p.. EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 0, 1910, - - -- . .... J 1 CV.-VCC UN -CS' tfW.1l. .V".M -&r ") :" I J -..j.-rt... JMERS "TOO CHOICE' WITH SCHOOL JOBS telling Salary of Service en Jfot Lowered, Board Announces eturnlng soldiers are "too partlcu- In their choice of Jobs. This was consensus of opinion expressed by nbers of the elementary schools com- lea of the Hoard of Hducation. "SVI1- Ttowen, chairman, started the ills- Sllon when he said he had received lierous complaints from perlre men had again entered the schools. it as my understanding," declared Ron en. "that when there lio.i re- hed they were to hao their old places again. I think It Is a distinct nu tation for a boy who has been com- riding men to come back and ho ed in charge of primary grade chll- Idwln Wolf, president of the school Ird, and other members of tho cle- htary schools committee differed from view. It is never humiliating to teach chll- i,"1 declared Mr. Wolf. "And as far omplalnts from rcrvlce men are con- red, I believe ou will find that any Who nas actually seen service Is rteful for any place we may offer was explained that no returned ller or sailor had been put back Into schools at lower salary, and that virtually every case the man was en his choice between several grades. eturnlng service men nre gradually Iplylng tho need for teachers that has In felt throughout this jenr. SEEK QUALIFIED MAN fusing Association Canvasses for City Housing Chief ro Induce high-grade men to take the mlnatlon for chief of the division of lalng and sanitation In the Depart- hi of Public Health and Charities on tch 19. the Philadelphia Hourlne Ag itation has sent a letter to many or- pnations tnrougnout tnn city urging Im to persuade thelc. members with blness experience and executive ability consider inn opportunity. Tlie posl l Days J3100 i year. This position is one of the most Im tant In the rlty government," the er states. "The housing situation e is really critical. There Is a. erv at shortage of houses, estimated n ri wnie ago to t;e as nign as L'S.ooo. ring mo war me condition or eMftlng pilings depreciated to an unusual de le. The chief of this division has Irslsht of the Improvement nncl ninln. lance of sanitary conditions In e.lst- awcuingiv FEW SOLDIERS SCARRED Irgcon Says Not Many Wounded tanks Have Disfigured Heads nly 1 tier cent of tho American snt. Irs who have been In actlonMn France ye returned with disfigured heads. Is statement was made last night at h College or Phslclans by Colonel V. I Blair, of St. Louis, an authority on id surgery, who has lust returned rm a year's service In France. There are not more than 500 soldiers this country now. I believe." salrt lion el Blair, "who show the eJTects of rious head wounds. Prompt treatment the surgeons and dentists working etner accounts for the few soldiers ho are cpmtng home with scarred es, (nattered jaws ana noses. fhe 'readjustment of the deaf to social Id Industrial life was discussed by Dr. enocu i. x'niiujw, or ,ew lone. COLLEGE ASKS EXEMPTION Uanova Wants Farm to Be De clared Free of Tax flllanova College has appeaed to the nmlasloners of Delaware fount v far bmptlon from taxation of farm land otner ground surrounding the college Rdlngs at Vlllanova. The (-round has n assessed at nbout $100,000. Build- usea ior religious anu euucatlonal loses by the college are alreadv ex. hnted.- rne college, wnicn may take the mat 1 to the Delaware County court, eon. hds that the college farm Is neeensarv I the sUDnort of the colleee. mnnntturv d cnurcn, especially unaer present con- - i -L- ,..: - w . .