I K V V'tft V'i a A EVENING PUBLIC LEDEE-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1010 12 .it . : v K iajwrfW" m'. W i B :. I- i . ! ? Ai IK m' B 1 14 ELECTRIC MARVELS IT nilfinr A I rlllnr HI OIIUI L ' Atlantic City "Lit Up" by Vic tory Convention of. Na tional Association BRILLIANT FUTURE FOR U. S. Atlantic City, Mny 20.- Representa tives ot every lirnncli of the electrical Industry, more than f!000 itroiiR. from virtually every city in the land, are preaching optimism nnd pirturins pros perity just around the corner in the victory convention of the National Electric Light Association, which opened on the Million-Oollnr Tier this morniuB, with the prosperity message ot "Walter V. WrlK of Urookljn. pres ident. Atlantic City i "all lit up" for the greatest fuel, light and power electrical meeting of the year. Thi i true in the most literal sense of the great ex hibition pier where the business ses sions nnd the exhibits of the convention are being held. Kxterinrnlly the pier was aglow with incnudeeents last night from the Roardwnll. half a mile out over the sea to the wireless station which only twelve months ago was Hashing t'-boat clues in speeding chasers off the coast. Inside the big pier is n fairyland Tvith thousands ot lights blinking in green bowers, casting shadows upon the "roek ribbed" exposure of a very realistic "mountain" at the end of the assembly hall, and bathing in all the hues of the rainbow the splashing waters of an even more realistic "waterfall'' "f fresh water oer the briny deep. Kroin now until Thursday it is a foregone conclusion tiiat thou sands of women will "simply go crns-y' over the marvelous array of labor saving devices the victory convention lias brought together under the gleaming slogan, "Do It Electrically." Close to 3000 delegates, rejoicing that the war is oier and intensely proud of the part their industry plated m it Ji 1 1 l 1 .1 ' chrcrwl loudly anil Ions this morning when Mayor I.acharaeh in Iiisj welcome proted himself no mean elo- CUUOU.SL uy e-,K M..K pen. , ,,,, bpImv yor,., ,, s pictured the boys of he Nor 1, ami the , WllH,llnBtllll ,, Ui,.hln.lt. Ito boysof the South walloping the Hun in lM-l mlifipj MM(,m larK0.llIlir. Mr.,m. most effective fashion under the old ,,,,.,., ,.i(. stlUil,ns , ti(lca,ri. ,, wnr Red. AMute nnd Line. 'iho opening the mine moutlis and htdro-electric sta session was giten otcr largely to re-, i ions at old and new sites would de ports. Accounting, commercial, electric ljVcr energy as required, nnd from this vehicle and hydroelectric sections '.ill great power main would flow the review every phase o the industry for, energy to serve millions of homes, u three solid days, taking their entertain- score of railroads, hundreds of public ment when the lights tlnh. , ert ice companies, and thousands of .. nianiifueturiuc plants." , - it I I ; Against mime uwnersiiip Speaking for the electric light and power interests of the nation, Walter-j Y. Wells, of Ilrookl.tn. president, pro- tested against "administration without responsibility o utility properties, placing it in the same category as "tax- ation without representation." "Our industry with the war over is entering upon a period calling for the soundest judgment to avoid disastrous possibilities." he said. "Taxes are stendilv increasing A fair return upon capital invcs,,, js , i-i 1 , Bitaun.. ui'LuiuiuK "i".- rrr, ,on- lem. Hcfore going into further cxtcit companies must consider whether ilons. vsk there Is n nsMired gross rcttirn upon the enpitnl required. "Wo must consider the psychology of the public mind. The very first esscn tlnl is thnl the service p render nmsl tinl " tnnl "IC ""virc to render mtisi FnUsf-v lllp P1-. l'liblli' sntUfnelion. H'ouk'1 unvccoRiiizcd In rates ruses, is one 01 our greatest assets. Mr. Wells told the electrical chiefs to light the trend toward radicalism at two main points' of attack, good sertice for patrons nnd good wages nnd npiare dealing with nil workers. If we have the public with us we need not fear po litical demigods, he said. "Last year our primary duty ttas to render service to the government," lie coutiuued. "I'rnm now on our dut.t is to the people, our workers and tho.e whose capital is invested In our enter prises, 'o must render good service for less money than can be obtrined in any other way. maintain the lojalty of our workers by giving them fair treat ment. nnd imiiu tain the integrity of our securities." Touching upon the unfortunate con dition of the railroads and other enter prises taken over lit the government. Mr. Wells said, administration without responsibility is couliscntion. lie be lieted the movement ton aril municipal ownership could be headed off by educa tion of tnxpa.ters. with