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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1918
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HOME CHRISTMAS
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HOLIDAY MAIL HERE
BIGGEST IN HISTORY
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FOR WAR HEROES
Holiday Furloughs Cheer
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, HAVE TO TESTIFY
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Coal Consumers' League
' Decides to Subpoena Fin
ancier in Coal Tax Probe
MORGAN WANTED ALSO
Schuylkill Prosecutors
Threaten to Rip Lid Off
Whole Miniug Business
I'ottuvlllt, T Dec. 24.
Kdnrnrd T. Stotesbury, president of
the Philadelphia nntl Reading Hallway,
and J. P. Morgan, the New York finan
cier, will bo nubpenaed to testify In
court hero na to the vnluo of lands of
the Schuylkill County coal fields. Tho
anthracite consumers' league lias de
cided that their testimony Is vital to tho
successful prosecution of their case.
Thero Is a dlfferenco of nearly J500,
000,000 between the valuation of tho
coal lands made by the mining engineers
employed by the Tax Revision l.cnguc
and the figures set down by the Coal
companies. It has been decided, there
fore, to get the prices of coal lamlH
from first sources and to examine with
detail .Into the financial deals of late
years pertaining to the anthracite busi
ness. It Is doubtful If a Pennsylvania court
can compel tho attendance of Mr. Mor
gan In a civil proceeding. Inasmuch as
he Is a resident of another State, and
tho league proposes to servo papers on
him, In which It will be Stated what It
expects to proe by his testimony. Fail
ure to respond will place Morgan In the
same position as any defendant Ina
civil action when court gives Judgment
in default of appearance.
The league also prouoses by proceed
ings In equity, in the name of taxpayers
of Schuylkill County, to inquire of these
.financial magnates why eight cents per
ton Is collected from the public on each
ton of coal sold, for tho ostensible pur
pose of paying taxes, when that money,
with the exception of only a small frac
tion of a cent on each ton', is not turned
over to the public tieasury In the coal
region, which Is the only place a coal
company would be liable to taxation.
The fact that 8 per cent per ton Is
collected -was testified to by the opera
tors themselves before the United States
Senate Investigating committee, and law
yers havo advised that any citizen of
this county from whom the coal tax Is
collected will have standing in court In
proceedings to compel the turnover of
this money for the purposo for which
It was collected, In the same manner
in which the Pennsylvania coal tax was
ordered turned over' several years ago
to the people who paid It after the law
on which the tax was based was de
clared unconstitutional.
It Is proposed to prove that the an
thracite coal companies, under the con
trol of big financial syndicates, have for
years been made the medium of furnish
ing the most profitable tonnage In the
United States to 'railroads and that the
Interests of the coal companies have al
ways been made subservient to the
transportation companies, and that the
profits of tho coal companies have been
made a secondary consideration to the
interests of the railroads and' the show
ing of great prollts by the latter.
RELEASES PRISONERS
Magistrate Mecleary Demonstrates
S v ritpictniaa SnirW irt Pnlii'ff f7rtiirt
'The Christmas spirit pervaded the
Sollce court in City Hall today when
laglstrate Mecleary released thirty
prisoners who have been sentenced Ao
ten days nt the House of Corrctlon with
In tho last -few dayH In default of fines.
lie also announced that because of tho
Yuletlde he would not hold anybody
brought before him for a hearing unless
the offense was serious.
CITY EMPLOYES GET
MOiNTH-END CHECKS
Payments in Excess of
$500,000 Made' to Help
Spread Christmas Cheer
Xearly 16,000 city and county em
ployes are today receiving their month
end pay checks. The, .sums range from
the big payments to Mayor Smith, Sheilff
Itansley and other heads to the semi
monthly pay of J600 apprentices and
cleaners. Payments will be made in ex
cess of 1500,000.
Christmas this year finds the average
municipal employe well able to meet tho
holiday expenses because of the heavy
bonus payments exceeding a total of
$700,000 paid them a week ago. Coming
as It did between the two December pay
ments it left most with a balance most
unusual at this time.
