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: FATE OFLOAN BILL
'Independents With Penrose Men
Are Able to Defeat Meas
ure, It Is Pointed Out
EXPECT -ACTION THURSDAY
j& Independent members of Councils nrc
W at odds over what action to take when
W the $14,7fi0,000 loan comes up iuCoun
;V ells on Thursdny Afternoon,
l At n meeting of the Independent
!? Councllmnnlq Association Inst evening '
3? divergent views were expressed, and U
.UV was decided to allow tnc question 01 iie
Moaruto go over until late tomorrow
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fternoon, when a final decisipn will be
reached.
''Charles H. Von Tagen is strongly
opposed to the bill In its present form,
on the grounds that It would hamstring
' the incoming administration. Other
members of the association agree with
'him as to the lack of necessity for many
t of the items. Still others are Inclined
to favbr the loan, lionlna. tliat their par-
-iftlcular sections of the city will benefit
,"" by the Improvements planned.
' - Fate In Doubt
J flnmmnn Councilman Francis P.
" Burch, ofthe Forty-sixth ward, pres
ident of the association, announced tnai
action would be delayed until less than
twenty-four hours of the time set for a
councilmanlc vote. This leaves the fate
rof the loan in doubt, as the independent
members as a body, together with the
Penrose members, can defeat the legis
lation planned by the Smith administra
tion. V
One result of the postponement will
be to have final decision come after the
highway committee meets to apportion
the streets upon which money is to be
expended for paving, grading, etc. By
the delay the independent members will
know just what to expect for their
home sections and for the city at large,
before being railed upon to approve or
disapprove the loan either in whole or
in part.
Opposition to the $.1,000,000 item
for water extensions which developed
on the theory that Chief Davis of the
water bureau would not be able to put
all the money under contract within the
next year, appears to be dying down.
A number of Independent members,
familiar with the need for water ex
tensions, Are known to favor this item
and it may be allowed to stand without
attack.
Most of the independent members
favor the. $500,000 item for grading, as
well as the $1,000,000 for main and
$2,000,000 for branch sewers. These
most admjt are needed to facilitate the
building of homes In outlying sections
now without city improvements.
The final meeting of the independents
nas been called for a o'clock tomorrow
afternoon and nil will be notified to be
present to take part in the final dis
cussion. LOSES $80; SMASHES GLASS
sff Man Held In $500 Bail After Row
L. ' In Saloon
JfU Tka ..ajl t nln.n 1 1 1.
ifZ3 - xi. v4t ui fiiuAa it inuubuni. music
f S, to the wrs of corgc Shively, the po
f i lice say.
He threw a keg of beer throueh the
Plate glass window of Mrs. Anna Well-
man's saloon, 2i3 North Ninth street.
it is said, after first denting the mirror
Inside with a fussilladc of beer mucs
A further attack on the Place was ston-
ped Dy tnc arrival o District Detective
Lavery,
Shively said he had good reasons for
his actions. He drank a glass of beer
and on reaching for his wallet found It
had- disappeared.' It contained $S0.
."Words of the bartender failed to appease
Bnlvely wno vented bis wrath in the
manner stated.
He washeld in $500 bail for court by
MagistrateGrelis.
Jixsi received an
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jwportant invoice of
French China -
"Pldtcs oil sizes -Tea -Bouillon
After- DinncrCups ""Saucers
New oud allracHve decorations .
at moderate pricos
ij PAYMENTS
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MUS. HELEN F. COHAN
Who will christen the freighter
Costigan at Merchant Shipbuild
ing Corporation yard, Harrinmn,
this evening
BROKER TO FLY TO CHICAGO
J. H. Makler, Philadelphia Business
Man, to Start Trip Today
Joseph II. Makler, a Philadelphia
broker, will start for Chicago by air
plane today from Garden City, h. I.,
accompanied by Lieutenant Lawrence
B. Spcrry, a former naval aviator.
Carrying n traveling bag and wearing
a business suit, Mr. Makler will make
the trip just as he would a journey to
the Windy City by train.
