rftt?ifH y j)Kiffrv "mjpn , 2 EVENING 2VBLIG LEDGEUPHILAx)BLPHIA, TUESDAY, BEOEMBEK 30, 1919 BRIE. T! FIRE DESTROYS CITY JIALL COURTYARD BUILDING" PLAN SUIT TO HALT MAYOR-ELECT DINED DEFE NEEDEDJ STATE Educator Vould Have iVIormal President of Central High I School Says Latin and Creek ! Most Essential . Publisherto Start Action Against Tells Veterans Ho Will Do Credit , to Profession From Which , He Sprang School Subjects Taught in High Schools INSTRUCTORS CALLED UNFIT Councilmen Asks Why Don't They Take Safos DRAW PRELIMINARY PAPERS RECOUNT 0LD-DAY STORIES EKHESSra THOMPSON .1 rflpwroQ !"" , . "-" - - - . J"'n,HST' "w "sfjw "M vr"-" "- WrWZrXy? IS CLASSICS GRAB OF FURNITURE BY NEWSPAPERMEN w h I 3: u 7 i 1 1 :t 'i h h& i'tf lE I r II- flE IS SOON TO RETIRE1 "I regard Greek mid Latin t Ul n he most cxie ntial "Indie in school m flculn. Our Institutions f Ii'iiiums ietm to bo ilitcri'Mrd le. in (liiriitni,: the nuns thnn in tnii'liiim linn .1 rm I f-nnd there is n deal if diUnum 1 twecu the two " Dr. Robert Kills Thompson who i Soon to be retired because "I '1 age fter some twent-f-evcn jour?.' (.frim . rfs piecldent of the Hojh' Ciniial IIikIi ! School, and who has born 11 spintcdi cfducntor In tlili rit since 1MI5 i ihlelv stands L the lain, initif 1 J He seemed snail mid mti old 111 Ids I lYiorav office nt the south lid of tin Broad and Green 'tieets building I!u , he seemed itj wise. too. mid the whole feme crow feet nt Ids ores w tinkled rind vanished wiinklrtl and .anHicd. us rl lively and characteristic Irish lilt -ijior played iu and out of his thinking. Has Extrnordliiar Mentality The lirgc mom "till carried Hie ihill of the night and the iduritir. l'" i ns mentnlh active as on'. 111 ei inor dinary man oan In . sat at li'" Inn.' table, elbows resting liefoie him. wrapped ill Kip hem lib' I gii'Ptco.il "Pilg bufiue-s men .lie bcni'iiii test' monv in fmor of the olassics. ' h- sai'l "Mr. ronieise. Albn .lohiuon mid others are strongh on the classic il side But we nre giung more industrlul traluing and m-inunl training Ivre thnn (ioinmercial training And while the dumber of students taking the 1 lanslcnl nnd Latin scientific comses is'smaller than the number t-iklnc the trade c'ourses. the classical mid Latin scicu tifes are holding tliclv own ' Doctor Thompson reached into Ills trousers pocket and pulled out three nennies and three nickels. He toicd ndtli them on the table and placed them In two pile' A twinkle crept into Ids f "you know, students arc 11 good hit noisier than the. u-ed to be." he smiled "They talk so loud mill miike such u ! ventral racket it must be that they arc allowed to do it at home Ilnnexer. thev ao as industrious n thc eer were. "vVc make them industrious," he added, and smiled again. ' On the whole, the, are a little better then the used to be. High -chool in the old dais used to bo ptett much of a beer gurrieu Ihrri seini"l to lie ninie I rascality in the old dins They, used j tO ndvertise in the uewpaper for a , bartender and hac the applicants pre- I sent themsehes in a icrtain loom in n ctrtaiu building, which nlwtis hap pened to be Doctor Chiitine'. 100111 in i the higli sctiool uuiiiiiiig. i ney urd to bring u goos" to school mid set him Mose nt the top of the stniis to waddle Whither he listed. Sometimes tliev brought In a cnunonball and let tin ball roll and buinp'down finni the top of the building to the bottom All tint was cleared nwa. prett eftoethcl. Doctor Thompson took off his glasses, which set well down on his ii"fA and laid them on the table. "I came to this countVt in 1S.VT and Iwent to tin Hancock School ami later to the old Harrison School on Master street. In 1S5S I entered high school along with Doctor Morrison, who. is re tiring ns president of Northeast, but llt altcrf-uuc ua5..iecausi;i.uo.y-1(ouiii fewe""ine the ueccssarj prcpaiutlon to eiter college. 1 giaduateil from the x ks.-CJfassical - 'J which is ii Acacitlii on I 'can sired. locust, after studing under T)i. John VF. Ferries for two an u half ca(s. I; graduated from the L'nliersltj of Pennsylvania in S(V with first honors. Sfcond honors went to Ildwanl T. Imrtlett, afterward dean ot the lpiscu pil Piiiuity School, and UiirU lionors td Henry Keed, afterward Juries Kted I studied theology ill tin Ucfoinied Presbyterian Semiuurj and was licensed tq preach. ,In 18CS I returned from the West, wiiere T had been preaohiiig. and was made teacher of Latin and mat licmuties ati the UniversiU Later I occupied tije chair of political eionom and won same distinction as a repiesentntive of the economic ssstem of Ilenrv T Care nod of the policy of protection of home industry. On this subject I lectin id h. ajjpointment nt Harvard, at ue und at Swarthmore. On iuMtation fiom tin stiidents I lectured at Amherst , Cornell, Bryn Mawr and other schools jltanoied From I diversity (.hair l"In 1S02 I was k moved from the chair of political ecoiiom nnd no reason sfiven, by a vote of twenty-que trustees td three. In IS'.CI I nssumed the presi dency of the high school after having rejfnsed the appointment twue because I did not cspeciall.v desire an executive position ("Since my pn.