rmwrn "&wr vjr , :v pw'?vlf'w V" :iy'yjfuiwM! w' . mtT. !T. , , n." , ,T , ' -. ' ,H- i A U-J, M ' S: fv - ., Y d!L ''A tJVENINa 1UILI0 LEl)GElt PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MAl-tGH? 21, 1919 ' I ! - . " s 1 I ' ?,miwuipmw .jj, s 'i W . i H3?" r&y 4f at SiV w- .. Li r jw K "i-. j til 10BE0FC0AL PRICES CERTAIN '""V '.y, i! !;! jilnuiry to Cut Distribution Cost Plan of Governor s& WALKS WITH OPERATORS Executive Department Has Power to Halt Boost, An thracite Men Told LITTLE PLAYMATES SERVE AS PALLBEARERS v. Investigation Into tlie whole coal mln !nr and transportation situation In Pennsylvania is certain as a rcamt i e tho conference Governor Sproul held last night with representatives or inacpcna cnt operators. Thirty per cent of Independent mines of tho anthracite regions were repre sented In tho first conference to be held to prevent Increased coal prices on May 1. The conference last night la declared to have been mutually satisfactory by Governor Sproul. but problems of In creased costs of mining and handling coal presented by the mining men were uch as to warrant tho Governor In an sounclng the need of a rigid Inquiry Into tho whole anthracite situation. Ho Intimated that ho did not expect B. legislate o Inquiry would be necessary. "There might be an amicable In esti mation," ho said, "and then thero may not be. It seems to me that an in vestigation would be conducted by the ciecutno department If necessary." Tho conferenco lasted moro than an hour In tho Governor's office at HarrLs burg. None of the big coal Interests were represented at the conference, and Intimation was ghen that until these other operators, headed by tho Reading, are heard. No nssuranco can bo given that the higher coal prices will be avoided. llleh llardlln Cost The Governor strongly Intimated that an Inquiry to be started would have to do with anthracite coal from the time It Is mined until it reaches the cellar of the consumer. Tho Chief Execute pointed out that a largo percentage of the money paid for each ton of coal goes for transportation and for distribu tion. The great expenditure for distribu tion, he explained, was caused by In creased wages given during the war. The representatives of the Anthracite Coal Operators' Association, with whom the Governor cor ''red, control ap proximately 30 per tnt of the hard coal Industry of Pennsylvania. In the delegation were: W. L. Connell, of Scranton; James B. N'eale, of Jliners vllle; A. B. Jessup, of Jcddo, and Slan C Dodson, secretary, and W J. Thomp son, assistant secretary of tho associa tion. Jn commenting on the conference the Governor said: "The conferenco was a very satis factory one. The coat men showed a disposition not to bo hasty and to wait until tho whole situation is looked into " '"Does that mean that the proposed W- Increase will hot ro Into effect on May 1. as &nnounceu i iie was usk?u '"I cannot answer that question now," he said, "there nre other people who have big Interests In the anthracite coal business and we have not heard from them. After we have heard what these men have to say, some definite an nouncement might be made." 11ns Plenty of Tower The Governor plainly indicated that he Intends to do everything In his power to prevent the coal price raise In May. He believes that he has plenty of power I with which to order the Inquiry and, unless he Is deliberately balked In his attempt to solve the situation, it 3 not believed that any resolution authorizing an exhaustive investigation and carry ing with It an appropriation to meet expenses will be made. "If this Is not a matter for a legis lative Investigation, could not the mines department look Into It?" asked the operators. "I think the executive department has the power to go ahead," he re plies. "The conference was satisfactory." he 'said, j'and the Independent opera tors seemed a frrea. deal concerned regarding the ultimate condition of the Industry. Until I see some of the operators I cannot make a defi nite statement. So far as the Inde pendent operators are concerned, they tpld me they desire to co-operate with me to brlnpf about lower prices." The Governor said the federal fuel administration had cut off a great sec tion of the country during the war to ice anthracite Industry and had directed that soft coal be shipped In. The opera-, tors mentioned this condition as a con tributing factor In the uncertainty at their present business. They