EVKSaite PUBLIC LEbGExTPHiLyiJ3BLPHik, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER ' 25, llpli)
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THE AUTOMATIC FIREMEN
Ready when
this fire started
Fire started recently In the garage
of the Saginaw Overland Sales Com
pany, Saginaw, Michigan. The
OLODE Sprinkler which we InaUlled
three years ego worked perfoctlytnd put
outanercegetollnebUtelnthreemlnutee.
'Whet protection have your
CLODE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER CO.
2035 Washington Ave. Dteklnton 5Jt
Th. Noto Enftne Co.. plint tl Laralnff, ;
Mich .UprotfctedbjrGLOBSpilBkltTi,
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'MORTGAGE MYSTERY'
- GIRL RETURNS HOME
Victoria Harrison Quits Trim
ming Hats at Shore to
Resume "Business"
Miss Victoria Uorridnn, the "mys
tery girl1 or Iho riiilRdelpliia real es
lntf world, lias secured a few days off
from lier job nl trimming hats in At
lantic City irnd is hack in this city on
"some important real rstatc business."
Word of the renewed activities of
the girl operator, whose name has been
attached to transactions totaling more
than ?U,000,000, but who still continues
to work for a comparative pittance,
'was vouchsafed by Mrs. 11. Frielander,
her seashoie employer, who says the
giri "makes good money."
An examination of the books at City
Hall showed that MUs Victoria Hnr
lison, "single woman of Philadelphia,"
has filed 200 second mortgages during
the Inst twenty-three months. The
vast majority of these mortgages have
been nlaccd through the Tluzby Huild-
ini? and Loan Association and the
Lirriin Iluildinc and Loan Association
The girl is said to Have been used as
a clerk by a group of real estate manip
ulators to cover up their (jrofiteering
In homes. Despite the vast transac
tions in which her uamc has figured,
it is Raid, the girl is comparatively
poor.
Miss Harrison'1 sole agent is n man
named Jacob Edelstein. real estate
broker. He has n more or less nctivc
partner named Samuel Ilernstein, who
Is a brother-in-law of Miss Harrison.
Jacob IWnstpiu is one of the organizers
of the Buzhy association. Samuel llcrn
stein is another organizei.
Of the Lupin asso iation one of the
organizers is Louis Vrankel, official con
veyancer for half a dozen building and
loan associations, some of which have
been very friendly to Miss Harrison in
the enterprises in which her came at
least figures.
officials" getjltTmatum
North Penn Bank Stockholders Have
Thirty Days to Turn Over Assets
Stockholders of the North IVnn Hank
will bs given thirty days in which to
turn over to the receiver assets to the
par value of stock they hold.
The notices have been prepared by
Colonel Fred Taylor Tusey, special at
torney gencfal in charge of conserving
the assets, and will be sent out as soon
as Frederick L. Iloinshcr, special dep
uty at the bank, and Attorney General
William I. Schaffpr sign them.
If the notices nrc not complied with
within the thirty-day limit, action to
Keize assets to -the value of stock held
will bo taken at once, Colouel 1'usey
announced. .
Actions against memhers of the board
of directors also will be instituted, it
was said. These actions will take the
form of bills in equity to compel them
toelp meet the liabilities of the looted
institution.
BARBER ILL FROM FRIGHT
Artist Asserts Strikers Threaten His
Life In Shop
Working in n bnrber shop on Filbert
street above Twelfth, Samuel Pictor,
thirty-eight years old, of 1-33 South
Allison street, was taken violently ill,
supposedly with n fit.
At the Hahnemann Hospital, where
lie was removed, Pictor asserted fellow
workmen tried to force him to strike
with them. One of them pointed a re
tolver nt him, ho asserted nnd so ferri
tied him that the attack ot illness resulted.
'Positively
No Profiteering
SEE DUAL BURDEN
N NEW TAX PLAN
Mayor's Proposition Knposes
Added Assessment and
Higher Rate
MAY TAP THE SINKING FUND
Levy on Power Plants of Public
Utilities Suggested to Pro
duce Needed Funds
Property owners will" be subjected to
a double burden if revenue-raisin? plans
being considered by Mayor Smith, Con
troller Walton and Chairman Gaffney,
of Councils' finance committee nrc
adopted for 1020 by the retiring city
Councils.