Mr. Makler is a member of the Aero
Club of Pennsylvania. About four
stops will be made between the starting
point and Chicago, and at each stop
Mr. Makler will inspect the landing
places. He will carry av letter from
Joseph A. Steinmctz, president of the
Aero Club of Pennsylvania, to Mayor
Thompson, of Chicago.
The trip will be made in a Curtiss
plane. Mr. Maklcr's object in taking
the trip is to encourage this form of
traveling.
He expects to reach Chicago about
Wednesday and will spend Tuesday
night cither in Cleveland or Toledo.
THREE HELD IN ROBBERY
One Charged With Theft In German
town, Others Accused as "Fences"
Three men were arrested today in
connection with the robbery of the home
of E. H. Sanborn, 5151 Wissahickon
avenue. The prisoners gave their
names as J. F. Mahoncy, Chclten and
Pulaski avenues; Jack. McGoniglo and
John McGIulcy, Morris street and
Queen lane.
All three were arrested by District
Detectives Bolay and Welsh r of the
Gcrmantown stntion. Mahoncy was
charged with stealing jewelry while
in the employ of Mr. Sanborn .and the
others were charged with receiving
stolen goods. Each was held in $000
bail fd a further hearing by Magis
trate Pennock.
The police say Mnhoney is also want
ed for the robbery of a house on Ver
non road.
NEW TROOPSHIP EQUIPPING
Santa Ellsa Steams'From Camden to
League Island for Supplies
The troopship Santa Elisa, construct
ed at the New York Shipyard in Cam
den, steamed to League Island today
to take on supplies for her initial trip
overseas. She is expected to leave for
France on Thursday.
The Santa Elisa is commanded by
Captain N. L. Proctor, U. S. N., and
carries a crew of 202 men. She left
Camden today with a crew of ICO men
'sent up today from League Island.
The transport has accommodations
for 1508 troops, and on a trial trip on
the Delaware river last week mada
seventeen miles an hour. She is 353
feet 8 inchs long, 33 feet 6 Inches in
depth and 51 feet 0 inches across the
beam. The gross tonnage is 5281.
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The Box (Cabinet Gas Range
takes up little space. Yet its
ovens and burner top are roomy.
r It stands always ready to do the
finest baking, roasting, broiling,
boiling a cheerful, sturdy, de
pendable servant.
As. fit companion to the - Gas
Rai.ge is the Gas Water Heater
great for results and economy.
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Chester's Historic Washington
House, Dating From 1746,
to Be Torn Down
MODERN BUILDING TO RISE
Old man Prohibition takes n slant at
a historic relic this time!
Just as soon ns Julv 1 rolls around
I or January 10. 1020. If the July ban
Is lifted, the historic Washington House,
Chester, which has been a hotel all Its
interesting life since 1740, will be torn
down to make way for a modern hotel,
office building, nnd theatre. It seems
that the old hostelry which once proved
comfortable to the'renowned George can
not keep alive on the starvation profit
of mineral waters nnd soda pop.
This old hotel Is filled with memories
of Washington nnd Revolutionary duys.
A tnblet was erected by the Daughters
of the American Revolution to commem
orate the event when Washington stnyed
at the hotel, then known ns the Wash
ington Arms, immediately after the dis
aster of the Brandy wine. He visited
the place once again on his journey to
New York when he was elected Presi
dent. He ate breakfast there.
The tablet reads: "This marks this
house as the place where Washington
wrote at midnight the only report of the
battle of Hrandywlnc, September 11,
1777. Here Washington also received
the congratulations of the people of
Chester upon his election as the first
President of the United States, April
20, 17S0."