The regular first pay In December
was distributed eight days ago and
about the same time the half-year 10
per cent bonus authorized by Council
was paid to most of the 13,641 bene
1 flclarles under the system. Tho ex
ception to the general payment was
some per diem men whose pay roll
estimate had not been completed.
Presents to departmental heads by
office forces was discouraged this year
because of adverse comment in the
past and In most cases employes were
only asked to contribute out of their
plenty a small sum for flowers, with
which City Hall was well filled today.
The last of the yearly payments Is
being made by Controller Walton In
accordance with resolutions passed by
Councils yesterday,
PRAISE FOR NUNS
Teachers at Ascension Parochial School
, Commended for Fire Drill
The sisters in charge of the Ascension
parochial Bchool, O and Westmoreland
streets, aro receiving commendation on
the manner in which they got the chil
dren out of the school during a fire laBt
Wednesday.
There were 1E00 bpys and girls nt
their studies when the blaze was dis
covered and In less than five minutes
(hey were all out lit the street. 'There
Wob noTanic, and the children were not
aware of the fire until they had been
assembled In front of the building,
According to school officials, paro
chial and public, tho practical demon
stration of the fire drill at the Ascension
school wan the first ot its kind In Ken
sington. FAVORS DIG NAVY
Fleet Official Urges It for Merchant
Marine Police Duty
Howard W. Coonley, vice president of
the Emergency Fleet Corporation, speak
Int Individually, said he favors con.
utructlon of ait American navy great
enough to be able to render sufficient
ppllce duty to the merchant marine that
he said this nation will build.
"By that I don't mean we should try
to outstrip Orent Britain, either In a
Merchant marine, or In naval strength,
, J think wo should, .have enough mer-
ehanti.'shlM, K"ve,, built. In 'oUr own
SERGEANT HARRY T. MITCHELL
Former newspaperman here tells
Iiow gns tnatk respirator eaed his
life
GAS MASK SAVES HIS LIFE
Hnrry T. Mitchrll Gets Only
Flesh Wound in Chest
A machine-gun bullet struck Sergeant
Harry T. Mitchell, a former newspaper
man of this city, full In the chest as he
was railing through enemy wlro en
tanglements. But the box respirator on
his gas mask deflected It and saved his
life. He escaped with a deep flesh
wound, four Inches long. He Is now In
a hospital near I-onc'on,
After that he had to lie in a shell
hole for two hours until tho German
counter barrage receded and he could
be taken back to the hospital. All tlili
happened In the C'ambral-St. Quentln
region.
Ills experiences In this fight and
"It was some fight," he declares are
told In a letter to newsuaper friends.
"It seemed to me," Seigeant Mitchell
wrote 'of those two hours after he was
hit, "that every whizz-bang Krupp's
eer made was being aimed at that shell
hole. Unpleasant things, those."
1. S. "Mitch," us he was familiarly
known, has grown n mustache'
CARDS TO SAFETY EMPLOYES
Director Wilson Extends Greet
ings and Praise to Subordinates
Kmployes of the Department of Public
Safety ieceled today from Director Wil
son a Christmas card extending to them
holiday greetings. The card reads:
"I take uiuiiual pleasure In extending
to you ut this time my most sincere and
cordial wishes for a Christmas season
of unbounded joy and a New Year of
health and happiness.
"In the Thost critical time of the city's
history ou hao responded loyally to
tho call of duty, and I know that In
the year about to dawn you can be de
pended on to contribute your energies
and abilities to provide Increased service
to the citizens of Philadelphia.
"I desire to give you iny earnest as
surance that I shall continue to direct
my sincere efforts towaid jour advance
ment and welfare."
HERE'S LOOKUTAT YOU!
Uncle S. Is Toasted When Frank
ford Saloons Reopen
Fifteen Frnnkford Haloonkeesers were
today given a ChrlBtmas present they
dldnt expect, but which each of them
declared wai "Just what I wanted."
