MP ' A'J u V f fv - -iniWrt 1 fe P-WW' I' 't P l S". H . ?. STRIKE-OFF FIGHT ON ALIENS DROPPED "Seventy" Abandons Effort to Havo Names Stricken From Voting Lists REGISTERS REFUSE RULING The committee of seventy hns definite ly dropped the fight to have names stricken from the voting lists on Indi vidual petitions. This attitude wns emphasized this afternoon when the registration com missioners Issued tho followlns state ment : ' "While strongly Impressed with the argument of Mr. Elliott, representing the committee of seventy, thnt the lnw contemplates the striking from the De cember assesmnct lists all the Di's and In's upon known proof, It is disin clined to make a formal ruling on the subject in view of the announced dcci sion of the commltce of seventy not to press for action on tho individual peti tions filed with the board." Petitions were presented nt the hear ing today to strlko off names of 2C00 men, who, according to the charges made by the committee of seventy, were not American citizens. Of 1500 peti tions to strike off in the First Sena torial district 000 were to strike off aliens. - Tho decision of tho committee of sev enty to drop its fight ns given In the 'statement of the commissioners, came after William J. Elliott, representing that body, "had told tho commissiners that the committee merely wnnteel an opinion on the registration of nlicns, and when the opinion was given would not further push the petition to strike off. The decision, it was said, would have nothing to do with the matter of determining councilmaulc representa tion. Commissioner Clinton Itogers Wood ruff stated that; tho new charter was open to ambiguous interpretation in re gard to the registration of nlicns. lie said that a comma placed in the text would make all the difference between granting and withholding permission to register them. Leopold O. Glass, representing the Republican city committee, demanded that the committee of seventy be forced to prove every individual petition. Two Classes of Petitions There were Vwo classes of petitions offered by the committee of seventy. One was to strike off the voters who de clared their intention legally to become naturalized citizens ; the second to strike off those whb merely had announced their nttention without tho first step that would later entitle them to vote. Mr. Glass pointed out thnt sonic of thoc who had legally declared their Inten tion in December might now bo en titled to cast their ballot. Hampton S. Thomas, former recorder of the Hoard of Registration Commis sioners, officiated today as chief clerk of the board. This is a new post, pay ing 2500 a year, and corresponding to the old place which he held. He was appointed to it yesterday. - This was the last day for voters to have their names put on last Decem ber's assessment lists. Tuesday last was to have ended the time for placing names on the'list, but the crowd then was so great that those who could not be heard were permitted to come today. The rouncilmanic representation from the various senatorial districts is based on the December assessment. Last Tuesday was the last clay to file per sonal applications to put names on or petitions to strike names off. Because of the rush of several thousand appli cants to get their names on the com missioners extended the time, fixing to day as the final day. As the decision of the commissioners throwing out the omnibus strike-off pe titions of the committee of seventy re moved nil danger of cutting down the councilmamc representation in the first district, no great rush of voters is ex pected today. Vares Prepared Should there have been any oppor tunity of reducing the number of coun- oilmen from the first district the Vare forces prepared to send enough voters to City Hall today to Insure the addi tlon of another councilman in the third district to offset the loss downtown The registration office was kept open until midnight last night to receive pe titions for registrars. The Republican city