After the evacuation of Philadelphia
by the British army, the name of the
hotel was changed to the Washington
House. . '
At each occasion when Washineton
visited the hotel, the best was placed at
his disposal. The roomy mahogany
chnirs which were in his room arc. still
preserved as relics, but all the rare
vintage of that day is gone irrevocably.
ARRESTED AT PRISON DOOR
Man Released Is Taken In Custody
by Detective From Chicago
Just as Irank Paige, thirty-five
years old, law Cherry street, was
leaving the county prison yesterday,
nicer serving a year s sentence for rob
bery, he was arrestd by Detective Com
borow on a warrant issued in Chicago,
cnarging mm with grand larcenv.
Paige has served about fourteen years
in Cnlcago on different charees. and
when the extraditiou papers arrive he
will be taken back to serve a few more,
Magistrate Mecloury, Central Station.
held him to awnit the action of the
Chicago authorities.
GASSED, HE MUST KILL
So Luther "Warns" His Wife Now
He's In Jail
Luther Wilson, 1759 North Alder
street, was gassed while serving in
France and gives that as his reason for
threatening to kill his wife. She had
him arrested and at the hearing this
morning testified that he had attacked
her with knives nnd guns and had fre
quently threatened to kill her without
any provocation on her part.
Wilson, who is n negro, said that he
had written his wife after he had been
gnssed, telling her that his injury had
produced a very '.strange nnd dangerous
effect and that a times he was obsessed
with the desire to kill some one, nnd not
to be surprised if he had to take it out
on her. "I just can't help it," he said.
He was held under $500 ball by
Magistrate Meclcary for a further hearing.
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tSTYL EH O ES
Unmatchable Values In
Smart Footwear
v."
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Again Demonstrating Our
Policy1 of Lowest Prices for
Quality m
Philadelphia
This Dress Pump
in patent colt
in cordo-tan
in dull calf
.. $6.00
in white kid
-in while linen
$5,00
The New Second-Floor Shop
BfttMar&Compaiiij
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LEDGER- PHILADELPHIA.', TUESDAY,
PROGRESS MADE
IN BOMB PROBE
Hat, Shoes and Wallet Are Clues
Which May Solve
. Mystery
Developments in the Investigation of
the bomb outrages that shook Philadel
phia and six other cities two weeks ago
last night nre slow hut sure.
Tod Dnniel, chief local agent of the
bureau of investigation of tlie Depart
ment of Justice, Is working on several
Important clues, ns arc Lieutenant
Andy Kmnnuel, head of the local squad
of bomb detectors, and his men.
All are trying to establish the identity
of the annrchist blown' to pieces while
placing a bomb under the home of At
torney General A. Mitchell Palmer, in
Washington. The undoubted identifica
tion of this man would lend to a speedy
roundup of the "reds," it is believed.
"e nre tracing down the bits of
evidence found," said Mr. Daniel. "We
expect to Jinve him definitely identified
ultimately, but I cannot say when that
wiir be.
"It takei time to trace down all
the"e things. We are working on the
laundry mark and the hat nnd the
shoes and the other things found, but
nothiug definite has been established.
"The tracing of one of these things
to its source tnkes lots of time. We
consider that we have been reasonably
successful so far.
"There is nothing that can be mado
puBlic at the present time. All that I
can say is that we are working hard on
the case. When the identity of the man
killed in Washington Is established we
may be able to track some of his asso
ciates." JERSEY PRESBYTERY MEETS
Protests Against Enlargement of
Wect Jersey District
An all-day session of the West
Jersey Presbytery opened today in the
Holly Bench PreRbjterian Church. A
large number of Presbyterian ministers
and laymen were present. The session
is presided over by the Rev. George
Knne, moderator of Audubon.
The Presbytery protested against the
enlarging of the West Jersey Presby
tery by the addition of another county
which belongs to another Presbytery.
