!55S5?p55!f!v 0 EVESJLSG l'UBLIO LEUOEIi-PHILAJJiiiUJULlA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1910 V l ivf COAL COMMISSI STARTS ITS WOR K Confers With Secretary Wilson and Tumulty Prior to Initial Sessions OPERATORS MAY ASSIST, Uy (lie ANMM'lHtnl I'lft WaMilnstoii. Dec. 'JO. MimhImm' of the commission liamcil l I'ri-utlent AVilf.ou under tlic coiil .tii!i- ppttli'inPnt afreenyit to invMtinto wtmo and price"! in tlic liituiivncms ronl Industry conferred wlili Scrn'inrv Tumulty to day nt Hie White Uihim Pccrctni' of I.iibor Vilou later Joined tlic conferenrc. .lolm !. Ivccj;an. attache nf tin Dotmrtmcnt of Latins, who took iart in Hip spttlrinent with the miners ncconipaiiicil Mr. Wihon to the AVhit" IIoiim'. Tlic comi.iKMion is expected to lay Out n nroicr.un fur it- wills nt" meetini; dtirins (lie dnv Member of the executive committee of the Tlituminnui Toil Onprninn A sociation u1o were in the cltv today and it wnt expected Hint the operator" finally would tender their oisltnnec to the commission in itv work, in -plte of objections that have be"ii nmle liv the operators to the government's plan. Tender the strike settlement asrec ment with the miners, made bv Attor ney Oeneral I'nlmcr with 1'iesident Wilson's niithnri7iition, work has been resumed at the mines, n 1( per cent adranoo in wages has been given the miners and jto eminent fixed prices on coal of S2 i" ner ton mine run at tllP mine have been retained Th" com mission is empowered to p.int fur ther tnerenseB if fniiml neee -nrv !lnd to increase the price of co.i! if that is I necessary and lias been requested to report a decision wlthiu sixty days. The members of the commission arc Henry M Itobinson. of I'lisadena, Calif., chairman; Rembrandt I'eale, represcntint; the operators, nnd John P. White, representing the miners. Chicago, Dec. 2ft. (Itv A. P.) Representatives of coal operators in the bituminous fields met here tmln to dis cuss the attitude to be adopted toward the findings of the commissicin ap pointed by President Wilson to adjust wages of miners after settlement of the recent nation-wide strike. The operators assert that thev hnve not committed themselves ns to accept ing or indorsing nuj decision the Pn si dent's commission innj ivucli. Discuss Compensation at Y. M. C. A. The new woikmen's compensation law, which goes into elTect January , was discussed last nigiit at the open forum in the C'ential Y M. C. A. Francis J Bolilcn, counsel for the compensation board of Pennsylvania, said that the maximum awards under the law were suitable to meet conditions before 1(115. but that they were not high enough to meet present high cost of living. DISCUSS SOCIAL PROBLEMS American Economic Association and Allied Organizations Meet Clilrsign. Dec "! i Itx A. P.) Legislation nffecting labor, ngiiciilture. luxation and coimiI pioldems .vowing out of the wine of tiniest were topics before the conventions of the Ameii can IVotinmic .Wnrlntwui nnd allied organizations which laet here tmlnx The conventions of the American As sociation foe Labor Legislation, the Ameiican Association fin Agricultuinl l.ifjslatinn, tin' American Sociologn nl Association, the American Statistical Association mid the American Assoein lion of rtilvi-iN.it) Instructms In Ac counting were opeiieil in connection with the meeting of the Ki-onoinn- Associa tion. Appl-iMtiouH to the I'tiitcd Slates of tlie i mieltisiotis of tin- world labor con ference held lecentlj 111 Washington was one of the subjects to be consideicd at sessions of the labor leg lntlve or ganization, acemding to John II. An ilrews. of New Yolk, secretary of tlic assoi intloti. BITTER TOWARD SLAYER UNIONS WILL FIGHT Cable liriefs L