the billion dol lar railroad dclicit as lesson number one. Forecasts ftleetric Tower System A irreat hich-vnltage system extend ing from lioston down through I'eiin syltauia to Richmond to provide electric power for the great eastern industrial district, was forecast by (Jcorge Otis Smith, director of the (ieological Sur vey. Washington, in describing the need of the I'nitnl States for additional I power facilities and disclosing for thei first time the fact Hint the opporluue suspension of war alone averted a power, crisis in America. I "Scciotnry Lane's program is in spired by n tision of future needs. " said .Mr. Smith, "lie regards the most insatiable demand for power created by war industries as foreshadowing, danger of power famine in the in dustrial districts of the Northeast. The signing of the armistice happily averted the power crisis that otherwise we would now be facing. Now. how ever, a policy of preparedness for peace expansion should be adopted. "The picture of the superpower sjs teni demanded by the rapid growth of this industrial legion includes a mul tiple transmission line of high toltage. with its thousands of steel towers ex- ' i t i:..- r..... r... .... n.- .1 ... 1 It UUIIIL Itlllll IHI.tlOll tlllWIIK'l " 'itri - ' I II ,SUI'.' I '-'."SI UJ III! r('IIIIHll 111 'I j....:-r...i., .1... it...i m 1. I m-iir .jii uiKiiriM, uii llilUKUll ill l (llllll ' " I ' " " ill'.; " IIIUIIM HI IJU.ITII tlllll Association leaders say the con tention will register vigorous) oppo- sition to any further extension of mil - uieipal. state or federal ownership or """ I""""' m Mines. WILL TRY WERNER HORNE i Canada Calls for Alleged German ' Bridge-Wreck Plotter ' i IVrdriiclim. N. I!.. Mat "O. Wer ! ner llnrne. alleged (irrninn plotter, who' has been in American custody hincc his nn-est on a , barge ,,f blowing up the I iiiternatioiiiil briijge of the auailiaii 1.u.iti,. Railway between Vnncelioro. Me.. iiiiiI .Mi-.vmiu. -. li.. early in is to be tried here for the crime. ion wm r? -jO) AS a result of our keeping Philadelphia coal buyers informed as to the possibility of a coal-shortage next Winter and the price advantage to be secured this Spring, householders in increasing numbers are ordering their Winter's coal now. It goes to show how the public appreciates the service we render, which, while marking us as more than mere dealers in coal, distinguishes us as fuel counselors. Prices during May, chuted in : Ess, $10.40 a ion Nut, $10.75 a ton Stove, 10.65 a ton Pea, 9.15 a ton 40c a ton extra, if necessary to wheel or carry GEO. B. NEWTON COAL CO. Telephones: Bell, Spruce 1400; Krjitonc, Rice 3M4 i BISHOP GREER DIES i. I Ncw York Prelate Suffers Re lapse While Apparently on Road to Recovery SIMPLICITY WON FRIENDS New Yoilt. May 1!0. -The Right Rev. Daviil II. Greer, I'rotestant Lpiscopnl bishop of New York, died in a hospital here at 0:10 o'clock Inst night. Itishop Ureer was operated upon for intestinal trouble a week ago and his condition had improved steadily until this morning, when his phjsiciftns re ported he had 'suffered a relapse. At first the relapse was not coiisid rreil critical, but the patient continued to fnil and testerday afternoon it lie came apparent that he could not live, lie sank into a coma about an hour be fore death and did not regain conscious 1 ness. At the time of his death the Rev. A. C. Monk was reciting n prayer for him 1 in the hospital chapel. liishop (rcer' daughter. Miss .leau Greer, was with, him nt the end. Itishop Greer's health had been poor for several months, but despite his nil- vnneeil Hire lie t!is seven t V -live in r , old his condition had at no tinio'been considered daucerous. ' Had Similar Operation lie spent ten days in a hospital several months ago undergoing an operation similar to the one which resulted in his death. He is smvived by a widow and daughter and by two sons, Ijiwronco Greer and William Greer. Itishop Greer ttas one of the most active and influential Episcopalian leail cr.s in ilie I'nited Stales. St. I'.nr tholoniiw'- palish, in New York city, he built up from obscurity to one of the richest and largest working church plants in the country . The kej note of nctivitt which marked Itishop Greer's years of labor was sounded in I.SSs., when he was rector of Grace Church, in T'rovidence, R. 1.. and when the pulpits in two parishes in New oil; waiteil upon his word of noeeptniii-e. Considering the oppor tiintics. lie then said : "St. Thomas's (on l'll'th avenue) bus its pews full, has a large congregation and does an active work ; at St. l!nr tholoinew's (on Madison avenue) half the pews are tacant: its congregation is small and its resources undeveloped. I shall hate more to do there; 1 shall hate to work harder; therefore, I am going theie." Best Coal Satisfied customers for 30 years. 