The Rev. P. R. Hoppe was received
ns the installed pastor of the Chelsea
Presbyterian Church. The Rev. John
B. Peters, of Camden, in making his
necrological reports, announced the
deaths of the Rev. J. S, Malons, of
Camden ; the Rev. W. B. Lauderleigh,
of Salem, nnd Elders Benjamin O. Tit
usl, of Camden; James P. Avis, of
Wenonah and John Stewart, of Wil
liamstown. Despite a number of adverse condi
tions favorable reports were given from
standing nnd spcial committees. The
Presbytery is in a prosperous condi
tion. HINES TO VISIT CITY
Director General of Railroads to Be
Guest of Chamber of Commerce
Walker D. Hincs, director general of
the federal railroad administration,
will speak in Philadelphia Friday un
der the nuspiccs of the Chamber ot
Commerce. , . , , .
A luncheon will be given in his honor
(, 'Rpllevuc-Strntford Hotel at
io.sn n'rlock and his address will be
delivered nt that function.
mu ri,oTTiVior nt Commerce lias in
vited members of the .Traffic Club of
Philadelphia to be their guests for the
While the director general of the
railroads has not yet announced what
his theme will bo, transportation circles
ere ore keenly interested in his com
ing and nre hopeful that he will an
nounce a plan for the return of the
roads to their owners.
at $6-
Sport Pump
in white Buck
in cordo-tao
in black calf
THIS particular
pump is very aris
tocratic in appear
ance and only to be
duplicated, elsewhere
at $2.00 more.
CUT IN HOUSING FUND
DISPLEASES KRUSEN
$50,000 Askod, $25,000 Grant-
ed, Money Is Not Expected to
Cause Much Improvement
NEW JOBS ARE CREATED
Although unwilling to criticise Coun
cils, Director Krusen, of Henlth nnd
Charities, is much disappointed at the
failure of he finance committee to com
ply with his request for enough money
to nbatc nuisances complained, of by the
Churchwomen's Housing Association,
His request for $50,000 wns framed
after the amount had been determined
by a study of conditions in congested
home sections. The $25,000 finally al
lowed him will cut his activities in
half and will not permit of-nny great
improvement in living conditions.
Before the session of tie finance com
mittee yesterday Director Krusen was
m consultation with Mayor Smith
about the need for funds nnd other
questions arising in his dennrtment.
After this conference the director i-nid
thnt he meant to do everything in his
pouer to get the money.
hen the committee finally met,
Chairman Gnffney told the director that
there was not n cent of money nvall
nblo for the abatement of nuisances
and thnt if he wanted to spend money I
in thnt way he would have to find it out '
of some unexhausted item in his ap
I'l Ull ntiiuii. i
Then followed a wild icramble on the
part of councilmcn and city officials '
to create new jobs and to increase
salaries of places held by favored poll
iiuui auies.
After some 200 new places and salary
increases had been approved for final
submission to Councils Director k'k.
mnde an appeal to the committee for!
the housing needs. At first he was
turned down, but Inter Chairman Gaff- I
ney offered him $25,000, which he a.'
iorceu 10 accept. L
To tho Finance Committee Director
Krusen explained that the most of the
$50,000 asked would ultimately be re
turned to the city treasury through
suits entered against property owners
on which improvements arc nude under
orders of city inspectors. This cxplan
ntion that the money would not be an
outlay, but merely a temporary expen
diture hnd no effect, ns Chnirmnn Gnff
ney declared that no money could be
found for such n purpose or in fact
for any other purpose.
Just what action the churchwomcu
will take, in view of their hnlf-waj
successful campaign to improve housing
conditions, has not ns yet been an
nounced by Mrs. William Abbey and I
other leaders in the movement to J in
prove living in congested sections.
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FOR WOOD-METALOR PLASTER
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Ever hear of
the maguey plant?
It grows in Mexico. It is the most versatile plant in the
world.
The Mexican roofs his hut with it he makes his clothes
of it he eats it! Whenever something new comes into his
life he turns to the maguey plant to help him out. And it
ne ver fails!