committee filed petitions for two registrars in virtu ally every division in the" city. Petitions for forty-one wards were filed by the Republican Alliance and for thirteen wards by the Town Meet ing party. No petitions vere filed by tho Pen-rose-Independent coalition in tho Sev enth, Elovcuth, Twelfth, Fourteenth and Nineteenth wards. Held for Wife-Beating Charges that Hunter Johnson, 5010 Underbill street, beat his wife over the leg with an iron poker, resulted In the man being held in $400 bail for court today by Magistrate Pennock. The charges were brought by the wife, Etta Johnson. The man denied he btruck her. t, , The Best Used Machines Used adding, bookkeeping and calculating machines offered our customers are given thor ough Inspection, all worn parts replaced, and are guaranteed in perfect adjustment. Then our trained service men all over the country Bee that they stay that way. Our catalog Ilite machine! of all styles and makct. Write tor it. General Adding Machine Exchange, Inc. 327 Broadx-ay, N.w York Citr. GERMANTOWN SCHOOL ASKS TAX EXEMPTION Suit Filed Claiming Privato SchoolProperties Should Be Free From Tax An rtftiity suit was started in Court No. -3 today by Sheldon F. Potter, rep resenting the trustees of the Public School of Germantown, against the city authorities, the Philadelphia school district, and Receiver of Taxes Kcn drick, to enjoin the assessment and collection of any taxes on its real estate. The properties owned by the plaintiff are situated nt the southwest corner Sc'.ool House lane and Greene street ond at 130 West School House lane. The former property has been exempted to the extent of SDO.r.OO of its vnlun- tion, but the city seeks to collect taxes on $2000 of its valuation. No exemption whatever, it is said, has been allowed on the other prop erty, which has been assessed for taxa tion at $18,000. The court Is asked to decree that the plaintiff is an "institution of lenrnhig, founded, endowed and maintained by private charity, and that therefore all of Its realty Is exempt from taxation. It is explained thnt during the school year 1017-18 the maximum number of pupils lit any one time was 201, of whom 14 received free and partial free tuition. The total charitable funds on hand amounted to $20"0.17. From Septem ber 22, 1015, up to nnd including the prescnf scholastic year, it is stated, the school hns been run nt a loss. The receipts during 1017-18 from nil sources were $30,218.1.1, while expen ditures for tame period were $34, -500.20. SISTER SUES WIDOW OF POLITICAL LEADER Mrs. Elizabeth Newman, of Philadelphia, Asks $500,000 of G. B. Cox's Wealth Mrs. Elizabeth Xewman, of this city has begun suit In Cincinnati. O., for $r00.000 of the estate of the late Oeorge 15. Cot, famous political leader. Mrs. Newman is n sister of Cox. The suit was instituted against the widow, Mrs. Carolyn Cox. Mrs. Cox wns npointed administratrix of the estate, the court records show. upon evidence that there was no will found after his death. The suit by Mrs. Newman alleges that Cox duly executed a last will which wns in full force a short time before his death, at which time by reason of his alleged incompetency Carolyn Cox was appointed his gunrd ian. She further alleged thnt Cox be queathed her property valued at $."00,- 000. The plaintiff claims that this will wns in effect at the time of Mr. Cox's death, but that she has been un able to discover whether the document is nt present in existence. Court records show that Mr. Cox died May 20, 1010, and that five days later the widow made affidavit that Mr. Cox died without leaving a will. In Feb ruory, 1017, Mrs. Cox, as sole heir, assumed control of $1,203,000 in per sonalty, and $100,000 worth of realty. Injured, Sues for $50,000 Harry C. Richmond, a prominent Democrat of Camden, today entered suit for $30,000 against the Public SerTicV Railny Corporation and the Cnmuen Trucking Company for alleged perma nent injuries received May 3. Rich mond claims he was