The owners will be nffected first by
increased assessment and then by in
creased taxation upon these assess
ments. , The increases will be blamed
upon war expenses and the high cost of
polieo and Tire protection.
The present tax rate of $2.35 is de
lared jnadaquate for both municipal
,and educational purposes. The in
creased revenue to be obtained by in
creased assessments is admittedly insuf
ficient to make up the difference. Th!
is the case even if real estate assessors
conclud their labors by shoving up
assessments above the $100,000,000
mark set for 1020 and the S150,00,000
estimate hopefully vindo by city fin
anciers. Still another plan is being considered
by the municipal financiers who meet
daily with Major Smith. It is to re
lease some of the millions held by the
Siuking Fund Commission to he used
in piecing out 1020 assets. The plan
to use excess funds held by the com
mission has been championed in the
past by Chairman Gaffney, but has not
met with favor at the hands ot Con
troller Walton.
That Chairman Gaffney is not hope
ful of obtaining any more than $1,
750,000 increased revenue through in
creased assessments wns made apparent
today when he admitted he did not know
where the .$2,000,000 needed for wage
increases is to come from after the
$1. 000,000 lost to the city through pro
hibition of the sale of liquor is made
up.
Another factor in the situation re
sulting from the uniformly increased
demands of city departments for next
year lies in the fact that $2,000,000
will have (o come from new revenues
to pay back a temporary loan, not yet
floated, to carry departments through
the closing months of 1010. This it
is figured, will cat up fully twelve cents
Hf th revenue derived" from realty
under .the present $2.35 rate.
.Small Property Owners Hard Hit
Small property owners who have been
hard hit by the scventy-five-cent in
crease during the present administra
tion apparently are in line for an in
creased burden, as the entire increase of
$100,000,000 now lu the books or yet
to be marked up, docs not fall entirely
upon holders of large interests in the
central section of the city. rany of
these latter have been marked up in
recent years to n point covered by the
more recent value inflations resulting
from after-the-war sales.
One other revenue-increasing plan
that has been suggested by real estate
assessors is to make taxable the power
plants ot large corporations serving the
public. This move would require nn
a -t of the Legislature, and, therefore,
is not looked to for relief at this time.
Estimates made of property values free
of taxation and held by such concerns
as the telephone companies, etc., lipv
that fully ijl,000,000 at the present rate
High-Grade
Executive
wishes to invest and
participate in the active
management of a pro
gressive Philadelphia
concern; fifteen years'
executive and sales ex
perience with large man
ufacturing corporation
doing an international
business. Recently dis
charged from U. S. A.
Officers' Reserve Corps
after 18 months' execu
tive service. Principals
only, and negotiations
confidential.
A. 101, Ledger Office
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t$ Our Clothing is made
of the best materials; it is
designed and produced
by expert tailors; it is
ideal in every particular.
f It is priced at a fair
profit, and wc offer it to
you as a good business
proposition.
Fall and JVtnfer Suffs are priced
$30 to $80
Fall-weight Overcoats,
$30 to $60
irfnfer Overcoat's,
$30 to $80
TAX-RATE INCREASES MEAN
HIGHER RENTS, SAYS WEGLEIN
Councilman Holds, Them Re
sponsible for "the Present
Profiteering Outrages''
Urges Citizens to "Size "
Budgets Presented by Differ
ent City Departments
"piCHAim WEGLKIX, independent
' Itcpubllcan nominee from the Sev
enth Senatorial district for the new
smaller Council, declared today that re
tent increases in the tax rates were re
sponsible largely for "the present
profiteering outrages."
"Increased taxes mean increased
rents," he said. "They should afford
a stop, look and listen' warning to
citizens of Philadelphia." ;
Mr. Wcglein emphasised that, under
the new 'charter, residents ot Philadel
phia have the right to appear bcfnr
the new Council and express their
opinion on proposed municipal ex
penditures. He urged that they take:
advantage of the opportunity thus given
them to "size up" the budgets pre
sented by the different city depart
ments. On the municipal budget the
tax rate is based. '
Mr. Weglein, who says he will be a
candidate for president of the new
councilmnnic body, declared the smaller
council "will correct the prese t abuse.,, ,-..., ,.