2240 lb, to every ton for 80 yars. Our business has In creased i om 3000 torn to 150. 000 tons a year: We Serve You Right Egg Coal '. . .$10.40 Nut Coal $10.75 Stove Coal $10.65 Pea Coal $9.15 Owen Letters' Sons Largest Coal Yard in Phila. Trenton Ave. & Westmoreland Bell, PriDirord 21-0 Kej.. Kut 22J Wk Mill ! Wjl K 4 i ffittW'iUJl'aam- Deaths of a Day EDWARD PAYSON CaTl" Former Philadelphia Newspaper Man Dies of Pneumonia Ldwnrd l'a.tson (.'all. a former 1'hil adelphia newspaper man. nnd business manager of (lie Journal ot Commerce, died yeslerda.t nt his home in Larch mnnt Manor, N. V. lie was sixty-four years old. nnd had been ill with pneu monia about two weeks. He is sur vived by his widow mid four children. Mr. Call was born in Wet Cambridge. Mass. In 1S7." he became private sec retary to the Into T. M. I'ulslfer, the publisher of the lioston Ilcrultl. At one time lie was advertising mnnnger ot I lie I'liiladclplim Tress. I'rom 1S0TI to isio", he was publisher of the New ioi-k i'.vening''i,ost, and later on the New York .Mail and Express and New' ) oik ( ommercial: William R. Clegg tt imam is. uicgg, seventy-one years old. died suddenly of heart disease Inst night nt his home. L"0:! Krankford ate- j uue. Tor u number of years Mr. Cleggi William It. (-Icgg, seventy -one years a .. - Ward politics. He i sons and a daughter. survived by two was eincl engineer nt tint ). JI. C. .."""' u"'""v'1 ""h ev..fc,.o ....... l'ratikford avenue and Norris street. ' 'iabled airships or cutting down flight He formerly was active in Seventeenth I time in cross-country contests will be the direction of u committee ot ncronnu Isaac N. Harrar I (ic authorities attending the second Norristown, la Mny 20. Isaac i I'an-Americnn aeronautic convention. Newton Harriir. eighty tears old, I! T.lentennnt Diner l.nelttenr fnrmep ' prominent churchman and retired real estate dealer, is dead at his home here. I lie was one of the oldest members of the First Baptist Church. George Nicholson Atlantic City. Mny 20. George Nli ' olsnti. retired manufacturer and former' grand master of the New York Grand, Lodge of Masons, is dead here following i u brief illness. He was seventy-four tears old. The body was taken to' RionKltn for interment. Mother Gabriel Mother Gabriel, a widely known mem- i her of the Order of the Holy Child, died i testerday at the convent connected with' St. IMward's Church, 200 York street,' in her seventy-second year. , Mother Gabriel wns an older sister of the late Mrs. .Itinies 1'. McNichol, audi was known iu the world as Mary Region ' Fasy. She was a daughter of the late! Harry and Mary Fasy, who were mem- hers of St. John's parish fifty years ago. I When very young she entered the Order Xo one can predict today the severity of the coming winter, just as no one dreamed that such an extraordinarily bitter cold winter as that of 1917-18 would visit this locality. Householders failed to fill their coal bins the previous summer, and, when the fall and winter rush "came, production could not match the demands of the coal users. In addition, weather conditions added tremendously to the other handicaps, which resulted in severe suf fering and hardships now a bitter memory, but a stern warning for the future. 4 The high cost of labor and materials and the increased operat ing expenses do not permit the anthracite coal operators to accumu late sufficient stocks of coal now and hold them for winter delivery. Neither your dealer's yard nor his financial resources are equal to the burden of stocking great quantities of coal in anticipation of your ordering later. A study of these statements shows that the wisest course is to keep anthracite coal moving from rriine to dealer and from dealer to user now. All of this clearly indicates that it is highly prudent for the householder to make immediate provision for his winter's anthracite coal. Your dealer can supply your needs for next winter now. And it is a matter of but a few days (June first) until the prices , again - advance. The householder who does not act now upon the informa tion presented here will face the necessity of paying a much Jiigher price next fall and winter, together with the various handicaps that cold weather always brings. 