returning from the York Ship village in a truck belonging to .the Cnmden Trucking Company when, at the corner of Fifth nnd Washington streetR, the truck .was struck bj n trolley. rtfB Orders For Wedding Silver, i Qncf Special Matchings of Family Silver Should be placed nowy&Pall Delivery The manufacturing conditions of silver are such that in order to insure delii&ry. orders should be placed at this time. Ho Rubbing No Scrubbinq Will Not jure Hands k "At all Oroer and DroitliU" 4". fA 8bv Guaranteed free V&WlyNixV S& T-v wrtftmiiWiM ESSEX LABORATORIES, NEWARK, N. J. NATIONAL PRODUCTS SALES COMPANY Dittrihutort Philadelphia, Penna. EVffKTOG' PUBLIC I Taxpayer Sought to Nullify Con tract for Work in Sixty ninth Street NO CHARGE OF COLLUSION President Judge Audenrled, of Court No. 4, hns filed his findings of fnct and' conclusions of law, dismissing the tnx-. payer's suit brought by loulse R. I.lvezey in mi effort to nullify the con tract nwnrded by the Department of Public Works to Emllio Pflsruzzl for ex-' tending the Cobb's creek Intercepting sewer nlong Sixty-ninth street from Olrard nvenue to Malvern street. The court had previously refused n pre llmlnary Injunction to stop the work, which wns -started by the contractor last September. i No charge of fraud or collusion was made by the complainant against the successful hidder for the work or against any of the city officials named ns ile fondants, but it wns nlleged thnt under the unit bid system by which proposals were n.ked Pntruzzi lind not been the lowest responsible bidder. It was under the ordinance of July 17. 1010, that the director of the De partment of Public Works was nil thorized tocontrnct for the continuation of the sewer, nnd for this work S.10.000 was set aside in one of the loans. Rut owing to the big increase in the cost of mnterinl nnd labor in consequence of the war conditions it was estimated ' thnt $70,000 would be required to build the entire extension sewer, 20,11 feet in length. , .At the unit prices bid by the com-' petmg contractors the cost of tho con templated work under tlic several pro posals on the basis of the department's estimate of work nnd material required, would be ns follows: Under bid of I'nscuzzi $00,007.83; Joseph Perna, $70,323, and William II. Gnrson. $S0,- :SS2.20. In support of the charge thnt I'nscuzzi j was not the best nnd lowest bidder, the I complninnnt pointed out that it was noted on the plans for the work In the' department, "if the funds available me insufficient to complete the sewer the low bidder will bo determined by the greatest length of sewer that ran In built with the $30,000 appropriated." And it wns nverred that at I'nscuzzi's figures only 710 feet of the sewer could be constructed ; at Gnrson's figures. 722 feet, nnd nt Pcrnn's figures, 7S7 feet. Director Dntesmnn rejected the pro posals of Pernn and Garson nnd nc- cepted thnt of I'asruzzi. This action i upheld by Judge Audenrled. who snvs : "Nothing in the adveitNemeut of the Department of Public Works cnti justly be said to have indicated thnt the con tract to be let would provide for onlv so much of the work as the appropria tion of 530,00(1 would suffice to pay for." "The fact that Councils hud not ap propriated sufficient funds to pay for the entire work did not stand in the way of the letting of a contract by which Pascuzzi bound himself to con struct the whole of the sewer exten sion, provided thnt he agreed that there should be no liability on the city for payments beyond the amount already appropriated." "A city contract," says the judge, "may lawfully be made for the con struction of the whole of a particular public improvement, nt n price to be determined upon n unit basis, even when it will involve the expenditure of more money than is available under pre vious councilmnnic appropriations therefor, provided that it stipulates that until Councils shall have made n further appropriation of funds to meet the excess of the price over the sum available, the