LABOR TERMS Brotherhood Chiefs Convene To day Expected to Combat Anti-Strike Clauses CONFEREES IN SESSION ASK FOR and GET Hoiiicks The Original s malted milk for Infanta and Invalids) Avoid Imitation and Sabititutoa Believing that the Cadillac meets their ideals of all that a motor car should be, Is it not perfectly logical that the Cadillac should en joy a larger ownership than any other timely h:gh grade car in the wot Id? A Cadillac, thoroughly overhauled, inherits de pendable construction. We have open and closed body styles which are guaran teed. Also a few used cars of other makes. NEEL-CADILLAC COMPANY 142 North Broad Street Spruce 213 Expect Difficulty Getting Jury In Case of Vn. Prohibition Inspector Marmnsa. :i.. l"cc. '!. f I!v A !'. I'iflie-ii'-v in obtaining a :il!fnr toi-v jury was expected to dc'av prn-e-edings when William O Ilnl'. nrn hib'tlon In'pccfnr accused nf murder, went on trial here today, because of the general d!russion of tlic rn'i' and wldesp-end feeling against the de-fend-int In this section. Hill', who is licensed of hnving hilled t iww-ii'o l. ItuiNon and Itnvniond Sinn l.'eford during a revolver duel be-w'"-n the two men and an nuroninhllc 'eid of prohibition inspctori last M.iii'h. will malic self defense his plea. Unit was tried on (In- -.nnii- cliarge Inst September th" iui-j b"-lo unable (o n-aeli a verdict. Trial of three other prohibition nf ficinls Ileputies llnrn 1 Sweet. Sr.. J. II. Sullivan and Y, It. Dnnleavj aw airs the ontcomi of Kali's trial, it was siuil here todav. 'rlo- were mem- bers nf Mall's party. The olheers si the nien hilled were engaged in illicit whisky traffic. i: the Assoc lateil Piess Vni'liliigton. H'-c '.'!). The iolnt oiiKii-ssiiitiitl c-onfeicncc committee to din discussed points of difference be tween the Cummins and Tseli railioad leorganlzatiou bills In an efToit to con clllnie minor dls.igieements and pave (lie wav for consideration of the all Important ant i -strike provisions of the t'liumiltis measure. Slm-.iltiiueouslv high milt nail union oflU Inls gathered to attend a confer n. e culled b Samuel Conipcrs. to formulate a di Unite po'iey to be pur-sin-d with legard to the offenslv labor clauses of the Senate bill The chiefs ol the four inllroad htntherhoods nnd ten nlllliated organizations weic to in. cl this nfternoon to construct the mi road workers' platform with regard to the anti-stiihe tm-Mons. Ii lor to the union coufeiencc offi cials of the several unions atliliated witli the brotherhoods sttongH- indi cated their conviction that inc con I'eieiice would adopt a ileci.iiatiou of principles similar to tint if the rail wav machinists' union, which Mitcd to strike if tlie mote iliastic piovlsions of the Cummins bill should become law. Itcpics-ntntiws of the lailioiul union-, athliiiled with tlie American lVderiitinn of I.nbor who had pliiimed to confer with Mirectnr (Jeneral ilines twin) rcl iitivc in wage Increases, decided nt the last moment lint to see the dinctor gen einl Initio. No icason foe tin- prist -pnni'iniut whs given nor did the union oliicials indicate when they wou'd a"k for a conference. Americans In Toklo Hotel Fire Tol.lo, Dec. 2!). Half the Imperial Until, housing forty American tourists, burned ' Saluiday night. There were no eiiMinltles iimong the Americans, many of whom were prominent and sev eial of whom were women or children. Vienna, once the chief tommerc nl ,it of AuRtrla-Ilungary. with Its -',-finn.nno iicople, is .lying. The war has left the elt starving, nnd there is everv Indication now that it will become ti '(Irrtnan city the gateway of the flcr man nation to the Far Knit. There are hints of a new Halkau problem, (entered I In