1 Phone or write your dealer today. Published by Philadelphia Coal Exchange of the Holy Child, which shortly before, had opened n mother bouse nt Sharon f Hill, nnd successively taught nt the' academics connected with the Churches ot the Assumption, the Visitation, St. .lames's, nnd for the last ten years at St. Kdword's. Mother Gabriel was n llnishcd musician nnd taught music to many of the prominent Catholic women. , Edward Holbrook Stamford. Conn.. May 'M. Kdwnrd Holbrook, president of the Graham Manufacturing Colupnuy, ot New York. died at his country home at Strawberry llllll yesterday after a long illness. He was about seventy years old. "SKIP-TOP" PLANES ON SHORE PROGRAM Air Congress Will See Flier Leap From One Machine to Another - mi,ii.. rlu- Alnv "n Ki,iM-iniet,tit.,.i.,i. ,i-.. t' .i.. .i . .llantl (cstjc n . ., . '" "" , if ic feasibility of changing planes r as n means ot expelling aerial ' ttiuii rn ifniiiiio cnttini nncinnnnie t iitt , conducted nt the Atlantic City airport , Friday and Saturday afternoons, under nrmy flier, the only man who hns thus far succeeded in leaping from one plane to another, will give several demonstra tions of the aerial "skip-top" on both! afternoons, He nnd n seler led cretv will stage seteral other "incidentals" in (ho way' of aerial acrobatics to show how nl man, properly trained and qualified ns I n pilot, can climb nil over his ship! while it is in full wing, while n second ninn relieves li nn at the wheel. Aeronautic experts sec great value iu the demonstrations in connection with the future development of the airplane. In the drop from one plane to unothcr they foresee the development of "rescue ships." A quick jump. from a plane in trouble to a sister ship would enable passengers ond crews to escape in safety. ADVANCE COMING BUY NOW! KUNKEL'SAOQAl 63rd & Market 51t &. Grav's Belmont "BOO ) West S02 ) Phonsa J """'nana i nones j WeJt ti 90 PRUDENCE RAILWAY CLERKS FAVOR ONE UNION Cincinnati Convention Wants Government Ownership and 35 Per Cent Wage Increase Cnclnnati, O., Mny 120. (By A. 1) Resolutions in favor of one big indus trial union of nil railway workers, of government ownership and of the initia tive, referendum nnd recall, together with a program for general reconstruc tion, were adopted by the national con vention of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks here today. Consideration ot these and sixty-five other resolutions, the nomination of offi cers and the presentation of the claims of eight cities for the next convention .caused the delegates to put In their ti,nl, w.i. . It is expected that balloting on the WE OCLIVCR 430UA.RCTOM COTRASCnAM Cummings Coal We're getting many letters and comments like this: "Our friends speak so highly of Cmmnings Coal and the treatment they had during the coal famihe that I would like you to book my order." ' ' Cummings coal means good coal and faithful serv ice through thick and thin. E. J. Cummings 13th & Callowhill Gcrmanlotvn & Stcnton 25th & Federal Sts. 51st & Warrington election of officers and the selection of the next convention city will be taken up immediately after the address of Di rector General of Railroads Wnlkcr D! llincs, scheduled for this morning. Two men were nominated for grand president, .7. .1. Forrester, Washington, fJ. C, nnd II. C. Degray, Grccncnstlc, Ind. The report ot the committee on Canadian nmulgnmation recommending that the dual organizations in Canada be absorbed through tneir members join ing lodges of the brotherhood was adopted, The convention concurred In a resolu tion to insist upon u 35 per cent in crease in wages, a penalty rate for overtime on the basis of time and a half for nil service over eight hours and time and a half for all Sunday and holiday work. COAL IS COAL To Be Ste TQUT the service, rendered in delivery and other details is another inatter and is, perhaps, the reason why so many STRATHMANN customers have been with us for years. TMWHJ3. s&sn HENRY E. STRATHMANN INCORPORATED Kensington and Lehigh Avenues Clarkson and Water Streets, Olney 57th and Grays Avenue PLANE KILLS AARONSOHN, Discoverer of Wild Wheat Is Victim of Accident New Yorh, May 20. Dr. Aftron Anrousohn, noted for his discovery of wild wheat, was killed last Thursday in nn airplane accident near Boulogne, France, while en route from London to t'nris, according to rt cable message re i-eivcd here by the Zionist organization of America, Doctor Aaronsohn found wild wheat, a prototype of cultivated wheat, about ten years ago on the slopes ot Mt. Herman, Palestine, nnd had been oceu--pied in its cultivation there iu the hope that ho could develop a new species free from the degeneracies and diseases of, the present form- of wheat. Ills work attracted the attention of the United States government. He hnd been at tached to the Department of Agriculture as n "dollar-n-yenr" man. As a member of the British forces, lit wns able to point out many hidden, water ways in Palestine to the advanc ling British nrmy. HlUlhSrrt 4 a 71 .1 "fr'tv-li -' - -., .t isUKJ- f-:,Xt!.'t-'- . d mi)iin iimiup i1 ' 'At V " fW7 ff fVnV jT.-i.' 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