city shall not be called on to pay more than the amount ante cedently appropriated for the work." AMG8IW ewelcte Silversmiths Stationora EEIGER PHILADELPHIA, TUESbAT, THIS APPARATUS IN i rib 1 1 m3mmmmWmlWwfWmmmmmmWtMmMmT('MmSP "' PBpmF si hb JKt& ft! I.rlfjiT Photo S.T I The weatherman's much overworked rain gauge, whlili measures rain fall on the roof of the Federal Hulldlng, Is very much In need of n a ration. It lias been constantly at Its moist task for ten days. Mr. Itllss, the weatherman, aware that the machine lias about all It will hold, ha-s promised a bit of rest after tomorrow DELICATE DEVICE RECORDS EVERY DROP OF RAINFALL p, ;;;.. r.. . J -t i Metrically Operated Machine Used by Weather Bureau to Measure Downpour Infinite Amount of Detail Work in Obtaining Metcor-l ological Data Meteorological data, gathered with great care bv George S. Rliss, meteor ologist nnd director of the United States Weather Rurenu in this city, is not so interesting to the general public ns is explanation of how the rnlnfnll is raimhi land mensnred. Not a rain thnt fulls but the weather bureau notes its passing and can tell its lepth to a fractional part of an inch through its observation sjste'm. High on the roof of the Federal Rullding. reached after climbing twoi iron flights of stnlrvns, and feeling' one's wny through the cavernous gloom of the nttic of the big structure, one' emerges finally on a railed enclosure on the roof, the city spread pnnnrnmalikc before the eye. One then sees how the rainfall is measured nnd determined. Here, unostentatious in appearance, I or 'las fn"pn the rain gauge that never eirs in! Tll,s ('''. il1' ils tipping bucket noting whatever rainfall comes. The record made is transmitted elcctricnlh to the official recording machine' in the qffice of the weather bureau on the fourth lloor of the building. Prom this the records of the rainfall air made up and entered into the ofiiuiiil lecords. IMimniATi: nr.i.ivrnv Beet medium-priced cur on the market Elgin Six CTVE-PASSENOEn. TPUIUNO $H8J Authorized Agency WEST AKCII (IAKAGIS 0S37 Arch Street BONW1T TELLER &,CO. SfacSjoecksltycShoptfOrioinalioab CHESTNUT AT 13 STREET FOR TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) SEPARATE SKIRTS 1 m at Reduce A special sale of separate skirts, the season's most favored models, developed in Georgette crepes, novelty silks, Tricolette, Faille silk, Baronette satins. Gabardine, check voiles, English printz and organdies. Smart Wash Skirts, developed in Gabardine, check voile, English printz and organdy. Values up to 1G.50 5.00 and 6.50 Desirable Skirts of Faille silk, or Baronette satin, in purple, rose or gold. (Full range of'8izes.) Values 1Q.00 and 18.50 10.00 and 12.50 New and attractive models, in Georgette crepe, novelty silks or tricolette. These skirts are an exceptional value. , Formerly up to 35.00 . iy.au NEED OF DAY OFF Record of Rainfall for Seven Days Here e Tuesday, July 13, .31 inches. AVednesdny, July 10, .17 inches. Thursday, July 17, .17 inches. I'tidav. Julv IS. 1.39 inches Satuid.i). July 1!), .81 inches. Sunil.ij. July 20, 1.30 inches Mondnj. July 21, 1.13 inches. The rain gauge, about tin re feet in height, is equipped witli a funnel twelve inches in diameter. The rain drains down into the tipping bucket, held just inside of the gauge. This tipping bucket is so balanced that whenever one-one-hundredllis of nil inch of rain falls over the twelve-inch circle the bucket will he tipped. Kadi time the Inn ket is tipped an electrical lecnrd is made on the register for recording the rainfall in the main office of the weather bu - nan, two Moors helovv. Xot only does this cleverly contrived and intricate instrument record the amount of rninfall, but in addition it tells at a glance to I'm c aster Itliss or Arthur S. I.nne, his 0ff1ci.1l olisciver, 1 the rate at which the rain is falling attachment, lias been 111 use lor twentj 1 oars nil(1 ' sai'1 'T 1'oieciister liliss to liave nlwnjs given satisfaction