,,,, , ... . , city. ( ertamly we want n
of political favoritism, in so far as , ,
, , .... I ncj trnlt no n '..it- 1, nautili
warn lines are concerned.
'I believe the new council wilt treat
public improvements from a city
standpoint nnd do away with the pres
ent method of improved pnving nnd
lighting stopping at the boundary crf'n
favored ward, he (.aid.
"Hepairs to streets should be done
rontiuuously by district or zone crews
and smnll holes repaired t before they
become large ones. This will be more
economical and satisfactory thnn per
mitting the street to become so badly
worn us to require resurfneiug.
.R..,.i.i n..,.n n... ,: :r iu... CnnHn.i
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concerns were plnccd nn a par with I
homo-ow tiers.
$: Hate .May Kcsull
The amount of increase in the city
tax i ate will he agreed upon between
now and Deceniler 15, the date
upon
which .1 must he liscd by Councils un
der the new chnrter provisions. Just
nuv. estimates and gu'sses-range from
twenty cents to thirty-five cents, and
some municipal financiers, believe that
n total $." rate for city nnd educational
purposes is destined to he the result.
The present rate is one of the highest
ever placed on realty, nnd with the fixed
educational increase, nnd the incrense
yet to bo decided upon by Councils, the
burden on realty will be greater than
at any time in the city s history, with
the exceptiou ot a few years following
the Civil Wnr, when the state taxes
were altered.
Some of the factors leading up to
tin) present situation, in addition to
general increased demands of retiring
department heads are the following:
Shortage, Public Safety payroll,
S022.000; shortage Heulth and Chari
ties, 1010, $250,000; owing Fnlted
States Government, $300,000: man
damuses, exclusive ot $1,500,00(1 in the
councilmnnic loan, now in the courts,
$1,000,000, other shortages $300,000,
and wage increases for 1020, $2,000,
000. The paying of some of the short
ages by n temporary loan will merely
result in transferring the debt from the
present year to 1020.
r Stationers "
Hall Clocks
The name of litis
House upon the dial
of a Clock or Watch
is an assurance of qualiiK
1220-22-24
Adjoining
Special Sale
of
Beautiful Street
DRESSES
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Georgettes, Tricolettes,
Satins and Taffetas
The smartest of 'the new models, in every
wanted Autumn color, and in all
sizes. An unusual opportunity
for substantial savings.
HICIIAHI) WKGLEIN
"INsentials, such as bridge, water,
sewers, lighting, streets and sanitation
should lie given precedence over the.
iion-essrntinl or ethical needs of the
city useful'
as well as a city beautiful, mil me
former enters more liirnely into the
daily life of our citizens.
"Wages niul salaries of faithful and
necessary cilv emnloyes should" be raised
to n ba-ds required bv present living
conditions, ns n satisfied employe gives
the bcM service.
Mr Wcclciii i n member of the
Tvventv-nliith ward. He served in Com
mon Council ill I'.IO!) nnd wns re-elected
in 1011 In 1015 he wns elected to
i Select Count il
t a nni-no Tn tnv rTAD DCAPC.
HHnDcno IU Inl run rLnuuirr
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Strikers' and Masters' Committees
Will Meet Tonight
Muster barbers nnd their striking
journeymen will try lo massage out
their differences tonight at a meeting ,
of their special committees iu Gnrrickj
Hall, Lighth street below Lombard.
So far, fifteen arrests of alleged strike
pickets have been made. Three over
zealous pickets nre said to have dis
played revolvers in an argument with
-onP strike-brenker.
According to Michael Clrcelli, piesi
i tent nf the journeymen barbers, only
i on() mcn arP non- on strike. He ns-
serted -107 contracts have been signed
i bv mnster barbers and all but
(he original 885 had returned to woik
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Wills Probated Today
Three wills filed fot) probate today
included that of the late Ldvvlri Wil-'
kinson, Jr.. of 1302 Huntiitft Park ave
nue, who left an estate of $210)00 to;
his widow. Mrs. Mnry S. Wilkinson,
and two sons nnd a daughter.