The yuletlde gift came In the shape
of an order from United States Attorney
Kane to reopen their places of business,
which were closed last August when
Uncle Sam established a dry zone around
tho Frankford Arsenal. Attorney Kane
explained that the arsenal Is no longer
regarded as a military station, since the
soldier contingent Iras been returned,
following return cf the country to a
pence basis.
Footralls in the barrooms did yoeman
service today and Uncle Sam was fully
toasted. ,
PLANS FOR CHARTER
BEGIN TAKING SHAPE
Subcommittee Will Report to
Main Body Shortly After
January 1 '
Members of the charter revision sub
committee, headed by Thomas Itaeburn
WJilte, which wll draft the proposed
new city chartor, have begun shaping
their plans.
"" The subcommittee expects to hold fre
quent meetings to draft the charter re
vision progrnm, and will meet with the
main committee on charter revision after
the holidays.
It Is expected that" tho subcommittee
tl'lll tnlfA lln nannn4nl. . . I
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before tho main committee each one of
me nine points winch are to form tho
basis of the proposed new charter.
By giving undivided attention to one
point at a time the work of the com
mittee. It Is emphasized, will be free of
the complications which might arise
from a general discussion ot the nine
points. , l
Tho committee organized by City
Solicitor Connelly, which suspended Its
operations for the holidays, will meet
again soon after the first ot the year.
Whether the Connelly and Winston com
mittees will get together and agrco on
a Blngle progrnm remains to bo de
veloped, v
Mayor Smith In reiterating his stand
on charter revision says that his main
hope. Is to get homo rule for the city.
It was Willi that purpose In view that
lie wrote the City Solicitor sometime
ago, he explained.
"We want to get rid of tho mandamus
practice," said the Mayor, "which super
seded and would ovcrlde the will of
Councils, taking from that body Its
power to npprove or disapprove of cer
tain appropriations for offices and, offi
cials claiming the power ot mandamus."
The Mayor declared Councilman ought
lo be "messenger boys for the people."
II Salted Nuts, I
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to harmonize fl
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U . decorations
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Wounded and Convales
cent Soldier Boys
PRAISE AMERICAN GIRLS
Private Baker, Veteran of
Chateau - Thierry, Lands
French Hospital Nurses
Christmas Is hrlnetnc? irreat nutrition.
of wounded and convulescent soldiers
to I'lllladcliihln. either on a fiirlniieli
home or stopping off for a few trains
en route tb some camn.
Their wound Rtrlnes were morp than
conspicuous even In the dense holiday
in ro tips at the railroad terminals.
Ono of the wounded men who arrived
Just In time to spend his Christmas with
thd home foils was Private James Baker,
of 661 North E1eenth street. Ho
leaves soon for Camp Meade to be mus
tered out.
"I take off my hat to the American
gins in France doing hospital and nurs
lug work," he said, "and especially am
I grateful to the girls of American Base
Hospital Unit No. 38, known here us
tho Jefferson Hospital unit. It was duo
to their tender earn that I am here to-
day.
Private Baker Is only twenty-three
years old, but he Is a veteran of the
deadly battlefields of Solssons and Cha
teau Thierry. Ho waB wounded with
shrapnel on September 12, when his
battery he Is a member ot Battery
B. 120th Field Artillery sent back an
answering bairage to the Germans'
heavy fire. ' '
He enllited on April 27, 1M7. and
after a training of j-lght months sailed
for Fiance. ,
I'rlinte lloffn on VTny Home
John W. lloffa, who Is on furlough for
PottsUlle, Ph., Ills home, was cited for
bravery on the Chateau Thierry fiont,
whero.ho was wounded on August 8. A
high explosive shell took his aim off
clean. He Is nll'rlght now except for a
piece of shrapnel which Is In Hie ab
domen, having worked Its way down
from the arm. He felt It under the ribs
a. couple of weeks 'ago. he says.
He left France December 12, spent a
week In Hills Island Hospital, and is
now In Base Hospital 9. The shock of
tho Injury destroed hli memory ns far
as recalling details of the paitleular
action In which he was wounded, anil
after which, ho lay fixe days and nights
with lockjaw. He expects to take up the
special college course which Uncle Sam
has offered to his disabled doughboys,
but has not decided what profession to
embrace.