nnd ni curate results. KSivWiJi 1 iVil mJJf-A n ' v toi5si$Blses:2: h r m hmr..k mi i fcaoSQ i tte If iM II wearing warm, woolen cloth- d Prices IN ing in the summer time. 1 ! iIdIIII But that was befoi-e Palm Beach clothes 8 ! JULT 22, i919 SWITHINWINS8INROW; WE A THERMEN LOSE, 5-1 Rain Douses Blissmen in Five Inning Stvim Showers Thunder a Home Run Sun's Rays Fail to Dazzle Saints in Pinches Three Double Plays Feature Standing of the Teams W. I,. St Rwithln 8 0 Weatherman 0 8 Pet. 1.000 .000 Ily j. K. MKNTZ T'mbrelllng their hits in the fifth inning, the Pt. Swithln nine today made it eight straight by showering "iisss wenuiermnn nine. The final score was 3 to 1. Mounds- "inn Ilnin for St. Switbin's crew lind the weatherman swimming in his hand when hits meant runs. Showers thun dered a home run in the final inning It wns one of the longest holts ever seen on the local lake. Umpire 1. Hnmcter called the game at the end of the fifth storm on ac eount of lain meaning weather. The score by innings : PIHST INNING Sim was out of -ight and Inclement funned. Water .is drowned on a lly to Shine, Shovv- is sltied to Moon. Moon was out when Storm grabbed ins comet over second and whipped it to S."wers. Stars twinkled n Texas leaguer over Clouds. Shine raved a sin gle to center, Stars shooting to third. I ".limy breezed a foul to Showers. On .111 attempted double steal, Stars was telescoped at the plate, Pluvius to Smsh to Pluvius, SIICONI) INNING Storm thunder ed n tiiplc to light center. Wet drench ed a single in the same direction, Storm scoring. Clouds aired a fast one at Pair, the latter's fast peg to Hlue sky nipping him by a hair. Wet id to seennd on the play. Sun blinded Slush with three fast ones. Pluvius juped a high foul to Hliss. ONU UUN. Hlue-sky was daikened by the Slush to Showers route. Fair brightened 11 single to left. Dry proliihitinncd iuto 11 double play, Clouds to Storms to Showers. THIRD INNING Ruin torrented u flj to Moon. Inclement weathered a liner that Shine speared with lii-t beam hook. Water ran to first when Hliss missed his third strike. Water buck eted second, Hliss's hurl being high. Showers came down hard on Sun's first raj, but he was out when Halniy climeel into the zone and brought it down. Hliss oiniod si single to Inclement's territory. Sun sacrificed, Showers to Storm, the latter covering HrstA Moon green -cheesed a double to center, fast fielding by Water keeping Hliss at third. Star's hoist fell into Wet's raincoat, Hliss scoring on the pla.v . Iialmy's drive oriented into Cloud's pocket. ONU RUN. FOURTH INNING Storm light nlnged a fast one that Shine got by the light on the Moon. Wet was dried lup by the Dry-Illuc-Hky route, Clouds lout the same vvaj. Hlue-sky lifted one into Storm's rub- ber.s. I'air forecasted 11 sincle to richt I iry evaporated. SIiihIi to Showers, Fair takuiff second. Itain's spitters baffled Illis. Sun putted a short Mingle to ill Til pUSII Sr I NLY a few years ago men ' II who used good judgment I Q were invented. What can we now think y , I df a man who continues to swelter when n 1 1 j he doesn't have to? Get into tropical jj fl garments Jind realize what summer com- n fort means. s n , Tropical-weight Coat and Trouser Suits, 0 j UrIQ made of Palm Beach Cloth, also of 0 , I Summer Worsteds, Breeze-weve, Aer- 0 i pore, Mohair, Linen, $13.50 to 25. Silks, P . $25 to $45. Flannel Trousers, Plain White or H Striped, $8, $11, $12. Imported Cricket Flannel Trousers, $16. 0 Hll THE GENUINE CLOTH D I ' M MFO. BY GOOQALL WORSTED CO. (D ' ' 1 1 rf 1 it I IUII 9 This label means the Genuine. It's bl ID II your Safeguard against Imitations. IH I IH FOUNur.n 18S4 iiy, jacoh hi:ki Sfl m$ 1424-1426 Chestnut Street g Can You Imagine This? St. S within A.IUMI, Inclement, rf ;t l l O. 0 0 r. .1 o 1 1 3 0 v nter, cf s Showers, lb .1 Storms. 