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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.
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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
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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
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Mesh Bags .
Dor.ine Boxes
Desk Sots
Toilet Sets
Match Cases
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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For Christmas
VEST POCKET AUTO
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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
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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
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