Sergeant Spraicue's Kxperlenre
Another visitor between trains wne
Sergeant I,. B. Sprague, I-nkewooil, ,X.
J., who enlisted with tho 311th Infantry
and left for France May, 1918. In the
Toul sector on July 25 he, with a lieu
tenant and two other seigennts, were
operating a trench mortar against the
German machine-gun emplacements 700
ynrds away nnd damaging them badly.
The enemy located them nnd sent a
shower of high-explosive shells their
way, one ot which burst on top of him
and wounded lilm In the hand, aim,
side and leg. His arm ha? been para
lyzed ever since, of the four, only one
sergeant escaped Injury.
He spent nearly four months In the
hospital,, having undergone seveiul op
erations for the restoration of his arm
He Is now on ten days' furlough from
the Hahway Hospital, Xew Jersey. Just
back from Washington and now on to
Lakewood to visit his friends. Although
In for another operation after the holi
days for the paralysis In his arm, he is
In splendid spirits and would gladly have
given both arms for the sake of serving
his country.
Sergeant Sprague could get ,back hie
Job of assistant manager or the Laurel-lu-the-Plnes
Hotel, Iikewood, but, like
many other of the boys grown nccus
tomed to outdoor life, wants to 'continue
the same when discharged nnd expects
to engage In farming outsldo Lake
wood, N J.
He has one little worry. Nine months'
pay Is owing him and he does not under
stand why It Is held back. Ho wishes
he could get It.
MINISTER COMMENDS MAYOR
Dr. Dclk Praises "No Booze to
Service Men" Request
Desplto the fact that the Itev. Edwin
Heyl Delk, chairman of the National
Commission ot the Inter-Church Federa
tlon of Philadelphia, has from time to
time opposed the administration of Mayor
Smith, he yesterday forwarded a com
munication to the city s Chief Exexu
the. in which he commended that official
Tor advising citizens. not to furnish In
toxicanis in extenuing nospitamr to en
listed and discharged soldiers, sailors
and marines. In his letter Doctor Dclk
says:
"I have been one of the severest
critics of your administration of the po
lice "power of our city. Now I desire
to express to you my profound satisfac
tion for the sane and admirable letter
you have addressed to our citizens rem
tlvo to the method ot expressing our
Christmas hospitality to our enlisted and
discharged men In all branches of the
national service. You speak as a father,
a friend and a patriot In discouraging
tho sale or gift of Intoxicants to our
boys released from the discipline and
regulations ot camp life. Keep high and
clean the banner ot our city."
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SKETCHED VERDUN BATTLE
Artist-CIinufTeur's Machine Was
Wrecked by German Shell
Private I.esllo A. Gardner, who drove
an ambulance In Frnnco during tho last
eleven months of the war, was an eye
witness of many thrilling experiences
nnd escapes, but he took It nil In with
the admirable sangfroid ot the typical
American doughboy
Once, while driving along n Fremh
road near the front, he heard n huge
shell approaching, but he did not jump
for cover. Instead, he reached for his
camera tfurt snapped a picture of the
projectile as It burst 150 feet away.
Another time a Ret man shell passed
completely through his machine, but he
was unharmed.
Oordner. who Is nn artist, sketched
salient features of the scene as the battle
of erdun was raging This drawing he
has sent home to his uncle nnd aunt.
Mr. and Mis. William 11. Iiotlger, 311
I.lnden avenue, Itlverton. with whom he
makes his home. A Inother, Cirundille
(lardr.er. Is In tho nn
RICHMOND NOW A BAPTIST
Stormy Petrel of the Episcopal
Church Assails Hishop
The Hev George Chalmers Itlchmond,
after a long and stormy war with dig
nitaries of the Kplscopnl I'huich here,
has renounced his connection with that
faith to become a Ilaptlst.