Vicuna, whereby tbil fair cltv will lie the scene of intrigue of every power 'fill nation in l'uiono, particularly (ler- man), Viance and Italy. ' M. Patck. the new Polish foreign minister, is In Paris to ak aid of the Mili.s In helnlnc his country resist In vasion by tlie ISolshcvists. which, he diclnies.'is scheduled to take place the coming spring. llitternesM is uppermost in the Christ mas humor of the Merlin weeklies. I'.ven the dailv press seems lilled witli morose resentment during the holiday season tills war. Christmas shops nre far from'gav and the crowds have been bujing only the cheaper picsents. Ithhard Henry Little, the Chicago Tribune's special correspondent, has ie tnrnei' to Paris after ileveu months in the llaltle flutes. Ills hair is com pletelj white, and lie is limping from In jur! s tcrched ill the (iatchiua retreat. "We fall, but we ris again," is the message to the world sent by the I'krainiau (loveriiinent as it lied from I)eiiihine's advancing forces. A revolt of peasants Is being fomented, and Is expected to make Itself' felt in the spiing Tokio announces that before the Hoi- THE "Houghton Industrial Digest" contains concise current information for live industrial executives. E. F. HOUGHTON & CO. 240 W. Somerset Street Philadelphia nxj-Bi.i-i. muiu j j.iiiLjmuujuJUMmaMmi hiMiiiaiChargc Purchases Tomorrow Rendered on Bills February 1st, 1920 Mafeon & DeiViair? x2i5 Chestnut Street Farmers and Trappers! Attention! Raw Skins Purchased for Cash Only 2 Days More! aordinary E, xtr Fur Camp Invest your Xmas money in home comfort npHERE is no better way of invest ing your Christmas money than on some good household appliance such as a Gas Range, Refrigerator, Uas Water neater or a Heating Stove, and receive in dividends bet ter efficiency, more economy and convenience in the home every day in the year. A good gas range (the most used household appliance) will enable you to serve properly prepared meals, which will mean better health and happiness to the entire family. And it will save you much time, labor and fuel as against an old worn out range. We sell only approved makes, which assure you of good cooking results "Direct Action," "Quality," "Adelphia," "Triangle" and "Dock ash." Several standard makes of Refritr- eratbrs and Kitchen Cabinets, any of which would make a welcome addi- twa to the kitchen. Giw Water Heaters and Heating Stores in many different styles ami ixetf. W will maht a libtral allowance Mi your old gat range. -AND NS'SWEeTS West Philadelphia Store 283 So. 52d St ' ,;jr, Mh. JStqrt Open Xeci., Frt, A Bat, V. Impelled by our Great Success of the passing year of 1919: Clear ing Vast Assortments of Odds and Ends: in Keen Prepara tion for the Splendid Beginning of 1920 as THE Star Fur Year of Philadelphia: Super - Extraordinary Values that form fitting close to the old year and most worth-while welcome for the new. A. Small Deposit Will Reserve Your Purchase m Quantities Limited Strictly as Listed Here: Scores of Other "Odd-Lot" Values Shop Early Tomorrow for Positively Best Choice Fur Coats! RcKUlarlv Now (3) Russian Pony Coats. .. .125.00. .. fQ.gO 36-Inch Mure models, large ahawl collar ant'' cuffs of Nutria (81 Australian Seal "Coats. . 133.00. . . 89.50 Smart npnrt coat -with large ahawl collar nnd wide cuffs. (5) Taupe Coney Coats 135.00. . . 1)8.50 .Smart sport deslrna w,lli large roll iiit? shawl collar and cuffs. (61 Australian Seal Coats. .145.00. .. Q8.50 Snort mod'lH tome are trlmmd with Skunk neccoon collar and cuffs. (3) Marmot Coats 135 00 . 