-.. lions. I Vtiorney General Names Delegates Utomey General William I. Sehaff.r laldent of the State Har Assneiotinn Is appointed the follow lng delegates to ftna me meeij-ig or me American tademy of Social and Political Science ini ciiy, April a ana s, wnen the CDosed league of nations will he Cla ssed! Former Attorney General impion xa ityon. j, u, uoianan dladelDhla: Nicholas B. Larzaier irrlstown; C. Larue Munson, Williams- ri; uvrus u. uerr, tuading, and Iwln W. Smith and Frank McGinn. ttsburgh. 1,694840 Dalanre in City Treasury ;ity Treasurer Shojer's weekly report swa that $1,620,800.31 has, been paid ri.. v;. .. ..,"-" z.1 "" . a,niBi k- fllln elfV tpaail.v. no n, - i9,u. iiaiu out. ine Daiance on a. not including tlie sinking fund, is LW1.2I4.80. iESKS Largest and Best Assortment Estab. m )MAKER'S, 926 Arch St t ,Y I'YsMH M0i'BMvhyi?,ln,"lu,'')"Prnof, "" ",VI sanitary vikrehoussf .) zuut century , -Storage Warehouse Co. finiMMita tvs.t I'hlla. Matlon trtDityiifci wmmMm as &?? 'sWHSTWai '"'-"rar'.r ST &73f' tr' ddnwiQwta n end EotfbonGjartttttinibiWjtf PORT CRITICISM UNFAIR Board of Trade Replies to Ar-' raignment of Business Interests i "The thlnnlne condition;) In Phllndel-I plila are certainly not satisfactory, but why nrnko them norm than they really nako them worse than they realty asks tho Hoard of Trade In reply everc arraignment of I'hllnapipi'iit1 nre," a to a fe business Interests,. The statement of tlitt board says: "It Is conceded that there ! an ob vious lack of civil pride when old-cstab-llshed houses persist In Ignoring ad vantages at this port to patronize New York agencies because of tho slight con veniences; but to state that the sailing v-iiicin.-es ; nui 10 stale mat ine siiiiuik of a big cargo boat from Philadelphia i Is rare Is evidence that no effort ya made to leain the actual number sailing from this port. Durlnir tho month of PVbruarv nWtyT f nil " 1 aaiinl at rtlan Ar1 fni fneal an tmpf U fltn for France alone." "' I t' 2000 WAR CONTRACTS HERE ARE CANCELED United States Ordnance Claim Board Making Settlement With Manufacturers Alexander If. Carver, secretary of the United States ordnance claim board, an nounced today that nearly 2000 war con tracts held by Arms in the Philadelphia district have been canceled since the signing of the armistice November 11. This board, which now is holding dally meetings at tho headquarters of the ordance department, 1710 Market street, already has settled between ISO nnd 200 claims put In by manufacturers. It also has Investigated nearly as many "In formal" contracts, which were declared valid In a recent net of Congrsss Details of all theso contracts now- are In possession of the board and will be settled within the next few weeks. Wcrk also Is proceeding oil the formal con tracts, but officials of the board arc un able to estimate how long It will take them to wind up settlements with man ufacturers who held war orders. While the war was In full swing It was estimated that the Philadelphia In dustrial districts produced about 50 per cent of the entire output of tho ordnance department This covers a total of more than 24,000 articles, Including all sorts of munitions, weapons and special equip ment. HUSBAND'S SLAYER SET FREE Jury Finds Mrs. Lombard! Justi fied in Using Revolver The Jury In the case of Mrs. Monica Lombardl, charged vv 1th murdering her husband, Frank Lombardl, brought In a verdict of acquittal last night. The caso was tried before Judge Monaghnn. After a quarrel in a restaurant con I ducted by Lombardl on South Mole street last July, tlie man was seen ny witnesses running from the place, the woman, who was his common-law wife, following. He fell on a doorstep, and ns he did the woman llred one revolver shot at him An examination showed three bullet wounds In his body, Mrs. Lombardl admitted shooting Lom bard!, hut said that she did so in self defense, claiming that the man had threatened to stab her. She fired the first two shots In the restaurant, she Bald. No witnesses were produced to testify as to what occurred before the man ran from the place. DIAMONDS and OTHFJi rnr.cious stones Dourht for Cash. Appraisements 1 TUAC niTAN " S. h SI. I ssrow v&tj-sii AhDTe Ransom New PUBLIC SPEAKING Class now forming;. A short.term courso In Self Expression. Self-Cnnfldence. Elocution and all around Self-Development. Ten Consecutive Prlday Uvenlntrs, com menclns March '.'1st. at 8 o'clock. Doth teies Visitors welcome Call, write or phone Sprues 82-18 for In structive literature. NEFF COLLEGE chestnut st. Bakery property, business and.most modern equipment: capacity two thousand loaves per hour: flourishing condition. GARIS & SHIMER woor.woRTn nuii.niNO nKTHI.EIIEM. FA. CEMENTS FOR STOVES ltANOKS IIEATKRA Main 4000, MarUst S5i HOOFS, t. L. D. Berger Co., 59 N. 2d St. MATTRESSES RENOVATED BRASS IIKDS RELACQUERED I ouaranteed equal to new. Ftathera star lilted and mads Into niattrfsses. lloi springs rcunnnistered ACME RENOVATOR1! Second ud. Waahtnston Asenaa Ph. Iximbard 4703. Send postal. asBBBBBBBBi Auto delivery avery wners asasaaB TRUE SHAPE SOCKS Do not make your wife a slave to tho darninjr nee dle. It is false economy to waste time patching up socks, riddled with holes, when it costs no more to buy TRUE SHAPE socks. "All that its name implies." A. R. UNDERDOWN'S SONS 202-204 MARKET STREET EitablUhed Sine 1838 "P 1 People of culture and rtfutemeniiTwariabh fiPJZEFEIL deities to.any other ciaareHe. rtf KESb , Tf POPirfins' fiSSSS JOHNSON IS NEW HEAD OF 79TH DIVISION n v r i xrrt t brigadier OCIlCml, WllO RoSC . 1'rom nanks, Succeeds J. E. Kuhn, Promoted Hilgadler Oeneral Kvan M Johnson, .. i, A .,,, . "ho rose from the ranks, has succeeded Major (Jeneral Joseph K. Kuhn as com- ,.,, , ,, ' , ., mnnder of the Seventy-ninth Division, coiiitirItiiii iii Vntinnni irmy men of " Ivnnla and Marv land. teneral Kulm has been innrl r-n. mander of the Ninth Army Corps of tho Second American Army. Oeneral Kuhn was formerly commander of the National Army cantonment nt Camp Meade, Mil. Cleneral Johnson had commanded tlie 157th Infantry Brlcado fmm .!,... i,. wuM.!hecnvi,l?,15!e' suc"""nR cienerai William S. Nicholson, who was relieved anu returned to this country In Decern uer. mo loiin intnntry Brigade Is one of the tw--) Infantry brigades of the Sev- i enty-nlnth Division. During the Spanish-American War he became a captain nnd won the brevet rnnk of mnjor of the Twenty-ninth In .fantry on July 5, 1800. being mustered out of tho volunteer service on May 10 1 1901, and returning to his regular army rank. TEACHERS' PAY BOOSTED V lllnlifltlo I.. u 1 - p A ",Krcuac "nn JJonus for Gloucester Schnols' S1..1T 1 School teachers In Gloucester will re- celve nn Increase in sa'arv of in month and n bonus of $50 If thev servo the full school term, through action .." i,-.? rli' uo,ar',1 of schools estl Ui tftThf.y bad asked for an Increase "- "vw jrrtt. mis was refused. me reiusai to grant the flat rise was 1 jle'tltf Ml' bi,ete,n,SresBeated,,i,';te MAID HAD EXPENSIVE TASTE to bn Included In the nnnunl budget The ennagPPv7aPrrl?i,?C7?f0?SO?nrcVetre,liScrVant T,,icf BUBht CSt, Lin' $1800 over last ear. ,ncreasc ot i geric on Employer's Credit tuSVeOTclc 'e'Tl'tlfoul ffioS W1,e" "'"'1 '"S mon,Ws; 'T! of pay for absence was held by the 'om a department store yesterday. Larl board for further consideration. Ijj Trout, of Wajne, foun(f that quan- - 1 titles of lingerie and dresses had been CffnT?"V iiT--i-vtT- m 1 1- . .,.,,. purchased some weeks ago by Jean AMDEIN INCOME TAX AIDS Kelly, his former maid. " Jean was on excellent mnld, hired from Inspectors Stationed Dailv in Pnsmf. an emplovment agency, who remained a . . 1 week in the Trout home nnd then ills- lice Kevcmie Depot 'appeared with $5000 worth of Jewelry, Income tax Inspectors are nt the In terim! revenue otllce In tho Camden postodlce to assist taxpayers In filing returns. The Inspectors are there from 8:30 a. m. to 6 p. m. every week-day from today until March 15 the lart day for tiling Income tn returns. The ofllce will also be open from fi until 9 p. m. on March 6, 7, 8, 13, II and 13 to accommodate tnxpayers who are emplojed during the day. Rookwbod An American Pottery That is both Beautiful and Artistic in Design and Colbrinff No Duplicates Rookwood is not for sale elsewhere in Philadelphia. PBM!ll!iniffil!lllllli!Iliirill!llIl!M5lin These are test days reputation tests of principle. Wo hear that somo have been unable to withstand tho temptation to mark their goods at as high prices as they may possibly bring this makes the subsequent "reduction" sale i, look plausible. But that sort of thing isn't fair, and it isn't good business. We are selling more clothing than ever wo are going to sell still more because people in these high-priced days are buying of houses in which reputation and principle mean something. Jacob 'Reed's Sons 1424-1426 CHESTNUT STRBBT V3 1 IftSSf liEi nkxBRS THE AUTOMATIC FIREMEN Financial responsibility Fire protection hit become n essential ftctor entering Into ell negotiations be tween financial Institutions and propertr owners. Indifference to Are menace Indi cates Irreiponelblllt--In other direction!. Buildings protected by OLODE Auto matic Sprinklers are universally regarded as good mortgage risks. GLOBE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER Ot. 2035 Washington Ave. Dickinson 531 r.i onu -quiptl riulMfntr owned I V Ro-rnlf U Co AtUaU, ASK SPECIAL TICKETS Board of Education Calls on P. R. T. to Help Safeguard Children Tho Philadelphia Itapld Transit Com pany was called upon by the Hoard of IMucatlon jestcrday to put Into prac tice the declaration placarded In the street cars that "200.000 kiddles" are co-operating with the company In safety first cimpalgn The committee on elementary schools agreed to aBk the company to provide f pedal tickets for tho children of iftw Disciplinary School. "These children either exchange or sell the car tickets with which the board nrnvlilea them." cnld William Ilowan. I chairman of the committee. "Then they tnr tAt . tm i '"S 're' L..,. ?runsU cSmpanv II. , .. .iiJUi. V special tickets, t rs mi dwiigons at ine risK ' cldent to themselves The , v once refused to Issue but 1 mtlce It Is calling 1 ai.h .ii.nl nn Tn tna inn iiinr nn kim- : jies' are co-operating to make the street cars safe. Hero Is an opportunity for the company to put its statements into practice. If these children had special car tickets they couldn't dispose of them, they would have to ride Inside the cars." PATROLMEN ACCUSED Grocer Alleges He Found Intoxi- . i t i l' c. 1. '""" .........-.. (, Two patrolmen of tho Fifteenth and Vine streets station are accued by Charles Hang of entering his grocery storo at Twenty-thlid nnd Vine Mreets 1 and consuming n meal 01 cneese, cfhck ers and sardines, topped oft with cigar ettes. He declares the men were Intoxi cated. Haag alleges that within a few hours after he had reported two robberies of his store to the police, a third entrance was effected. He said that when he 1 1. 1 ... . a.......! ... mnrntnff Iia openeu 111B BlUll1 jromiMMj ,,........ .... found the two patrolmen, who had piob- ably entered the store by u window left open by the bunglers. The patrolmen, according to Hnag. de clared tney were investigating nnu re fused to go when he ordered them to -o RO- Thr 'natter has been reported to Captain Mills, according to llnag. He declares an invitation to attend the roll- call at the police station In an ervort to Identify the patrolmen has been post-f poned nt the Instance of the police. I ontaming ivn on pari oi u vnc next clay irom a i-iuinueipuia jewcier oy rep resenting herself ns a "war widow" in straitened circumstances. Tho police have been hunting for the ung woman since Tne Geparment store purchases were ' made by the use of a credit coin nb- . stractcd by the maid which she returned I before she left the Trout home. The ar ticles she bought totaled about J 100 In value. with the clothier tests SPm 0r U J-. 'n i ittask - -Sfceaa . a I tM4f yflkV 1 IIIIIIIOIIllllllllfllilllllllllllllllllllllBIIIIIilllBlllWS of I TREES TO BE MEMORIALS OF SER VICE GIVEN IN WAR Planting of Tributes to Heroes and Others Discussed at nu Cen tury Club Plan Whereby the Public May Contribute These Special Honors Arranged 'Tribute Trees" l tlio iubf-:t of nn i open meeting vvhkh whs hcM this afternoon at tho New I'enttirv Club under the nusplces of the Civic Club and the Society of Mttlo Hardens. A tribute tree Is a tree planted In recognition of the services which some one has given either .U home or over seas during the great war. It Is not a memorial In the sonsp that It pas tribute only to tho dead, but it Is n living testimonial of service tendered. One thing which would commend trlb buto trees to the community generally ! that $10 buys a trcv, plants It, plnces n wire guard around It and establishes an endow merit for Its care or replace ment In case It does not flourish The Civic Club has also prepared cards to IP sent throughout the city telling how- Individuals can tluli to gether to buy a tree or how they can subscrlbo to the general fund If they do not cHre to make themselves rcrponstblc wi- nn enure tree The committee nn mimtrin-ii nn nml tree planting of the Civic Club is the ' class condition fro-n Overbrook to Hose ofllclal committee for the city In cie- '"" ?, "1!" Highway Depart atlng lnterst nnd securing subscrln- "M"'.' n"tl """ Montgomery County Com- tlons. It will vi oik With the l.'nlrinnllllt Park Commission, which hns rhargo of all tree planting In Philadelphia, While there Is considerable latitude allowed In the placing of the trees, there will be much Interest shown by or- a,1.arlua.. T1 ,.,,. s ,.! HUH 1Z.S I II III 1M II nnillllT a-nnn I... .a 1A nave already asked to be permlted to plant an avenue. The Navy League, the Phllomuslan Club, tho .Society of Little Gardens nnd other organisations have taken up the subject nctlvclj. Posters are In preparation bearing tho little poem ny j.ucy l.arcom: He who plants a tree. He plnnts love, 7Snt1 "f cool'P"' sprculluir nip iirive ""Nf'irers he mny not live to see. iuin mm grow arc nest. Hands tint bless are blest. Plant' Life does the rest Another poster will be In the nature I or a service flag nnd will be g.ven to those who contribute full trees. Joseph Ptnnell spoke nt the meeting , this afternoon and Illustrated his talk. I Andrew Wright Craw ford also spoke on memorials. ' Mrs Howard W. Lewis, chairman nf the committee on Municipal Art and Tree Planting of the Civic Club. s assisted by Mrs. Henry Wolf Hlkle, sec. relarj ; Mrs. Kdvrnnl W lllddlc, Mrs . . Qc - s."!j Snrinp Fashion X " W Favors gy a capes rvV Practical, (Jraee- I IM ful, llecomlug f iM Modes, at LP $45 to $125 modes, showing every new fashion, fabric and color. Plain tailored and fancy effects; exception ally low priced: $49.50 Wi S 1220-22-24 - .. . I lILaLalLaHLallLaLaLaaBLaLakLaLaLaLaLaLa JsK'UH WsWWsalWbsaWaaBklfeag JS-aaaaLaLaW ill )iSSLsSs IllllllUlk 1 xBMiiMtiS'' How does your stenographer measure up? Don't blame her if she can't measure up to 100. She can't get out of shorthand what isn't in it. It isn't enough to give her merely a "dictating machine." , , That's only going part way. Put in her hands the system that Edison makes the system that satisfies " ' the stenographer as well as the dictator. Give her The Ediphone make her comfortable and con tented in handling correspondence. Dictate to Tho Ediphone. You must dictate to The Ediphone if you expect the results other men get the results that depend upon tho ideas that Edison has built in The Ediphone. We're ready to put it all in front of you. Edison makes only one Dictating; Machine The Ediphone Send for our book, "Better Letter" O- better yet, get a demomtration. Telephone The Ediphone Walnut 3135 Guaranteed Jointly by lomaa PL. fcdison $nc. SATToDUCTOrXl I THPIDISON ItABOHATOBJMl Ioti T Asliuraft. Mist Mnly WnklBton, Miss riophlu Cadwaladcr, Mrs Charles n.tvls Clark, Mrs. I Webster fox, Mrs. Hod man i: tlrlscom, Mrs. Itogcr W (Irlswold, .Mrs. Charles W Ilcnry. Mrs. i:dvvnrd Stotesbury Lewis, Mrs. J. Howard lthoads. Mrs John Frederick Lewis, Mrs. W. Henumont Whitney nnd Mrs. I' A Hakestravv. IMPROVE MAIN LINE ROADS Lower Morion and Havrrford Rotxt Annual Budgets Lower Merlon nnd llaverford town ships have appropriated $136,000 for repairing and other highway Improve ments, an 1 Radnor Ins before It n bud get requesting $50,000 for that pur pose, although It may appropriate only $30,000 at this time Iiwer Merlon rnled Its appropriation from $80,000 last vear tn $109,000: llav erford has set aside $27,000 for roads; 'tho Lancaster nlkp hns heen nut in ilrst mlssloners nnnounce that Montgomery avenue, in i.ower .vicrlin, will receive adeiiuato attention this jear. 3 for $10.50 31 a (Ira tnnl rnlnr ooillf of imltrrii). Yon nre dllTrrfnt from ollifr mrn. You're 11 ilUtlnrt IndUIihiu!. Ami nrfil uliirtn niulft for YOU Hlonf. Tlie innKInt; of turli lilrti U u fine art. M Uy t rlnirnt when ou Hre rerlaln of celtlnr hiitltfarllott from 11th & Chestnut Adjoining the St. James fiC 1220-22-24 Walnut St. A Special Pre-Season Sale of Suits A comprehensive collec tion' of the new spring to $135 Walnut St. j I3S G. M. AUSTIN .asrTME OLNUINt L EDISON DICTATING MACHINE sJJ? 1035 Chestnut Street Philadelphia $25 Wind-Up Sale? Winter . Overcoats and Fall and Winter Suits that were $40, $35, $30 and $28 this season, now in a big Wind- Up Sale at the One Uniform Price, $25! There's much more in that an nouncement than print can make plain. The original selling prices of these Overcoats and Suits were low to begin with. There isn't any immediate prospect of tlie regular prices for equal values being any less. Their present wind-up price of $25 makes of them the biggest values that twenty-five dollars will buy for some time to come. They are bargains in the big sense of the word, and you will do well to invest in a couple of them just to store away! 1$ All sizes in this Wind-Up Sale, but not all sizes of any one pattern. The sooner you come in and look around, the better chance you hase of getting just what you want. $40 Overcoats for $25 $35 Overcoats for . .$25 $30 Overcoats for . . ; $25 $28 Overcoats for $25 $40 Suits for $35 Suits for $30 Suits for $28 Suits for Cfl Single-breasted Overcoats and double-breasted Overcoats in dark colors and in novelty patterns full silk-lined Oxfords plenty of con servative and of fashionable Coats ! J Medium - weight and heavy weight Suits in a good range of fabrics and patterns Suits that you can wear well into the warm weather remainders of $40, $35, $30 and $28 Overcoats and Suits, at One Uniform Price $25 Perry & Co. "N.B.T." 16th & Chestnut Sts. $25 ., . . ....... .$25 ...$25 $25 4 ?'A i P , ' ' P. . rSr I ;ji Ml t: , Jr J I I . .in ft! ,Vil fill 1 t2l ; WPMI t 2 -i I A l.e, w