The other wills were: Samuel Carr.
who died in tho Presbyterian Hospital,
$11,500, and Cecelia K. HuCk, 220
South Forty-third street. $8000. Let
ters of administration were granted in
the estate of William J. Milligan, who
died nt White Hnven, Pa., without leav
ing n will. His estate of $33,800 goes
to an uncle nnd an aunt.
Walnut Street.
The bt. James
and Afternoon
ARMYRETAILSTORE
IS
111 6 11 t , Armory
Third Reg
Equipped for Sato of Sur
plus Stock
SELLING FORCE EFFICIENT
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I 'rule Sam opened n depaitinent store
nf his own nt noon today i the Third ,
Iteglmcnt Armory, Uroad and Wharton
streets
It is called the Army Iletnil Stdre.
and in the l!t of nrticle miM are 150
items.
Major Cluulcs K. Jones, zone vuiplus
supply ofliter, suiil that no food would
he sold today but t lint later he expected
to have u small supply .
"The opening sale," he said, "is
confined chiefly to underwear and
blankets. We will ndd to the articles
iu the store as fast ns possible. 1'nder
wear is on sale at 50 cents n garment
for the new goods nnd 25 cents a gar
ment for reclaimed articles. Illunkcts
range in priie from $.'! to $11."
The stole takes up about half of tiie
big drill mom of the armory. One
rounter runs the length of the room
nnd anothei the width. There are twenty-live
clerks to wait on ciu-tomers.
Captain C. A. Strom, who recently
leturned fiom service in the Panama
Canal zone, has charge of the store, un
der Major Jones.
It is a leal store, with nil of the up
to-date tfllcieni-v frills. Fifty cents'
wortli of time is not wasted in selling a
25-cent shirt ,
There nie four cashiers. well
drilled in the nit of taking in money
without dropping it nil over the floor,
nnd purchases me carefully wrapped in
a separate dcpnitmcnl.
The nrtieles Fold include the ltinin
artieis used by nn army in qvarters nnd
in the field. All Kinds of brushes nrc on
OPENED
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Telephone
The Ediphone
Walnut 3135
WmmrSSWft
.LVARE and beautiful imported
French kidskin glove's
Over seventy styles for whim and
fancy to rove among
Each with its certain appeal to the
refined sense of the fastidious
Made, as ever, with the traditional
Centemeri care and exquisite
craftsmanship
Of the same lovely Nationale
Quality kidskins from the river
valleys of France.
Our stock this season is the
largest wc have ever received from
our Grenoble factory.
For Centemeri Gloves, you must
know, are Grenoble Gloves, made
from kidskins "dressed" in
Anuonay a combination that has
produced for centuries the most
beautiful kid gloves in the world.
The Perfect Christmas Gift
The Centemeri Seven Tho Centemeri Wurdrobo
sale and such articles will be the chlfcf
appeal to women buyerB, unless they am
making purchases for husbands, sons or
brothers.
Scrubbing brushes are being offered
for fifteen tents each. Hatchets and
shovels are priced nt $1 each. Other
articles will be taken to the army
.rtore in truiks from the warehouse at
Twenty first stieet and Oregon nve-
uue as laphlly us they can he handled
Hujeis enter nt the north door of the
armory, make their purchases and pass
nut the south door. This prevents con
fusion and expedites the work nt the
salesmen.
The army store 'will remain open un
til all of the nrtiiles allotted to Phlla-
ilrlphin are sold
HAVE YOU HARDTACK TEETH7
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Marine Corps Wants Men Who Have'
to Enlist
A enlt was ent out today from the
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marine corps recruiting ofhec. MOO
Aich street, fur all recruiters to look f
for men with hardtack" teeth. ..
"While marines Ret the fiuel of
fiesh white bread in pence time." said
Major Patterson, the recruiting oflicer,
"they sometimes have to eat the pro
yerhinl hardtack in time of war.
"During the late war many men I
found that their teeth, which they hud
thought to he sound, could not stand ,
the hind diet, and these men hud to be
sent hack to the dental surgeon. 15y
hardtack teeth.' we iiieiin teeth that
me absolutely sound. .