Library Bureau is the maguey plant of filing. Whenever
the business man comes across a filing problem that he
doesn't know how to handle, he turns instinctively to
Library Bureau.
It was so years ago when Bigger Business wanted a
better method of filing letters, memos, etc. than on hooks or
in boxes. Library Bureau originated vertical filing.
Not once in all the years that followed has Library
Bureau relinquished its place as pioneer and leader.
In the L. B. Automatic Index of today, Library Bureau has given tho
business world Its quickest, most accurate and most understandable method
of filing and finding. It Is truly the system that solved the filing problem.
The plant has prospered. Library Bureau Is better equipped today than
ever to put the sunshine of giowth Into your filing methods. Forty-three
years experience means something.
Write for folders:
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Libnary Bureau
Card and filing Founded 1876 Filing cabinets
systems wood and 6teel
M. W. MONTGOMERY, Manager
910 Chestnut St., Philadelphia
Salesrooms In 49 leading cities of the United States, Great Britain and France
JUNE 17, 1919
PARTY WIRES SOUGHT
Phone Rate Rise Leads Many to Cut
Down Expenses
Rather than pay the lncrcnsed tele
phone rate schedule, which went into
effect yesterday, many subscribers, who
now have single wires, hnve made re
quests to have their servico changed
to n "party wire."
The cost of a "two-party wire,"
under tho new schedule, amounts to
about the snme as tho single wire under
the old rates, nnd the subscribers would
rather pay the same nnd have lets
efficient service.
Under the old rates a private line
in a house cost $57 per year, and under
the new rates a two-party line costs
$57.00, or sixty cents more. The in
crease of 20 per cent would bring the
single private wire cost up to $CS.40
per year.
TUG SAVED FROM FIRE
Quick Work of Longshoremen Pre
vents Blaze Reaching Neptune
Quick action of a number of long
shoremen saved the tug Neptune from j
possible destruction by fire this morn- i
Ing nt Quecu street wharf.
A blaze was discovered near the pilot I
house, and after unfnstening the tug, I
the fire was quickly extinguished. The'
loss was small. The boat is onned by
Independent Piers Company
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perfecs
dinner
demands
- Salted Nuta,
fitvors, Bon Bona
to harmonize
with the table
decorations
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PUBLIC SPEAKING
Summer Seition
A short course In Self-Confldence, &elf
Detelonment. Public Speaklmr Besrlnners
class, Monday and ThurSdav evenings, opens
June au. Aavanceu cibfs juesaay ana Fri
day even inns, opens July 1st. JJoth sexes.
Opening lecture at 8 P M free to public.
Call, wrlto or phone Spruce 3218 for In
structive literature
NEFF COLLEGE chestnut st.
CHARLE5
COMPANY'
S17-619 Arct St.
TRUCKS
Truck Wheels and Casters
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FIGHT OVER GOLF BALL
Hold Boy In $400 Ball Following
Quarrel Victims In Hospital
Charged with assault and battery,
Walter Gnzdzlk, 2032 Dennlc street,
was given n hearing today before Mag
istrate Price at the Twenty-second
street nnd Hunting Park avenue sta
tion, niuf wag held under $400 ball for
court action.
The alleged assault occurred on June
2, John llucior, a boy who lives at
2045 Dennie street, being the victim. It
is snld that Buclor wus dragged into
ltazdzik's yeard nnd beaten, following
nn nltercnllon over n golf ball with
which Bucior and several other children
were pln.ilng. The bo. wax tnken to
the Samaritan Hospital, nnd has not
jet sufficiently recovered to return to
school.
AUTO MECHANICS
nr In ontnt demand rerwhere
The Best-Trained Men Get the
Best Pay
Our practical InRtructlon (rains ou to
repair, overhaul and adjust all t pea of
earn Complete equipment Kxpert In
structors. New afternoon and enlnff
classes start Monday. June 10 Call
today for particulars CJ.NTRAT
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