210.00 Smart ppirts mMels with hhawl col lar and cuffs of Mnrmon. (41 Australian Senl Coats. . .155.00. . HQ.00 Stylish upon deslen of a en- flue Hklns. large shawl collar nnd cuffa 1 (51 Australian Seal Coats. . .185.00. .J25.00 S6-lncft naro moueis wuu won- ;-ii.K- W'.iwl collar and cuffs. Fur Coals! Regularly (3) Australian Seal Coats. . .195.00. 46-Inch flare design with laitje collar and cuffs of Sltunk Ileccoon. (21 Nutria Coats ,..195.00. Now 125.00 145.00 Scarfs (8) Taupe Wolf (9) Brown Wolf (4) Black Wolf (3)C,ray Wolf (9) Natural Squirrel (8) Australian Seal . (3) Taupe Coney .... (8) Taupe Fox (6) Brown Fox .19.50.... 9.50 .19.50.. .19.50., .19.50., .22.50. . .2250.. .29.50., .29 50., .29.50., Muffs (6) Australian Seal (2) -Taupe Fox (4) Jap Kolinsky (C) Hudson Seal (2) Dyed Racoon (4) Nutria (4) Beaver (4) Skunk (2) Taupe Squirrel (1) Jap Mink (1) Australian Opossum (2) White Fox .19.56. .25.00. ..29.50. ,.39.50. ,.34.50. ,.34.50. ..39.50. ..39.50. ..39.50. ..39.50. ..69.50. .110.00. . 9.50 .. 9.50 , . 9.50 .12.50 ,.12.50 ,.14.50 , .1(5.50 ,.16.50 ..12.50 ..14.50 ,..14.50 ,..24.50 ,,.19.50 ,..19.50 ,..24.50 ...24.50 ...21.50 ,..24.50 ...39.50 . . .09.50 "hlc snort model with laree shawl collar and cuffs of Nutria (4) Natural. Muskrat Coats. 185.00. . 1AK f)f) Smart sport model with laic shawl XiO.Xlw i ollar and cuffs and border of Muskrat (51 Hudson Seal Coats 225.00. . 7 Kf) f)f) smart sport nodl with large rolllnt lOU.UU tiliawl collnr and cuffs (51 Australian Sen! Coats. . .245.00.. yyr )) 2-lneh model wil'i Lire collnr nnd J-IO.VU cuffs of Taupe or Natural Nutria, (51 Natural Miihkrat Coats. 223.00. . J Of; f)f) aii-'ncli fin" niorioi -'m, iarPe roll- J-OOmUv Intr shawl collar Bird cuffs. (81 NriturnI Racoon Coats. .275.00. . QC flJ an.. ?,, 42- nod tr,-itieh flii-o mod- -M-OO.MU els with laiuc lolling slmwl collar nnd deep cuffs Sets (til Brown Wolf 49.50. . . .24.50 Rl-r-Tnvtne Wolf 40.50. . ,.24.50 (21 Black Wolf 40.50. . .,24.50 (2-7-Cif.iy Wolf 49 50 24.50 (9) Taupo Fox 65.00 31.50 (9) Brown Fox 65.00 34.50 (1) Nntural Raccoon 65.00. .. .34.50 (1) Black Fox 69.50. .. .31.50 (2) Nutria 55.00 39.50 Choker Scarfs (51 Natural Squirrel 22.50.. (5) Stone Opossum 27.50.. (1) Australian Opossum 29.50. . (3) Natural Mink 34.50. . (1) Russian Kolinsky 30.50,. (2) Blended Sable 55.00. . (2) Two-skin Opossum 44,50., (2) Two-skin Mink 49.50. , (2) Stone Marten 49.50. , (3) Hudson Bay Sable 65.00. , (3) Fisher 110.00. , (1) Russiun Sablo 165.00. , slievlsts can win oaRteru Siberia, they will linve to defeat several Japanese divisions, and possibly face Japan's full military power. The British Government will Rive to relatives of British soldiers who died In tlie great war copper plnques on which 'IK i",','"'(',' '"' lirro's name, and He died for freedom nnd honor." nmiioiH of a mnk rate ailvanrc to 10 tier cent are rife In London flnnn Plill tildes It J, 1,,-lieveil this woilhl halt speculation nnd help rut living cots. ( ardinal Mcrelcr is baching up tlf I "Pf " appeal for collections on behalf of the suffering children of central Ku rope. In a letter to Brussels clergy, the carilinnl explains "that even 'if we were the poorest, we should crow greater in a moral anil Christian sense by doing charity tu our neighbors with tint distinction of races or nationali ties. The peace negotiations between I tlionln ami soviet Russia, whlrh were nrur s gnntiue. and were expected to be promulgated Christmas morning, were broken oft suddenly when the nsthonlan delegates found that they would lie nie venteil from fortifying the west bank of the Nniobn rivei , which is the i.atural border lino between the two countries. i Harnh Bernhardt and I,eon llerand, minister of public Instruction, presided at the forty-hYst anniversary meeting of the "Hydrnpath"" In Paris yes terday. It was the second twenty-year joint