2b :i Wet, If .1 clouds, rtb ri Slush, ss It Pluvius, c ?, 1 Rain, p ;i o Totals 27 3 C 13 0 Wcatliennen A.H.Il.H. O. A. .Moon, If 3 Stnrs, ss 2 Hhlne, cf 3 JJnltny, rf 3 Hlue-sky, lb 3 Kalr 3h 3 LPry, 2b THiss, c p "' p ' 3 Totals Sumniaiy: Error. Hliss, Shine. Two-base hits ' Moon, Hiiin Three-base hits Storm. ' Home run Showers. Sneiilice fly Stars. Passed ball Hliss. Double I pla.v s Wet to Showers- Pluvius to1 Slush to Pluvius; Clouds to Storms to 1 Showers. Struck out Ily Sun, 3; Haiti, J 2. Game called nt end of fifth Inning on nccount of ram. lime of game Most nil dnj. Umpire H. ltomcter. right, Fair being held at third. Moon's beam was easv for Slush. FIFTH INNING Sun's shoots) blinded Slush. Pluvius skidded to sec- ond when Shine fumbled his hard hit grounder. Ruin bailed a double to center. Pluvius scoring. Inclement's ' precipitation was too hot for Fair to handle, IUI11 swimming to third. Wnter missed the signal for the squeeze plaj nud Rnin went out, Fair to Hliss to Fair to Itliss to Fair, Inclement taking third on the play. Wnter retrieved himself by rubbering a single to right, Inclement scoring. Showers moisted the first ball pitched over the Weather Hureau for n home run. Water scoring ahead of him. Storm was stopped, Stars to Hlue sky. FOl'K RUNS. Stnrs was foiled by Rain's drops. Wl.ni for nn nu riin Into lnn hour or two, Tllt hltinitn'n lunrhfon or rrfrffthlni? Ict orpan Candle'. Open tit the evrninp till rlrvcn- thirty for soda ind for candles D16 Cbestnut 5t, r3 A Balmy's wind w'ns excellent, nnd he got ' 'i 10 nrst on an infield single, W mack- ry Intoshed Illlie-sky'g fly, robbing him r,a S wubi scemeu 10 ne a sure iripuv B Hnlmy was doubled up nt first, Wet' . to Showers. 22D WARD ORGANIZES Central Committee Formed In Ple of Old Ward Organization , Gcrmnntown Independents plan a system of district lender similar to that nt Tnmmnnv TTnll ( V.... V.l. .... - . -- ... tun iuia iv nu. u lllnnt the nrnunnt ii.fi! l..flAi..liln , .' "'" "-""-"i" r m a resolution sponsored by former Director Porter hns been indorsed By the Germantown Independents calling ' for the formation of a central com mittee with district instead of ward representatives. John J. Crout. mercantile appraiser, in addressing the meetinsr. which xfa O ' held nt 3(100 Germnntovvn nvenue, pre O I dieted n majority of -1000 for the Inde 0! pendent mnyornlty and rouncilmanic 3 I candidates in the Twenty-second ward. I-ortj -eighth ward Independents have opened liemlriiiarterH nt Nineteenth ami Mifflin streetn. Micline! I,. Hanley and ieorjfc .1. JlrKhvpp. Jr., nre expected to lie tlie Independent candidates for Council from tho First district. Get Under a Perry Raincoat and Go to It With a Smile J G o o d, serviceable rubberized raincoats for as little as $7.50 should be more, and will have to be when duplicates come in! They are Oxford mix tures with a plaid back! I For $12, a good selec tion of dark mixtures, small checks and gray tones. IFor $15, an extra light-weight Raincoat, rubberized and extra shoulder lining. For $18, brown chev iot finish rubberized raincoats. qFor $25 and $28, gabardine raincoats. J Raincoats torists. for mo- CJ Raincoats for every need. i Everything else in Men's clothes for this time of year! Closed at 5 P. M. Perry & Co. "N. B. T." 16th & Chestnut Sts. SALESMEN A large nnd long-established manufacturing concern, whose pro. ducts are widely Known and hay a well founded reputation, offers a good opportunity to several men for development as salesmen. Young men from 26 to 30 yetrs of age with university education are desired; they may be required to move to any section of th eastern United States. Previous selling experience Is not as essential as that rare combina tion of. the sales Instinct and the business sense that makta sua. cessful wUesmen. ' - ThorouEh training In the manu facture and marketing of our pro.jij ducts will be given. ilS''1 " Renly by letter, statins; wwMZJ aualltlcatlons In detail. A 210. LBOOER OFFICE. f 1 I M'i il M -h'l l: im TK m f J AH l I IV m M 5a a v. ". a " L .t u-: u-- r TJ1 !p - f ., . 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