"Jly reason for renouncing the Kpls
copal Church," said 11 r. itlchmond, "Is
because It li not demociatlc and Is out
of touch with the new moements.of the
day. I cannot believe In a church which
Is as undemocratic asMhe Knlscopallan. I
call Ulshop Illilnelander a Tory, because
t believe he, works for the Interest of
Hngland and not America, and I no
longer can respect his position. As to
the House ot Bishops, It Is a dishonest
body."
With this parting nttack, Mr. Itlch
mond announced he would preach his
first sermon In the Kast Ilaptlst Church.
K.ist Columbia and Cllrard avenues, next
Sunday on the Invitation of tho llev.
Dr. Clarence II. Woolston, pastor of the
church.
LOCAL HERO DECORATED
Private Dlynn Given Cross for
"Extraordinary Heroism"
For displaying "extraoidinary heroism 1
In action near Somine-Py, France." Oc
tober, First Class Private Jojin M. Ulynn,
a Phlladelphlan, has been awarded the
Distinguished Sei vice Cross by General
Pershing on older of tho President.
Throughout the attack north of
Romme.Py, the citation states, Pilvatei
Hlynn "worked day nnd night, repeatedly
driving over roads under constant (Ire
to the advanced dressing stations, and
when necessary driving to points
still further to the front. On October
3, In front of the advance Infantry
post, his amhulanco was wrecked by a
bursting shell. Securing another car
he evacuated tho wounded."
Private Blynn lived with his mother,
Mrs. Harry Blynn, nt 2i!07 De I.ancey
street, before entering the service.
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FRENMARINE
Shipping Board Head's Ex
tended Stay in Paris
Indicates Plan
I TALKS WITH PRESIDENT
Would Help Solve Labor Prob
I 1cm by Giving Work io
Many Shipbuilders
Ameiican shipyards may build 800.000
tons of ships for the French merchant
Meet, which Is planned to be three times
ns great as It was before the war.
It Is understood the French building
program calls for 6,000,000 tons within
the next three years. Orders for C00. 000
tons already havo been placed In British
yards.
Tho Increaso Is said to be due largely
to changes' by which the Mediterranean
poits will become tho centers of the
commercial penetration of Kuropo In
stead of the North Sea ports.
This Is Indicated In cablo dispatches
fiom Paris, announcing that Hdward X
Hmley, chairman ot the L'nlted States
shipping board, Is now In Paris In con
ference with President Wilson on the
project.
The fact that Mr. Hurley will remain
In Paris for some time Is taken to Indi-
I cnte that negotiations looking toward
1 such an arrangement are about to begin.
I Although otllclals of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation here had no official
I advices from Mr. Hurley today, they
pointed out that facilities In the ship
jards here are adequate to lehabllltate
French shipping.
' Yards Prepared
' Many ways that were built to con
struct tonnage for the war emergency
could bo used to good adahtnge, they
said It was pointed out that all big
yatds are at or near the peak ot their
production, and can caie for additional
contracts.
The labor sltuatlin 11 regarded as
good, and some otllclals believed that a
contract with the French shipping in
terests would be a big aid In absoiblng
some of tho workmen that may havo to
leave the ynrds becaue of cancellation
of contracts for Bhlps for American
companies. ,
Before he sailed for France Mr Hur
ley was Interpietcd as opposed to enter
ing Into agreement to build ships for ft
foreign power until after the peace
ttenties had been signed At the time
I he Intended to remain In Palls only a
short time.
I Changed ill liaiu
1 N'ow, after conferrelng with President
Wilson, he hns decided to remain longer,
leading to tho belief that a contract with
the French Government may ba made
soon.
I Andre Tardleu, when he was high
commissioner to America for France,
made the first suggestion that the l'nlted
j States build ships for his country. He
nssuied President Wilson then that
1 France had been compelled to suspend
construction of bottoms. Her ship
plants and Inboieis had to hn turned to
the woik of making munitions.
' France, ho said, could not even re-
.phice the ships sunk by German and
Austilan submarines, let alone build
enough to care for her anticipated
aftcr-the-war tiade. He declared the
end of the war would find rtance almost
rnlthout a merchant 111.11 1 tie.
SANTA AT DAY. NURSEltY
Mre. E. S. Newbold to Entertain
' Mothers and Children
Mrs. Kuirene S. Xewbold. of Chestnut
Hill, will be Santa (iaus tomorrow tf
more than forty poor children nnd their
mothers nt the Salvation Army day
nursery, 236 South Third street.
Theie will be a big Christmas dinner
1 for the kiddles who are dally cared for
at the nursery while their mothers go
1 out to work. There will be a big
Christmas tiee, too, and Mrs. Xewbold
will irive (iiristnias ilresents of nlothlnir.
toys and candy to the voungsters.
For years Alexander Brown, the noted
nololst and leader In mllltai V prepared
ness, who wus killed In a fall while test
ing an airplane In l'JIU. was Santa Glaus
for the children nt the day nursery.
Kach Christmas he provided them with
clothing, toys, candv and a big Christ
mas dinner. After his death Mrs, Xew
bold continued the good woik.
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J. HERMAN J'ACOUS
Word lias been received that J.
Herman Jarobs 1907 North Kiplilh
si reel, has llcen coimiiisMoncd a sec
ond lieutenant in the Ordnance De
partment at Camp Hancock, C.u.
Lieutenant Jacobs cnl i-ted in March
in the ordnance corps. He was as
signed to lite special training com.
puny at Slate College and then to
Camp Hnticork. He is lion a mili
tary instructor at the camp
SAW THREEJJ-BOATS SINK
Private Bluu Writes of Experience
Aboard Transport Olympin
The transport Ol.wtipla, whidi t-arrlcd
two regiments of Xatlonal imy men to
Franco last spring, sank three subma
rines on the wnv
from Xew York to
Knglaud, according
to Private Seymour
Hlnu, of 609 South
Flft -sixth street.
"A bout twelve
hours before land
lug," hn said In a
letter to his father,
written on "Dad's
Day." "we ran Into
t w o submarines.
T he O 1 y m p 1 11
rammed one and It
sank. The second
was sunk by gun
flie. Tuo hours
later another sub
bobbed mi 11ml we
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fired on and sank It also "
The young soldier, who Is a member
of thn 315th Infantrj, gives an Interest
ing description of Ills life In France, of
the first Franco-Ameilc.iii counter
attack, the capture of Chateau Thlcirv
and the campaign along the Alsnc. He
also took part In the clean-up" of the
Argonno forest, which, as he put It
paved the way for the capture of
Sedan.' let despite the fact thut he
was In so many terrific battles, he came
thioiiRh without a sctatch "in Tact "
lie added, "the only Injury r received In
tlie whole war was a case of fulleii
arc-ties, caused by loo much hiking just
after I reached France and befoie I got
haidened up." h
INSURES WORKERS' LIVES
American Sugar Refining Com
panv Makes Unusual Gift
Fourteen hundred employes of the
trunklln Sugar Itellnlng Company re
ceived nn unexpected Christmas girt to
lay when each was presented with a
life insurance, policy ranging In value
fl om $500 to $1000. depending upon the
length of service with the company
The policy Is a present from the
mi,in.itiv 'pi.a B..,nttua. . . v'r
I -'.. - "" rMiumm HIIIUUIK IS tOr
I $500 and $100 will be added to that for
every jear of service up to $1000 for
.,.v vi n,,- jrwin gr luilKcr I lie gift
s made to all employes who have been
111 the scrvlie of the company for thice
months or more. This plan will brine
hristmas cheer to 10,000 employes of
the company thiougliout the couiiirv
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'"-v. "',l' ,wJ"i i" uic t'ompany
cannot fall to be a result of this elft
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tlie cost or which will run Into inanv
ir-i.n Wi inuuflttiiui ut iiujiarn aiinnuiiv '
ald Karl D. Bnbst, president, In an. t
aunoiilly,"
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AH Records Smashed Twenty-five
Per Cent More Than
Highest Previous Season
Holiday mall records have been
smashed to smithereens at the Postofflco
this season.
An Increase of nearly 25 per cent In
tho amount of all classes of incoming
and outgoing mall through the Philadel
phia Postofllees Is tho record for Christ-
'mas, 1918. And this Increaso is not an
Increase over normal mall, but one that
surpasses by that percentage tho records
of any previous holiday season.
This statement was made by Assistant
Postmaster I.lstcr, and .was confirmed
and corroborated by Thomas P. Johnson,
superintendent ot malls.
"Itegardless of the enormous amount
of malt that has been handled, we had
no congestion until this afternoon," de-
1 elated Mr. I.lster, "but In two or three
hours we had cleaned It out and order
was restored."
I Mr. Lister said that 1400 extra men
had been added to the list ot employes
In the Central postofflce alone. Five
hundred of these aro soldiers and sailors
about to bo discharged from tho service.
Mr. Johnson was enthusiastic concern
ing tho manner holiday mall has been
handled in Philadelphia this yepr.
I "It seems that the 2200 additional
mall carriers that have been detailed
for duty during the Christmas season
was adequate and has assured prompt
deliveries," said Mr. Johnson.
ENEMY ALIEN BAN
ORDERED LIFTED
AS ANXMAS GIFT
All Pass Restrictions Removed
anil Those Listed May
Travel at Will
Kffectlve Christmas Day, enforcement
will be discontinued of all regulations
affecting tho conduct of male and female
German enemy aliens, except those re
strictions which apply to the entry and
depaittire fiom the country and thoso
affecting thn Internment of dangerous
GermaiiH.
"This means," said a foimal state
ment, "that on Christinas Day the per
mit and pass s.v stems "ffcctlve against
these aliens will be abolished all over
the country and that all prohibited
areas and restricted zones will go out of
existence.
"All registration regulations will
likewise cease, and It will no longer be
necessary for German alien enemies to
obtain permits for change of residence.
In short, they will be freed of all re
strictions affecting places of residence
and of emplojment."
The effect of the order Is to release
the restrictions against German subjects
entering barred zones around army
camps, arsenals, navy yatds and fac
tories, and against their ttaversing
vvaterfionts.
The effect of the Attorney General's
older In this lit will be to establish a
peace basis at heretofoie barred and
lestrlcted zones. Atyout 11,900 German
allensvere leglstered here. There were
6500 en and 5100 women.
FOB SAI.Ki. UMIAK IIOl'SK AND
ClinU.MI. I.AKli; I'OltCIIKM. SUIT.
AI1I.K KIIK I'KIVATK IIOHI'ITAI.
iVlllf'lf M'.KIHSIM. M)T TAK FHOM
11 l'.TIII,i:iU:VI. 1A. HEALTHY LO
CATION. LOW ntlCE.
GARIS & SHINIER
iiktiii.i:im:m. pa.
Galvanized Boat Pumps
fntn man. ITarkrt Ess
L. D. Ileruer Co..B0 N.2d 8t.
AND JUNIPER
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The Day
before
Christmas
but
Time enough
to get
fixed up
in Suit or
Overcoat
at Perry's
I We spell two or three
words with capital letters-here
at 16h and
Chestnut, and one of
them is SERVICE.
I Quiet, quick, sure
Service right up to the
last minute, and glad of
the chance to give it.
fl Not merely a com
mercial gladness con
fined to selling goods,, I
but the friendly variety
which has built itself
up into a household
word between us and
thousands of our fellow
Philadelphians.
fl So, if you've waited
till the last minute,
don't hesitate or hold
back ; for our Overcoats
and Suits nine times
out of ten fit right from
the drop of the hat, and
in the tenth instance,
we'll see that they will
fit to your entire satis
faction. f And that goes,
whether your purchase
is an Overcoat, or a
Business Suit, or a
Dress Suit, or a Tux--edo,
a Dress Vest or a
Fancy Vest, a Morning
Coat or a separate pair
of Trousers.
fl Anything we can do
is yours to help you '
have the Happiest,
M e r r i e st Christmas
since the days not so
long ago when you, too,
hung up your stocking,
A Merry, Merry
Christmas!
Perry & Co.
"N. B. T."
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