meeting of the two brnuches of the organization. Women burglars, nre thriving In Ger many. Two who have been specializ ing on the fashionable colonies of Crtinewnld, Wannsce nnd Potsdam, hnve been captured, after many thefts, netting loot worth thousands. The Potsdam innusoleiim, rontnlnlnp bodies of Prince Kreldrich Karl and his. wife and sister, Princess Louise, has been broken into. SHIPPING SACK. V of strong, weatherproof canvas will insure aeuv cry of your goods in prime condition. F. Vanderherchcn's Sons 7 North Water St., l'hila A I tut Stan oi Tnc ooii Remounting of Jewels After an exceptionally large Christmas business we arc again in a position to accept orders for remounting of icwelry. Original designs and esti mates submitted without obligation. S. Kind & Sons, mo chestnut si. DIAMOND MERCHANTS JEWELURS SILVERSMITHS To Employers and Business Executives: Would you like to have an assistant who will bo worth hundreds of dollars to you in saving your time and your temper by knowing, her business thoroughly? We can show you how to get that kind of a girl right in your own office. Select n bright young woman from your own organization and send her to the Philadelphia School of Filing for four weeks.) We teach the principles involved in all different methods of filing. Day and evening classes thor ough personal instruction, with actual practice. Write for 54.page book "Filing as a profession for women" PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL OF FILING 910 Chestnut Street (Dept. G) Telephone Filbert 4436 Owned and managed by Library Bureau I XKS I Loose Leaf I l Ledgers I To insure perfection in Loose Leaf Ledgers BLANK BOOKS Bound nnd L00S9 T'cat UniOORArHINO PIIINTINO ENGRAVING OFFICE Stationery and Supplies TO INSURE perfection in Loose Leaf Lcduers, wo tnako them complete, from start to finish, In our own factory. The) ruling, binding; Terj thins: Is done in our work-rooms. As Is true of all Mann-made products, only finest materials and skilled workman ship enter Into the production of Mann Looso Leaf Ledgers. IeSvino WILLIAM MANN COMPANY 'I office 529 MARKET STREET B Stationery 1 and Suppllea PHILADELPHIA, PA. t Tim VrtvT rtnTB f!1 7? mud inn it. WrufnfJfr? in. 1RL8 II- I I ' ' jmwhimiiiimi wilr r urn imm im II j$s "At the Crossroads of theW orld n The juggernauts of diplomacy and commerce plunge acrossTurkey's hills and plains. For Turkey lies at the crossroads of the world. Death and destruction hang over her former sub ject peoples and her own. War once more threatens the civilized world. unless Turkey's problem is solved. Today Turkey and her old subject peoples turn to Americabegging us to bring order and construction out of chaos and decay. But in Constantinople seethes Imperial intrigue, and the Allied censors allow no American news to be published. Yours is the responsibility to decide. Shall America hold out her hand to the Turk and the Armenian, the Arab and the Jew, or shall America turn over these peoples once more to be the plaything of European diplomacy? There's oil, and coal, and the great highway of the world in Turkey. Italy, Greece, England and France all demand a slice. You can Iraxn the reality in the December The American. MAGAZINE on the Orient w (1P 2 2 Shall we take over the mandatory for Turkey an immense responsibility? To refuse is a greater danger. Airships have abolished the ocean. The time is past when vc can cut ourselves off from European and Asiatic affairs. Jackson Fleming, special correspondent for ASIA in the Near East, is one man who is on the spot and is telling the whole story to America. This month he shows Our Oestin'iRs Lie "n he Bct The fate of this nation of every Western