixie's face wore an air of contentment, nnd she smacked her lips as though she had just had a good meal. A horrible suspicion entered the mind of the lieutenant. Had "Dixie" eaten the bird that swallowed the ruby? was the thought that flashed through his mind. The cat seemed to scent an un friendly air In the station house, and, turning abruptly, left the place. It was then that tho two sleuths were sent to follow her. In the hope that she would return to the scene of the ,.,ri,BAKKSc;Blljh, My dlEWELERS P SILVELISKITKS GOLDWARE VatiityCoses Mesh Bags . Dor.ine Boxes Desk Sots Toilet Sets Match Cases ' Cigarette Cases Plain - RichlyDecorated -Jeweled "I ordered the best stenographer flrr- ImmmmmMl THE GENUINE II 1 EDISON DICTATING MACHINE: W "It permits me to dictate when I am at my best regardless of the convenience of the stenographer. "I know what I say will come back to me just as I say it. ( "1 can't overwork it. If one stenographer is away, any other stenographer can type write my letters. "It enables me to say what I want to say, exactly as if my 'man' were in front of me. "It is a brain blotter I can dictate any pass ing idea or thought while it is 'hot'. "My Ediphbne is the one thing in myoffice I cannot get along without. It is like another - pair of hands an additional faculty." j Quoted from the mvhmiWw wf uuimvic and business in our f f . . " i Jienograpners can tor information about our free Evening School. PROVIDE FOR THOSE WHO, Inttsllad by G. M. AUSTIN x Th ftytAon 10SS Clrotmt StoMt Aik for ftiiftt'i Hitttr IMitrt U$uii hr J h--vxT KC1 op Walnut a J lit J-' , i jftwi'- immutm e MISSING RUBY killing. But they could obtain no el dence against "Dixie," and returned somewhat nonplussed. When all hopo of solving the mystery had been nbandoned the bird was found alive In ono of tho policemen's discarded helmets. The canary chirped his Indig nation at belnir awakened, but seemed normal. And to add further Joy to the situation the missing ruby was round In a corner on the floor of the Mntlon house. NAVAL HERO AT SHIPYARD Captain A. F. 13. Carpenter, UritUli "Hobson," at Hog Island Captain Alfred V. 11. Carpenter, the British naval ofllcer who won fame by his exploit In bottling up the German L'-boats in the harbor of Zeebrugge, In spected Hog Island this morning At noon ho was the guest of Pr. Charles D. Hart at luncheon In the Philadelphia Club Appointed to City Positions City appointments announced today were as follows: Floyd II. lCrrlckson, 2943 West Clrmenton street, assistant Inspector of the Bureau of Health, sal ary J1200; Benjamin Joplln, 4945 Chest nut street, messenger, Department of Transit, 900 : Edward Winkle, 1147 West Krle street, clerk of Bureau of Health, 11000; William Marshall, D70.1 Leonard street, engineer, Bureau of Sur. veys, $1200, nnd William C. Smith. 1(550 Conestoga street, clerk, Bureau of Chart ties, 11000. 6 (Ett& V' SlYMGKEt Lorgnons Purses Lockets Frames Compotes. Thimbles statement of one of the uwio tcaftcw ujr fiUfflC I book "STABILITY." J If 0 . V ) FIGHT FOR YOU -BUY W. S. S. 3135, My: 4 iJt Utfr th &WSM A feaVEHZ h i ROBBERS SHOOT 2; VICTIMS MAY DIE Highwayman's Bullet Fells Resisting Pedestrian Downtown WATCHMAN IS WOUNDED Two men were shot and will probably die as the result of encounters with robbers early this morning. One at tao koccurred downtown and one In a West Philadelphia home for the aged. In both cases the assailant escaped. Five men were arrested on suspicion of being Implicated In the downtown robbery. Aleck Soporsky, thirty-three years old, 200 St James street, was shot through the abdomen when he fought against tho attacks of two highwaymen. He is in tno Pennsylvania Hospital, where he was taken after the holdun. Tho robbery occurred at Second nnd Bnlnbrldgo streets. In resisting the ronners, who rilled his pockets, the lctim struck one across the face so hard that ho bled. The robber fired Soporsky was found some time later by Patrolman Wlrtschafter and sent to tho hospital. Arrested on Stisult Inn Five men arrested on suspicion were held without ball for a further hearing next Wednesday by Magistrate Imber One of the prisoners, John Salvollana a Norwegian sailor, carried a revolver with two exploded shells, the police say and showed ovldence of halng bled from a blow on the mouth. The others held are Oscar Bykola, of South Howard street; Matthew Grat, New York and Thomas Flsnn nnd George Bradley of the lcinlty of Second and Halnbridce streets. Soporsky made an ante-mortem state J E-CALDWELL &f . A Most Extraordinary Collection Of Jeweled lorgnettes And Sautoirs ijfsniHi KODAKS KODAK Headquarters JOHN HAWORTH COMPANY Eastman 1020 Chestnut Street Atlantic Cily Store Specialists In Chrismtas Gifts If you are going to build a home, you consult an architect; if you need money, you go to a banker; if threatened with a legal