Delaware Countians Meet
The Delnwnic County Association off
i Clubs is holding an nil-day rneetlng in
LnusdovMie ns guests of the Twentieth .
(Vnturv Club. Following the reports ,
nnd business of the morning, the after
noon session includes a program in ,
charge of the chairman of education. I
Mrs. A. A. l rook". .Major, i red
I'nglehnrt. of the state committee
on education, mnlle nn address, Mrs
Martin H Young is presiding.
Takes First Ride at Seventy-Four
Lebanon. Pa.. Sept. 25. Mrs. Ite-
becen IlofTmnn, of Mt. Zion, although
ai the fiail age nf seventy-four, 1ms
gone so far as to take her first ride
on a railroad train
That little saf etae cylinder is your note-book. It
faithfully records every Jword you dictate
exact and accurate. And passes it along
pleasantly and direct to your stenographer's
ears. Ideal for bothr-in'comf ort and conve
nience. And it "means 50 more and Better
Letter? while saving 33$ on every letter.
GEORGE M. AUSTIN
1035 Chestirat Street Philadelphia, Pa.
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1 1 1 II II Jiil a I J III nit ILL!
FOR WIFE'S DEATH l
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Camden Police Say Chauffeur
Then Committed Suicide in
Rooming House
RELATIVE TAKES BODIES
Although the detailed rircumtances
of the deaths of Kalpli Wilson and his
wife in a rooming house at 510 Xoith
Fourth street. Camden, are still a nrys-
terj , the police nre convinced that
Wilson killed his wife nnd then conr-
nutted suicide with the same revolver.
wiN()n fls nutlllobil -m, rni1-
,-oad mechanic He and his wife. Cath-
erine. were Inst seen alive Monday
night when Ilenjninin Smith, propri-
etor of the rooming houc. spoke to
them
Later iu the evening lie knocked at
their door nnd pushed a lette. halfway
under it. When lie discovered the let
ter still unmoved last night he broke
ilito the room nutl found the bodies.
The man and vvnmnn were partly dls
lobeil. It is believed they quarreled
before going to bed nnd the man first
shot and killed his wife, and then him
self. The woman's body wns on the
bed. but the man's had fallen to the
tloor.
Me iinr Mrs. Wilson ennie from llnl-
tlmr.. r nth. it is believed. Wilson
; to mv im(1 iinr(i tjm0 getting
,10 kimi f n job he wanted,
Aitlnir Neimnn, 5227 N'orris street,
relative by marriage of the dead man
Btl(i woman, wns notified of the tracedy.
following the instructions written
a small hook carried by Wilson.
War Worker to Speak
Uavid Lee. of the War Community
Council. Y. M. C A., will tell of his
many nnd varied experiences while
serving abroad during the war at the
weekly luncheon today of the Poor
Kicharel Club at the clubhouse. 2."9
South Comae street.
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Centemeri
Gloves
123 South 13th St.
New York Store, 400 Fifth Ave
There's a
Continuous
Procession
of New
Suits and
Overcoats
Coming in
to our Store
every day!
J The van guard of
this new season's stocks
arrived here months
ago, for we went to it
early and got the jump
on it the minute the
mills opened up with,
their new lines for this
Fall.
I And then we fell to
to cut and tailor the
Suits and Overcoats
and have had our
sleeves rolled up ever
since, have now, and
will have right along
for some time to come!
f For there's a con
stant stream of live
merchandise always on
the flow in this Men's
Clothing Store at 16th
& Chestnut Sts.
5J We keep it so be
cause constant produc
tion in the early days
of the season gives us
opportunity for con
s t a n t creatipn and
adaptation as style ten
dencies arise, manifest
themselves aid under
our eyes and hands re
ceive new slants and
modifications.
J You will find here
right now novelties in
the cut and design of
Young Men's Clothes
that are worth while
seeing. They are new,
they are original, and
they have the good
taste which links youth
with discrimination.
I F.or all men of all
years, the same distinc
tion and individuality
make sensible dressing
fashionable, comfort
able, and possessed of
that occult quality
which alone can be
called good style.
Perry & Co.
"N. B. T."
16th & Chestnut Sts.
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