told the Governor there had been 7J per cent In crease in wages during the last three years, and the transportation costs had gone up from 25 to 80 per cent On Short hauls the costs were often higher, the Increase having been 200 per cent ' from the mines to the breakers. Tho operators also cited the ex traordinary allowance mads In lmnAHni- coal In the cities where their cost 4asl Increased from Jl to 51.25 and as high 'as 12 a ton. with an extra forty cents for carrying the coal Into the cellars. ' The operators quoted these figures and said they must be trfken In as a part of the total cost to the consumer. lssssssssr?9BKSBslm?isssssssssRt'&iBSSBm''.'A islsssssssislsssssssssislssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssS lssEassBssssWisYiiHiLalssW?' ,lT IsssssH HssilssssssHissLalsssscllssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssfl HW-4HHvaHiLLBr7tv-n V(H9IIIBIHBLIIIIIIIIIIeIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH PVHRM V -snEUKtsssH r5sJU 4nP i3w9i7E9liaLalsllssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssH lsBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBliBBBBlH &lllllllHljlllT7"SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSBClRb4iBLskVv2' BSSSsl lsssssssssssssBiallV ksialsssssEV "'-P'ialssssssssssssslfl Ji I DRIVE FOR NEW ERA MOVEMENT ON SUNDAY Presbyterian Laymen Outline Plans for Opening of Campaign Here 'I lie body of sivjcar-old V. IMwanl Johnson was rarricil li four of his playtiinten jenlcrday afternoon when he was buried from liis home at 3119 North Third street. The rhild, the son of Edward and Magpie Johnson, died of rheumatic fever. None of the pallbearers was older than eight jcars. They vcrc Howard llooz, Alexander Thompson, William Havcrcamp nnd George Kramer rians for tho Now Era Movement wero outlined last night by seventy-live laymen, representing churches through out the Philadelphia Presbytery at a supper conference In Bethany Church, Twenty-second and Balnbrldge streets. In a majority of the seventy-six churches of tho Presbytery next Sunday afternoon canvassers will visit every man, woman and older child for the pur noso of obtaining financial pledges and I co-opcratlon In other forms of Christian work. Tho laymen wero the guests of the ciders of Bethany Presbyterian Church, and the Itev. Dr. George P. Pentecost greeted the visitors. Allan Sutherland, an elder of Tioga Presbyterian Church, presided at tho conference. ' Edgar Frutchey, of Tioga church, told of the success that attended an every member canvass made by that congre gation. As a result, the contributions for benevolence were Increased from P. O.S. OF A. WATCHES VOTE ON BOLAND BILL Measure to Compel Legal Ad vertisement in English Papers The vote on tho Boland bill, requiring legal ndverllscmcnts to be printed only In Kngllsh-Ianguagc publications, will be watched by tho Patriotic Order Pons of America when the bill comes up for re consideration In tho House at Harrls burg next Monday Tho bill failed to pass final reading Tuesday when forty members of the House refused to voto. The result showed 100 members for the bill and sixty-seven against It. As 104 votes wero needed to pass tho measuro It failed. Charles Brumm Helm, state secretary of the P. O. S. of A., declares that every voto on the bill next Monday will be scrutinized. 'The voto on the bill by names," he said, "will be sent to every member of the P. O. S. of A. In the state. Tho members of the House vsho dodged vot ing on tho bill when It camo up orig inally are more to be blamed for Its failure to pass than those vho fear lessly took a stand on the matter. "Many Philadelphia members excused themselves with the statement that their districts are part foreign. This i an unwarranted evasion because wc do not allow foreign born to voto until they have become citizens, and then they are Americans " RENEW HONOR CODE PLAN Scheme Apprtnctl Before War Ti Again Before U. of P. ' The adoption of a code of honor Is under consideration by tho students of rratcrnal Order Interested nil the university of Pennsivania, after the lapso of a vear since this Important student matter was previously serlouslj considered Last j ear a. code had been worked out for tho University in general, based on a model which has bepn qtilto success, ful In tlio Wharton School for a number of venrs When the scheme was on I he point of adoption, after approval by the University authorities, the students' army training corps Intervened The scheme was declared temporarily Impracticable at that time by Major Charles T Grlftlth, commandant, and was consequently dropped. The matter has again Lecome prom inent because of a lack of spirit and numerous violations of rules by mem bers of the underclasses The code now In operation at the Wharton School em bodies a written statement by the stu dent In which he "pledges his honor tha' ha has neither given nor received In formation In the examination " MAYOR ABLE TO SIGN C0UNCILMANIC BILLS 91600 to J7500. Tho'nov. Dr. -Walter B. Greenway told of a canvass conducted In aaeton Presbyterian Church In which the contributions for benevolence wiirA Inpntmutil In lRfinn. V,One elder expressed regret that tho canvass biiouiu oe nwuo un duiiuuj. "Who can object to It?" asked Doctor 1'cntccost. "If this Is .not the Lord's work I'd like to know what Is." Doctor Greenway asked the cider, to name his reason, but ho replied that 'he had "no reason worth mentioning." Doctor Greenway announced that In Now York only twenty-seven out of tho 150,0 Presbyterian churches nre not co operating In tho New Kra Movement, unpardonable. Each Individual sov ereignty has Its bwn problems. Us own social conditions, Its own peculiar Indus tries, and, being In closo touch with its own people, can more intelligently adopt means appropriate to Its own conditions than could a commission born of tho" federal government. OPPOSES jLS. INTERFERENCE II. A. Mackcy Thinks Every State Should Solve Compensation Harry A. Mackey, chairman of tho Pennsylvania State Workmen's Com pensation Board, expressed his belief that each state should work out Its problems for tho rehabilitation of Its In dustrial cripples, and objected to the federal government extending financial itlll UlAJII hllO l.WHUI,IUll Ul UIU tlOBUllllJ- tlon or ail autnority. This objection was made by Mr. Mrckey In the course of an address de livered In New York at the International conference for tho rehabilitation of tho disabled. "I do not bollevo In the multiplication of commissions," Bald Mr. Mackey. "I am onnosed to overlannlntr nuthnrlHen. Wasto time and lost motion In tho ad ministration of remedial legislation nre j. AND H Roosevelt Boulevard Ordi nance to Be Among First of Ncyv Measures Approved TALKS ON BRIDGE TERMINUS Washington Square Advocated as End to Real Estate Board Merits of Washington Square as a logical place for tho location of the Philadelphia end of the bridge connect ing this city and Camden were advo cated to members of the Philadelphia Heal Estate Board last night by Dr. Warren P. I.alrd. Doctor Laird was appointed bv the Pennsylvania and New Jersev ltrldgo Commissions to study the situation and make a report on the best positions for the two ends of tho proposed structure. Tradlc conditions and other considera tions point to Washington Square In this city, and the Court House Plaza In Camden as the logical places, he said Mavor Smith has recovered so far from his recent attack of rheumatism as to be able to give his attention today to the measures passed by both branches of Councils jeslcrday. One of the Ilrst bills that will receive his signature Is the ono changing the name of tho North east Boulevard to Iloosevelt Boulevard. l-'or ten das following the last ses sions of Councils the Mayor's Illness prevented him from signing measures approved Up ban regained the use of his hands, however, and the bills as certllled by Councils' clerks will be taken to Ills Olenslde home by Joseph C. Wmlth- his hrnthpr nnrl t-nrrptnrv. Ono of the most important measures I he will he c.illul to approve provides $2t 1,000 for old dellclency bills Incurred I during the years 131G, 1917 and 1018. Theso will be paid promptly following tho affixing of tho Major's signature to l tho bill. Other measures that will be put up lo the Major cither today or tomorrow provide additional funds for the com- , pletlon of the piers at the foot of Portrr and Wolf streets ; plotting streets In tho southern secton of the cty between Sev. cnth and Thirteenth and Johnson streets und Oregon avenue, where the Federal Housing Corporation Is erecting I OuO houses; 100,000 loan funds for the I Municipal Court building to be erected along tho Parkway; petitioning the Or phans' Court to bo allowed to sell the John G. Johnson residence at 510 South Broad street nnd paying a number of contract on which money Is now due. BONWIT TELLER GXO CHESTNUT AT ISTREET T. iflbtrf feftik f.n ..tCHL i f-1 ' SUITS 6 COATS ffcM-' Suits, coats and capes of all-wool Heather Jersey, tailored expressly for Bon wit Teller, and as smart as they are serviceable. In tan, green, navy, black and heather shades. Suits, 29.50 to 45.00 WRAPS, 19.50 to 37.50 DC" DO "2557 '.hix i v & WW viJi lit. maJko. KACTOJIT-TQ-WEAKEK Suits andL Topcoaisl 1 A-50 m " M. w lira here tit our faetorit' . Save 35 Toil fellows who have a real ere for economy and place actual values upon your dol lars should come here, deal, di rect with the manufacturer. You actually save just one- Ultra on your domes. .$ BONWIT TELLER &, CO. Qhe Specialtu Shop fOriauiationb. CHESTNUT AT 13th STREET i9 te$t Special for. Saturday Women's Wraps Capes, coats and wrap like Coats of velour and tricotine, cut on grace ful lines and featuring new Spring shades. Dolmans, Capes and Coats of Poiret Twill, tricotine, serge, silver tone, Bolivia and fine velours. Distinctive models in fine tricotine, Evora, velours, poulette and satin. Many copies of importations. 38.00 Misses' Department Fourth Floor An Assemblage of New Spring Fashions in Misses' Tailored Suits The grace, the buoyancy and the inexhaust ible charm of youth are given full expression in these tailormade suits for misses and small "women. Poiret Twill, Cheruit Twill, Tricotine, Serge, Velour checks and Jersey. 29.50-39.50 to 98.50 4l Special for Saturday 55.00 Misses' Coats and Wraps The fascination of these wraps lies in their Rowing lines and graceful silhouette, as well as in their use of soft fabrics and rich linings. Many models are one of a kind and all are extremely distinguished. 25.00 to 1 25.00 W omens Suits 68.00 Bl ouses Exquisite creations in Georgette, net and lace, as well as smart voile and organdie Blouses, trim med with frills and tucks. Many slip-over styles. 5.00 to 79.50 Misses' Spring Frocks Exclusive and charming designs for street, afternoon or evening wear include frocks of tricotine, serge, moire taffeta, printed chiffon and other favorites of the present mode. 25.00 to 98.50 Tailleur models in braid-bound serge, fea turing pin-tucking and novel belts and straight line effects. Smart simplicity marks these Suits of tricotine, fine gabardine and Poiret Twill, many of which show elaborate braid binding, Unusual models in trico tine, velour checks and pin-striped velours, cut on distinguished lines and exquisitely tailored. 29.50 50.00 65.00 in z: Skirts Fan-ta-sl, .crepe de Chine, trico lette, embroidered crepe, organ die and faille silk Skirts in light shades; as well as smart plaids for Sports wear. 10.75 to 39.75 The Fur Department is now located on, the Fourth Floor CHECKS CASHED FROM 8:30 A. M. TILL MIDNIGHT Deposits may also bo made with in theso hours. Progressive business men made such an insti tution as the Franklin Trust Company necessary. Open an account hero and enjoy the other unusual and helpful facilities which characterize this different kind of a trust com pany. Resources, $10,000,0001)0 Fi ranklin Trust C9 15th St. Below Market New Bank nnd Ofllca Bulldlne lSlh Street Qpp. So. Fenn Square 77ie Institution That Cave Philadelphia West Philadelphia Oflic 62nd and Market Day and Night Service. Open Till 9 P.M. Till 10 P. M. nmrirac MANUFACTURERS OF I wm-vr J Open Etc ninfi Till 9 P.M. Salor- day Till 10 P.M. 151416 MARKET ST. SPECIALS! Friday & Saturday Only , . 0M 475 e Top Coats Featuring the New Shades for Spring in Light Tan and in Light Green Colors. A new lot of irides cent silk-lined Spring topcoats in Blues, Browns, Greens, Hea ther Mixtures and 'Gabardines. Styles are Box Coats, Rag lans and Form - Fit ting. Made to Sell for $30.00 $ 16 .50 i I aim :WK X': :Vmm mmk XIS ' ''Hll IlKSl -slCt' W'-' .'A m IH I'll It t-i Sm m H ft l.v M -mm mm m f llj j I 1 II I itm Ipl . ) Last Call Fall & Winter Weights L?- $1 A .50 suns AJNU OVERCOATS 14 Former Valuei to S0 FRIDAY & SATURDAY ONLY 875 Silk Lined, All Wool Flannel Suits BLUES BROWNS GREENS Handsomely lined with iridescent silk. Guaranteed for wear and color. $ 24 .75 Worth $35.50 BIG SALE OF TROUSERS 500 Pair Separate Trofcsers Former Values SO.00 Up to $4.50. Sale Price.. t & Open Till SPM. nu to P.M. BECKERS JfcMANUFACTURERS OP V 1S4-16 MARKET ST. Opca Et- niH Till 9P.M.1 Satit- dajrt Till . i . &. I X. v" i,iyii l I'lm urn it IfP ,v "W T - . J
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