suit, you place the matter with your lawyer. In other words, you consult a specialist. Why not do the same when buying a present? For twenty years we have been specialists in Christmas Gifts, and here you will always FIND SOMETHING THAT WILL BE WELCOMED. Try the gift artistic I Look through our Gal leries and see thje wonderful stock of pictures and prints, Chinese lamps with unusual shades, French and Colonial mirrors, Sheffield traya, bronzes, marbles, jewel cases, picture frames, vases and porcelains, and a thousand novelties. TheRosenbach Galleries 1320 Walnut Street 1 Clmstma8 Cards and Calendars ment. In which he said he had met Sal vollana and 11 J kola In a saloon and that he thought they wero the men who assaulted him. A negro burglar shot and seriously wounded William Nagle, an aged watch man, at tho Old Man's Home, Thirty ninth nnd Baring streets, early today. Shortly after 4 o'clock Naglo discov ered the Intruder In the office of the Institution, and when he challenged the negro he received a bullet In the stomach. The watchman, who Is seventy-five years of age, was removed to the Pres byterian Hospital, about a block away from tho home. Tho police of tho Thirty-ninth street and Lancaster avenue station, located but a block's distance1 from 'She scene of the shooting, are searching for the negro, who Is believed to be tho thief who has been making many nightly raids on West Philadel phia residences. Calls to Intruder Nagle told the police that while making his rounds on the first floor of the home ho heard a slight rustling sound, which he first attributed to rats. However, to mako certain, he Bhouted: "Come out of there." A negro stepped from behind a parti tion with a dark-barreled gun In his hands. "What are ou doing there? ' asked Nagle. The response was a blinding Hash and a bullet that sent the aged and unarm, ed watchman to the floor. Noise of tho shooting brought resi dents nnd the police to the scene, but the negro ran out a rear door of the home, crossed tho lawn, leaped over a fence and dashed south on Thirty-ninth street. Several of the aged Inmates of the home came downstairs to help the watch man when they ocrheard tho burglar challenged, but arrived too late to be of assistance. Accused of Haing Illegal Drugs Hdw-ard Joffe, Franklin street and Glrard avenue, was held In 1500 bail by Magistrate Meclearj. at Central Station today, on the charge of having Illegal drugs In his possession. .loffe had two cans of opium In his pocket, It Is charged. JEWELERS-SILVERSMITHS From ir.uvoRTirs For Christmas VEST POCKET AUTO GRAPHIC KODAK Picture, 7 Kft NO. 1 A JR. AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK; fitted with R. R. Lens. $1 ft Cft Size Picture 2 x 4't $AO.UU Kodak Co. m7 Boardwalk II You Have Only to See and to Examine the WINTER SUITS and WINTER OVERCOATS In this Extraordinary INTENSIFIED VALUE SALE at the t One Uniform Price $30 to recognize them as of unquestion- able and unqualified $35, $38, $40, at if i.i. .- - - $40 qualities tor der ordinary circumstances, bring these prices anywhere today! J Come out to i6th & Chestnut and look at the Intensified Value of the Suits and Overcoats in our windows every one of them marked at the One Uniform Price, '' of $30. There are Winter Suits of worst eds and of silk mixtures, cassirheres, chev iots and flannels for which we would get $5, $8, $10 or $15 more under ordinary circumstances. There are Winter Over coats single breasters and double breast- , ers, quiet, dignified, conservative models -and patterns, fly fronts and button throughs; velvet collars and cloth collars, big storm-weather Ulsters of unqualified $35 $38, $40 and $45 quality. And if yb'U don't believe your eyes come on inside. There they are table after table of them and our reputation on it that they are indisputably Intensified Values at the One Uniform Price $30 So, it is entirely up to you! 1 1 Nearly 2000 Overcoats Single-breasted Double-breasted Fly-fronts Button-through Fronts Velvet Collars Cloth Collars Close-fitting Waists Chesterfields Double-breasted Ulsters Convertible Collar Coats Hudson Seal-Collar Coats A large assortment of fabrics, patterns, 'colors I All of unquestionable $35, $38, $40 and $45 qual ity in Overcoats and Suits, and good values at those prices in today s Intensified Value Sale at One Uniform Price, $30 Perry & 1 6th & Chestnut Sts W -"Mm ' ' c Ah HI i i they would, un- yn (B- Over 3000 Suits Plain Worsteds Silk-mixed Worsteds Blue Flannels Brown Flannels Green Flannels Fine Cassimeres Chepiots in dark pat terns and novelty mix tures Blues, Grays, Oxfords Soft Indistinct Stripes Conservative Models A few Cut-Off-Waistefs market, but in this A- j u , - 3 ', . a. i j Co - N.fi.'a $i $L "v i ,,!) i,v-v.- w 1 ' imtmtimmmtmmft a .i i,i j. j m i?J u Iw yCs.fakM..Tv-u-,. 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