nation the fate of each indi vidual is bound up with, the East. What happens to those slowly awaking peoples may de cide whether you and your children twenty years from now will be at peace or at war will have enough to eat or a place to live whether your business will be prosperous or idle whether jou will have a job 6r a problem. Now is the time to learn what these Eastern peoples are doing and thinking and how they affect jou. ASIA the Magnificent ASIA is not just a magazine it i, a thing of beauty with its wide margins; its beautiful type its exquisitely r c p r o -duced pictures extraordinary as Asiatic art itself. ASIA is for everybody who has discrimina tion and a love of the beauti ful and who wants to know what is going on in a new old world of 900,000,000 people. Contents for December Portraits Emir 1'eisal, Arcbayne Torcom, Sir Bhuptndra Singh "Man Is a Shadow on a Crumbling Wall" . Frontispiece I Remember . . .By Maurice Brown Illustration! by Wilfrid Jones Mandates for Turkish Territories . fly Jackson I'ltming Charles Lang Freer and His Collection fly flraintrd Bliss Thresher The Matinee Idol of Arabia . fly Loutell Thomas TheComb.it by the South Wall, a roEM . By R. M. Ritjstahl Japan vs. China Through Thtir Own Eyes 1. Japan's Right to Empire . By Setsuo Utnoda 2. China's Philosophy of War and Peace . By T.Y. Leo Stowaways, Inc. . By Alan Bolt Inheritors of Canaan Art Picture Insert Chinese National Sentiment . . fly John Dewey The Sultan at Home . . . fly IV. fl. Harris Illustrations by Edith Emerson The Vanishing Mongol . By Luther. Anderson Mulan A One Act Play . By Torao Taketomo China's Problem and Our Trade . fly John Foord ASIA'S T:avel-Log . ... By 'irrinia Lee how the future of any new world order is involved in Turkey. John Dewey, now living in China, explains to you the psychology of the Chinese and its bearing on their inter national position. His contributions to American educa tion are beyond price, because he understands tlic human mind. Now he has performed the difficult feat of under standing the Chinese mind and explaining it. . The Story That Postponed the London Opera Season a Month Lowell Thomas, telling in London his great story of Col. Lawrence, Prince of Mecca and Arabia, has so thrilled tremen dous British audiences, from Lloyd George to the merest Tommy, twice daily at Covent Garden, that London has post poned its opera season one month to continue to hear him. His re markable story of one of the greatest Englishmen of his time a man of beyond-human en dowments is running in ASIA. Captain Alatr Bott, British airman who escaped from a Turkish prison, tells the strange story of the derelicts of war time Constantinople, of opium smuggling and human freight "Stowaways, Inc." . Maurice Brown tells of the memories of men and women, and romance in the adventure of Eastern Days and Nights "I Remem ber. Walter B. Harris has a most amazing story of the old Sultan of Morocco. Sfc ""v ILiberty Bonds and Purchasing Agents' .Orders Accepted Go To Your Nearest Bookseller or Newsdealer Today Look through the current issue of ASIA and see for yourself how filled with new interest this magazine is. You will be traveling on a broad highway to a land of 'fascination. From no other magazine, book or newspaper can you get a cross section view of the new international order, the lives of Oriental people and our relation to them, as that which ASIA opens up. News stands have only a limited supply. ASIA is on sale only at the best stands ? get your copy today; 35 cents; $3.00 yearly. Asia Publishing Company, 627 Lexington Avenue, New York City 3j VP ,.! I WfcWfcJ ,f , ' i
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers