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CLEAR UP POINTS
IN WORKMEN'S ACT
Compensation Measure
Gone Over atHarrisburg
Joint Meeting
MACKEY FOR WIDE SCOPE
Would Divorce Handling of
Reparation From Labor
Department
GOVERNOR WARNS "REDS"
If They Want to "Start Rough
House Here" Cct Them Try
llrrl!ibnrir, April 1. Speaking; before
nobert Burns Lodgp of Masons at the
forty-ninth annunj dinner last ovcnlnp,
Governor Sproul said concerning tlio
cpread of Bolshevism:
"It seems to me that the world faces
the condition of a man who has pene
trated a mlasmlc swamp and stain a.
demon. He returns, but Is Infected by
fever. I have no doubt of the ability
of the American people to meet this
problem, but I fear they may become
careless."
The Governor said ho felt that Penn
sylvania Is a bulwark asralnst Bolshev
ism, but that If anybody wanted to
"start rough house here, let them como
on.'
Other speakers were the new Dr.
Luther De Yoe, of Philadelphia, and
Provost Smith, of the University of
Pennsylvania.
COAL AND FOOD
PROBE HALTED
House Defeats Plan for Ap
pointment of Special
State Commission
VOTE STOOD 125 TO 30
Harrltburg-, April "l. A conference I
was held this afternoon In the chambers
of tha Supremo Court on the new work- I
men's compensation bill, which Is to ne
Introduced In the Legislature,
Tho new measure was submitted tor
consideration by Harry A Mackey,
chairman of tho workmen's compensa
tion board.
Employers of labor and labor repre
sentatives were present at the conference.
Chairman Mackey stated the purpose
or the hearing rather was to explain me
provisions of tho proposed bill than to
discuss what those provisions ought to
b'e. Any suggestions to Improvo the bill,
Mr. Mackey pointed out, might bo In
corporated later. The bill, the chairman
said, had been drawn up at the request
of Governor Sproul, and was Intended to
embody Improvements over tho present
act suggested by labor. ,
Mackey Explains Change
; Mr. Mackey explained the bill in ilc-
tall and Invited questions about Us
Ms. workings. Ho said the worklngmen of
IH?V" Pennsylvania we,re urging tnrec princi-
l5'i "aI changes from the act or iiu.
ROW IS IMPENDING
ON RIPPER MEASURE
Vare Opposes Brady Bill Af-
fecting Registration Board
Backed by Penrose
follows: An Increase In the rate of
compensation ; n. longer period of medl-
:w,,V cal service tnd a shorter waiting
-'' period this lost being the time during
wnicn mcaicai service mono is buiiucu
and no compensation paid.
He expressed the hope that tho Legis
lature would divorce the Workmen's
Compensation Bureau from the Depart
ment of Labor and Industry, "and place
It upon its own feet, giving to It rc
sourcesfof Its own and holding It re
sponsible for Its own acts." Mr, Mackey
said he hoped that rehabilitating tho in
jured worker and adapting him to a new
means of earning a livelihood might be
added to the activities of the board. An
other provision would make It possible
for farmers and persons In domestic
service to come under the provisions of
the act by special agreement.
"Under the old act," raid Mr. Mackey,
"the totally and permanently Incapaci
tated man Is left after BOO weeks, 1!
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Ilarrlaburr, April . One of the old
time factional rows between the Pen
rose and Vare forces may develop In tho
Legislature when action Is taken finally
on the Brady bill to rip out the board
of registration commissioners In Phila
delphia. According to the Penrose floor leaders
In the House the word has been sent
down the lino that tho bill Is to be
passed. It has been on the calendar
long time with two other measures In
troduced' by -Representative William J,
Brady, of Philadelphia, for several
Beveral weeks.
An agreement has been sought be
tween the rival Penrose and Vare camps,
on the measure, but the Varo forces nro
understood to be opposed to the bill in
any shape.
Another strange delay In acting on
the bill was brought about last night
when Representative Brady, the sponsor
of the measure, succeeded In extending
Its time limit for two weeks longer. It
was on the House second reading cal
endar. i
A fight was staged In the House elec
tions committee when the Brady bills,
the one setting back the date of the
primary and the other simplifying the
ballot, are said to have been marked
for slaughter, but the Penrose forces
are holding out for the registration rlp
per. The ripper measure Is said to be
aimed chiefly nt the two Democratic
members of the Board of Registration
Commissioners, Albert H. Ladner, Jr.,
and William A. Carr. They Incurred the
V, ho lives that long, an object or charity.
JJ,.. The proposed net glvesxhlm 25 per cent
&Sb ?""o itinaiiiuri "i Mua iiic, m nic
V(" iHillltMxnl inii tVitn Iah ... 1 1i .
l,iw , means ol relieving Rocieiy 01 me espenbe i .; ", ." - mwr iu
fa i....i .the prlmnry last year when humirMia nt
"The widow has been treated rather 1 th ""'"
i&5S.llberally by Increasing her compensation I "''"'''
Funds Will Be Provided by
Popular Subscription,
Sponsor Declares
Bu a Staff Correspondent
Ilarrlnburir, April l.By a volo Of
125 to 30 the House last night defeated
the Glasa resolution to provide for the
appointment of a commission of nine
by Governor Sproul to Investigate coal
and food prices In Pennsylvania,
Although Governor Sproul came out
several weeks ago for an investigation
to ascertain why the coal operators
wanted a fifty-cent Increase per ton
on anthracite beginning May 1, Repre
sentative William T. Ramsey, tho ad
ministration floor leader In the House,
led the attack on the resolution.
A majority of the Philadelphia mem
bers, Irrespective of factional arfllla
Mons, voted for the resolution.
Representative Ramsey, In attacking
the resolution, asked that It be re
ferred to a committee. He asked Rep
resentative Glass tho purpose of the
resolution.
'Its purpose." Glass replied, "is to
find out If conl and food can be had
any cheaper In Pennsylvania. Gover
nor Sproul told me at n. conference I
had with him that ho was perfectly
willing to go along." Attorney General
Schaffer also approved the resolution
and I made an nmendment at his sug
gestion. "We arc paying $11 a ton for coal
when we should bo paying $8 or JO. 1
don't blame the operator or the miner,
but some one is robbing the public and
we ought to find out who It Is."
Ramsey asked why the resolution
provided no appropriation. Glass re
plied he intended to put in a bill mak
ing an appropriation later and said If
It did not pass "we'll rnlae the money
for the Investigation by popular sub
scription." Representative Williams, Tioga, ob
jected to tho bill. Four years ago, he
said, n. commission incstlgated coal
prices. It spent a lot of money, ren
dered a voluminous report, but failed
to specify who was responsfble for the
high prices.
ADJOURNMENT DELAYED
SpJE 'provision giving her a lump sum pay-
lu&.ment eqUai i one-third or the remaln-
IffHS
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compensation due her, not to ex- ,
eeks, in tho event of her I
ilffy&ced 100 w
i'h "remarriage."
r xiio new act ciiinges somewnat ill'
Administration Bills May Hold Legis
lature After May 15
Bu a Staff Correspondent
ll&rrlaburir. April 1. The House rules
committee, or wiuen representative Wll
Ham T. Kamsev. of Chester, is chair
I man, has a resolution already Axing the
nnai adjournment or tne legislature lor
May 15, but some one "higher up" has
requested delay on the resolution.
While legislative leaders are certain
that tho Legislature end wind up the
session Mny 15. several Important ad
ministration bills are yet to be acted
on and no chances will be taken until
they are safely out of the way.
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irnrrlnliurr. April 1. Senator Vare,
chairman of the Senate Municipal Af
fairs Committee, announced that a sec
ond hearing on the Woodward charter
revision bills would be held either next
nfPlhnrl nf nnmmiMn. a ,vl,ll. ' "V,r."' .'." ,"V'.'."".U V' u" "eunesuay
;? i V ,7 iv T "-"-- "- " i -uy nan, fimaaeipiiia.
jgvdeflnltc amount to be added where the
in. niuren nprMin nHH rpnpivpn nnnrn unci .
!$l' lodging, and striking out the provision fttMNIIINlin
j--- ot tne oia act which deducted the alua
5, of supplies furnished by the employer
and money earned by overtime. Also it
Is" provided that the dally wage be multi
Plied by the actual number of days cus
tomarily worked In a week, Instead of
the arbitrary five and a half, of the
existing act.
1'ropoftfd IncreaMeft
The bill proposes Increases In com
pensation of from 50 to 60 per cent. It
raises tho maximum compensation from
$10 to $13.50 n week and the minimum
from $5 to f G.50 a week.
Tho period of medical service woula
be Increased from fourteen to thlrty-ono
jlays and tho medical charge from S75 to
' v $150. It also provides for' additional
medical Bervlce when good cause ia
'He s n1.1lirn
The medical waiting period or period
,i os noncomiiensiiuon wouiu up reuueeu
Br,' from fourteen to seven days' A new
schedule Is provided for loss of mem
JSl bers, which also provides compensation
, for loss of hearing or disfigurement.
flf Chairman Mackey said tho bill would
r bring the compensation in Pennsylvania
isM-tip to that In Ohio and New Jersey, but
VrJ1 BMi icaveat it a utue ies man Aew
iKiYork. While compensation Is Increased
..A An noi- ppnt. tho rntp nf inslirnnpa fnr
& compensation Is Increased only 30 per
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WILLS REGISTER DELINQUENT
Auditor General Urges Reconsid
eration of Dawson Bill
Bu a Staff Correspondent
llarrlubnrit, April 1. Auditor General
Snyder appeared before tho House last
night to urge a reconsideration of the
Dawson bill, which would give the Audi
or General sole power In tho nppolnt
anon Lcoll?.ctor8 Of the direct Inherit-
Th ? co"nteral .taxes.
nc6 TT.Uise u'fi'atel 'e bill two weeks
n,M,F e,r'lle Present law the Auditor
arlou.1 T" .V,e rfBls'ers of wills In tho
Snm! ,u.",tles "I'PoInt jointly.
con?Srn?-fMIB."lmoultles encountered In
iLiJ !ilei!nx- ,uo l0 l"e 'elay in
toSchlT,,'"8 thelr "turns, were
PhUanMnV,?0" by tne Auditor General.
co1unat?eCsIPchllted"nS n ot ,I,e deII"1cnt
Im'iiilii?. 'I10. "'Bister of Wills there
3? 2-n rti.i' "W f'es, there have been
Inst Kn ,18 '.1 ,liat count' lurlnR he
nlstflrnn ".'Jn'-, , Wnen '" n8kcd the
Ihif i, ,.hus,"f hls reports, he replied
hit JlhWiV ls. the best I,e could.
Auditor General declared.
Sproul Vetoes Salary Increase
Bu a SIoCT Correspondent
Ilarrlaburir, April 1. Governor Snroul
i!fl"-r?,S?dTi!miDunJl biU to IncSasSThs
f? Kr'tt,V,Uiit!!i P- Krclder ns secre
tary of the Philadelphia Civil Service
Commission from $3000 to $6000 a year
LICENSE AUTO DEALERS
System Suggested to Check Deal-,
crs in Second-Hand Cars
Bu a Staff Corrcapondrnt
llarrlubnrr, April 1. Approval has
been placed by tho State Highway De
partment on tho bill Introduced by Rep
resentative Edwin R. Cox, of Philadel
phia, to provide a system of licensing
dealers In second-hand automobiles and
will be Incorporated In the proposed new
motor legislation.
Mr. Cox. Representative W. Heber
Dlthrlch, of Pittsburgh, nnd Senator
Clarence J. Buckman, of Bucks, will con
fer with the heads of the Highway De
fartment on the measure. Buckman nnd
Mthrlch are sponsors of bills to revise
the motor laws and a compromise will
be affected by picking out tho best fea
tures In the two measures which they
havo Introduced.
Representative Cox's bill Was drafted
by David J. Smyth, former Director of
Public Safety In Philadelphia, with the
co-operation of Cnplaln Souder, of the
Detective Bureau.
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Deslrojer Takes, to Water
The torpedoboat destroyer Southard,
named In honor of Samuel L. Southard,
Secretary of tho Navy from 1823 to 1829,
was launched yesterday nt Cramps'
shipyard. FranceBca Lewis Stewart,
great-great-grandchild of Mr. Southard,
wao sponsor.
"Faith in advertising"
Many earnest proponents of advertising ask people
to have "faith in advertising."
These same advocates would not think of urging
'Jfaith" in letter writing "faith" in telephoning or
"faith" in any other method of thought transference.
Advertising is one means of conveying messages.
The message itself may be what you will; it may
inspire to heroism or lull to sleep, and advertising,
like the telephone, will carry either.
'Any magazine or newspaper carries advertising
which results show to be "good advertising," and the
same identical issue of the same publication will also
carry "poor advertising."
The publication is identical, the reader is the same,
the difference, therefore, must lie in the message and
its presentation.
When you have a message to convey by advertis
ing, employ an advertising agency with ability and
experience to prepare that message.
Put your "faith" in the message.
Advertising space in the Butterick publications
is for sale by accredited advertising agencies.
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The Delineator
Everybody's Magazine
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Every Hat Has Its Day
With the coming: of April and Easter, wide-brimmed hats,
begin to queen it over the millinery world. They are lovely things,
too, ever softening and making additionally attractive the faces
of femininity. During the month we will have a very satisfying
number-of the wider hats among the ever-changing abundant
selection in our millinery' salon.
Leghorn and Lisere
Especially good tOrlook at is a large black "dress" leghorn
edged with lisere straw, faced in rose Georgette and banded with
foamy rose-colored ostrich in which nestles, at one side, silken
roses in dull rich shades. Price $19.50.
Of course, we have delightful small hats, too any number of
them if yours is the type which looks best in the more moderate
shapes.
Our millinery salon is a hospitable place in which to spend a
spare half hour. Why riot drop in and look around?
Charge Accounts Opened
923 MARKET ST.
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A Most Important Sale of
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Hats Will Be Restored to Their
Regular Prices.
Thfee Hats Were Not Made for a Special
Sale But For Our Regular Stocks
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DRAND-NEW styles arrive each day and
are added to this wonderful collection of
models. Without equal in this city at this
popular price. Compare them and be con
vinced. Second Floor
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These New Trimmed
HATS, at $Q-98
Are Wonderful
Large black mllun mush-
rnnm KnHnf,i IHi n nllirht
roll buck, flnlsltea with wide horsehair
fiance, ijmuit trlmmlncs ot flowera and
ribbons.
Strret Floor
The New Styles In
Voile Waists
Featured at
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dressy, with theli
new collar and
trimmed eTrects.
Over twenty
styles lor choice.
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Z iw3uln&i' styles lor cnoice.
Ijrjrr.r Street Floor
Skirts
$98
Of novelty Btrlped
nnd neat checked
woolens In smarl
platted styles.
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Suits, Capes and Dolmans
2'98$14;98
The new fa.slv.ons of
the season are od
uilrably expressed In
these popular priced
garments. All new
spring colorings.
Children's
Spring:
Coat.
$0.98
Of slllc poplins
a, n d checked
materials. Sites
W .yer,,vt;,
Women's & Misses'
Spring Dresses
$g.89 $19.98
Two groups of great Import
ance, Silk taffeta, Oeorsette
crepes. at!ns and all-wool
' BWg In 4oii of smart styles..
Girls' $1.50
Wash
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STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER
NEW
New Bead-trimmed
Silk Hand Bags
Have you seen the smart new
Hand Bags of black or navy blue
moire silk, ornamented on one
side with attractive beaded de
signs in the loveliest combina
tions of colors? Hand Bags that
add a note of distinction to the
smartest costume $9.50.
Stran bridge i. Clolhlfr Altln 8, Centre
"Chinwah"
A New Perfume
Just Arrived
Just arrived, but sure to stay,
this evasive, highly Oriental Per
fume, in which is delicately blend
add a note of distinction to the
odors, and put up in ornamental
containers that are a delight in
themselves. Extract, $1.50; Toilet
Water, $1.50; Face Powder, 50c;
Talcum Powder, 25c.
Slra bridge t Clothier Alule 0, Cenlre
Distinctive Plaid
Skirts, $13.50 to $20
Skirts of smart black-and-white
plaids. Skirts of large broken
plaids in unusual patterns and
colorings, plaited or plain-tailored
styles an exceptionally attrac
tive collection.
Hlnuv bridge & Clothier
Second. Kloor. rilbert blreet
Smart Raincoats of
Rubberized Satin
The new Raincoats of rubber
ized satin are as smart-looking
as one could wish. Patterns in
clude medium-wide stripes, all
over plaids or plain weaves in
lovely new spring shades. Wo
men's Raincoats designed to pro
tect the daintiest gown $22.50
and $27.50.
Strnu'brldBe Clothier
Second Floor. Filbert Street
Go IdenSpecial To-morrow!
1200 Children's
Colored Wash
DRESSES
Wonderful Value
At 95c
Wc arc having a scries of special Sales all
this week in the Infants' Wear Shop, but, of
course, the most unusual of all tho unusual
values are these "Mary Newton" Dresses,
which will be found under our famous Goldvni
Special sign to-morrow. There are TWELVE j
DIFFERENT STYLES, of plnid gingham and
chambray, loose models and short-waistcd ef
fects. All fresh, clean goods. Sizes for tots
of" 2 to 6 years. Be sure to got your share to
morrow at 95c each.
tUranbrldco A Clotliler Infants' wear Shor. Third rioor.
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Prominent in Spring Millinery
New Tailored Hats
$2.95, $3.95 and $4.95
Hats for sports, for shopping, for busi
ness the kind of Hats one can wear every
day and practically anywhere. This col
lection includes a fine group of Rough
Braid Sailors at $2.95 and $4.95, that are
beauties; also a lot of Girls' Plaited Straw "
Body Hats", all lined and ready-to-wear, at $3.50. And new Milan
Braid Sailors with plain or rolled cabled edge, are coming in every
day. The Hat sketched, $4.95, is n fine typo of Hat for general wear.
It is of brown straw, faced and trimmed with crepe Georgette, in
sand color. There are hundreds of Hats from which to choose, and
all excellent values.
Straw brldse Clothier Second Floor. Market Street. Wejt
For the Woman Who Wants a
Suit at $40.00 to $75.00
There is a practically unlimited
assortment from which to choose.
Belled and semi-belted styles
Slender, snug-fitting models
Box-coat and blouse effects
Embroidered and braid-trimmed
Severly plain-tailored suits
Vestee and waist-coat styles
Fashionable men's-wear serge
Poiret twill and tricotine suits
Worsteds, checked and striped
All beautifully tailored and characterized by all
the fine details of high-class workmanship. The model
sketched ($67.50) shows the new cord tucks, an un
usual vest, and a beautiful tailored finish of buttons.
Men's-wear Serge and Poplin
Suits in Black and Blue, $35.00
Plaited effects, belted and semi-belted, and trim
med with flat silk braid; also box effects and the slen
der, close-fitting styles, made on the smartest of close
fitting lines.
Well-Tailored Suits at $25.00
Of men's-wear serge and poplin, in black, navy blue, tan and
shades of gray; some embroidered, some trimmed with flat silk braid.
lraw bridge & ciomter second noor. Market Street
Blouses for Sturdy
Boys, Special at 85c
Boys' Fancy-striped Madras
Blouses in new shades and pat
terns, cut especially full, with
comfortable soft collar attached.
A special 'purchase of these
Blouse Waists means a substan
tial saving to you.
Strawbrldge & Clo'.hler Id Flobr. East
' Men's Fine Silk
Four-in-hands, $1.50
Garnered from the choicest
stocks of several of Amorica's
leading makers, and assembled
here for the spring choosing of
men of taste. The season's cor
rect silk weaves are given full
representation including a plen
tiful sprinkling of the now so
popular Crepes and Foulards.
Patterns in a variety that baffles
description stripes, small and
large figures, allover designs and
self-tone effects.
We do'not think that this pres
ent collection can be surpassed
anywhere in smartness, extent
of patterns, nor in actual value.
Stran bride & Clothier
.Male 1. Market Street
Semi-Annual Sale of RUGS
Our Entire Stock From 10to 30
Per Cent. Below Regular Prices
WE EXPECT this to be the greatest month in the history of this Rug Store. There
are many good reasons why it should be, although our Rug business is normally
among the very largest in America, and our former Semi-annual Sales have been won
derfully successful.
This will be our greatest Sale of Rugs, because, to begin with, we have the most
varied and best-selected stock in this city, the greatest part of which was contracted
for before prices at the mills reached their highest point; because many manufac
turers co-operate with us to make our semi-annual Sales events of great economy to
our customers, and because we plan long in advance for a month's intensive concen
tration on Rug selling, confident that the volume of business will be so great as to
justify a considerable sacrificing of our profit.
About Forty Different Kinds and Grades of Rugs
Including Summer Rugs, in all Carpet Sizes
Rugs from-all the best-known mills in this country are in this Sale at REDUCED
PRICES Wiltons, Wiltones, Axminsters, Tapestry Brussels, Velvets, Hartford Sax
ony, Plymouth Art Squares, Colonial Rugs, Crex Rugs, Fibre Rugs most of these
Rugs in a number of grades, and all in a great variety of sizes and designs.
-. Strawbrldge & Clothier I'ourth rioor. West
A Wonderful Feature of the Sale for To-morrow
in the Department of Lower-Priced Floor Coverings
THIS branch of mr Rug Store was opened January 1st, and therefoi'e this is the
first of our Semi-annual Sales in which it has participated. Here we sell Rugs
somewhat less fine in quality and also a great many showing some slight imperfection
in weave or pattern, but always with our guarantee of satisfactory service. In order
that this branch may make many new friends during April we have planned to
present many unusual values, but perhaps none will be quite so EXTRAORDINARY
as this special lot:
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Velvet Rugs, size 9x12 feet,
Also Rugs of the Same Grades, size 8.3x10.6ft, at $25.(M);
Comparison with ,the same grades elsewhere will show at a glance what wonder-
ful values tney are. uniy ouu wugs in au neuer try to De eariy, ana e sure 01 xnttu
size required. The 9x12 Rugs are worth $37.50 to ?42.50, and the 8.3x10.6 are $35$)
to $40.00 values. ' ,,v'
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