(donov I have seen the faculty of the school men ate from tventy-eightt men to 10y und the at tendance of'lKV .stiidentu from (lifi to nqarly 2400 In addition to the.nr.i dijmlc and Latin seientllic cclur'ses we hive since established the commercial, manual training nnd industrial courses. The 0iglnal area of 132 square miles from which the school drew its students has been cut down b. the establishment ofi high schools in the northeast, south flijd west Philadelphia and in (ierman tcAvn und I'rankford. and still the at tendance, has increased to five times what it was in 1S0-L ("Besides educational work. 1 have bejen a journalist without interruption slpce IStXl and have "taken n lively in terest in the claims of Ireland to self government and have spokep on the subject in several campaigns. "What am I goinj to do when I leave hare?" The doctor shook his head Komewhat sadly "I don't kuow. Per htrs write n little. I must always w He." HAD WO MEN'S" CLOTHES Tvo Men Arrested In Overbrook With Suitcase Full of Presents Noticing two negroes acting in what net thought a suspicious manner. Patrol mkn Daly, of the Siuy-fifst and Thompson streets station, arrested the.u Jait night on Sixty-first street, in Over brbok. The rncu had a suitcase 'with thfem in which they said th'ey had cjdtbes. OVben taken to the station, the suit eake was found to contain a quantity of women's wearing apparel, to which wan auacnei; inrisimas cards Ar raigned before Magistrate Harris todav thfer gave their names as David Han is aiicl Iiicburd Mauldin, of Wood street, neap Eighth The men insisted they had bopgbt tht clothes, but the Magistrate onined that they rnrno off somebody's CUj-Utmas tfee, und held them in $1000 bail each for a further heari.ug Janu arr4. J Hand Hurt by Machine 'Matthew flordon, eighteen ears old. 17115 South Oriannu street, had his right "J. bund badly mangled when it uns caught v . lntinaeliluery nt u manufacturing tdunt (It Thlid street mid Atlantic." uvenue. (Umden, early today He was taken to Hi ..Cooper Jjospitul, where It was fojjnd ucccisrury to umimtate the injured KOIIKItr VAAAS THOMPSON REPORTERS FIND FUGITIVE WOMAN Denies Part in Mount Clemens, Mich., Man's Murder. Will Surrender IJ the Assoc! iled 1'ios Chic .igo. Dec. lil) t'ml Iteiittice ' In loi whoso am 'i on n clinrgc of liming 'linrderrd .1 Si t, nl- Hump lit Ml ( lemons, JIM) . a ,iiniut was taken out lesterdu, has been locnted In leporteis and will surrender to Mt. Clemens authorities sniiye time toda.1. the lletald and Kuiuliier aniiouneed to iia Mrs Vesier denied that she was implicated in the killing of llrnnn. The newspapers recent 1 solved two murder in stories The newspaper did not reieal the wherenbou of Mrs Vestcr. lint said that hei tiail was picked tii in f'lii i ago and that she was with her grand mother 'ni found. Mrs Vester admitted friendship with Ilrown. (molding to the Herald and I'Aiiniiuei , ,md hnil In en to seer,il piuties al his home. "Hut Mr Ilrown ier imiil mi pellicular attintiou to me or c ourleil me in un. inuntier," Mrs Vester was cpinted as saving She v.ild thut the hist time she saw Urov n was three weeks ago o.steidu nei-nrding to the alleged statement. Iliowti w.ls Killed u uei'k ugo. CITY NEW COUNCIL'S HOST Dinner for Officals Discrimination, Say Retiring Heads flavor-elect Moore, memlieis of his cabinet nni' the members ()f t lir new Council of tvventi-nue will Ivinipiel, at the it"s exiiense, net Monday, if plans of the inaugural loniinittce are (dined nut The dinner iiruiiigcineiils me being ni.ide bv Ch.ulos 1! Hall and the event will follow the innuguinl reiemoiiies in Cit.v Hull Coviis will be hud fm one liutn'ieil guests Ateinbers of the otit cning Couurils who tonight will puv for their own farewell dinner claim the an bimig ilisi rnniuated against. Main of the pa.ving guests at to night's feed Will be guests of the cit at , the iitTiiu bniig ijlanued bv the in nuguinl iiiininiltee. vvliiih has final con tnd of tin iirrangeinentN for tlie dav upon whiih tin cit government is foimulh tin in d over to its now musters. Girl Consulted Seer, Friends Say Continued from I'uur (Inc she taught last jear. 1'reviouslj she had taught at Lawrence College. Wis consin, and uKo in Lake lie College. "She spent one .veur iu South America acquiring localisms iu Spanish. She came to Uueknell last October under a one- ear contract, but all understood when she left here before the holidnjs that she would not return, as she was to be mfliiiid Her leaving was regretted li.v taiuitv unit sluilents nliKe, hut every one wislud her happiness " VlsoeUtcs i:prcss Hegrcts III Leo Rockwell, hend nf the Span ish di'iimtment, and Mrs. Roc knell were fi lends of Miss Krone.,, and at tended a "noveltj shower" given for hei jiisi. bifoio the holidajs. lioth ex pressed their regret over the turn, of events. "Wo have beard nothing from her sinie sh went home lo be married, and all wo kuow of the case is what we have lead in the papers," said Mrs. Rockwell tnda. '"Miss Keciie.v was iu every vva.v a splendid ouug woman so far .is wo knew. She piobably wns thirty ears old. attractive in appearance and vi vacious ot manner. "W'r heuiil little personal detail con cerning the bride'groom-to-bc. And we wore all suipriscd to lenrn of the dif feioncc in their ages. We cannot un derstand the situation, but our confi dence still rests iu Miss Keenej." Students who spoke of the c.ise to- day told how they liked Miss Keeney as a teacher. "She was iollv and good nntured." said n pretty little sophomore girl, who has been takiug Spanish. "Lvery one liked her. and wo had a reeular mourning bench' when we found she wau to leave. She was showered with gifts." Miss Bromley, another member of the college faculty, was Miss Kecney's closest friend here. Miss Bromley is now ut her home in Heading und will not leturn till the close of vacation, Janimrv tl Miss Keeney was most popular as chaperon at college parties and her companions regnrded her as one of the best cntertaiucrs. Condition of Highways Today Varies in Sections Condition of liffncojs thit worn tng as reported &y the United State) Weather llurcau ro-operating icifft the Rtate Ilighuau epartment: Lincoln highway (Trenton to Chnmberbburg), road Riirface fair to good, but covered with about two inches of ruow. Willium Penn highvvuy (Huston to Chatnbersburg), section near Bethle hem poor; otherwise nbout the same as Lincoln highway. Philadelphia und Beading pike, fair to good, but covered with nearly two inches of snow. Lancaster nnd Harrisburg pike, nostiv good surface, but covered with nearly two inches of snow. Wednesday The weather will probably be fair with temperatures mostly below 'feezing, but there will bo some melt ing of the snow while the sun shines, Later In the day tho loads will bej--onic icy. legislation in I'ennsihnnia. proud nig for a normal school course in high sc hoos nf the st.iie lo meet n greater shortage of rural tnioliois, was inlvo mted n Mis Mabel t'ornej, of t'oluin bin t'liucrsit), nt todnj'b ineetlng of the I'rnnsjlianiu State rMucntloual As sociation In Central High School, at tended b county superintendents. "There are fifty-three counties in Pcnnsvlinnln." inld Miss Came, "without niuniHl schools. This ne couuts, to a latge extent . for the short age of .'(J. 000 rural lenheis in the slate As nn immediate rented v uormu' si hool Mibjeits should be taught in high sthools for li period of live icais." "Tell per cent of the teachers now in mini schools are iinnunlilled," said Miss Came. A gieat number otil reached the seieuth or eighth grades befmc leaiing school." Harlan 1. i'degraff spoke on "Tax ation and Assessment " . II. Hceter. of Clarion count., presided. .lohn T tlaiber. superiiiteiident of cil si Iniiils held ii lounil tabic this morning on "Ameiieiinizntioti ' Hotter I'liiitui t belwien riiuil mill itv com inunitios was advocated. BIG SALE OF NAVY CLOTH Surplus Stock Worth $1,000,000 Sold to Eastern Dealers About PI ,000,000 woith of smplus nay cloth and textiles were disposed of .vesterda through the boaid of snrc,v. appraisal and sale of the Fourth Nniul Dlstiiet. according to Comniuuder .1 D Robmtl, iu chin go of the sales. Iiie-lifth of these sales were made to Philadelphia linns, while the remainder went to Chicago, Wilkes Itjire, Wil mington anil Columbus, (), liiorge T. Sale, sponsor ut the 10 pir-i ent-nbovo-cost stores, jesterdav vvinte to William M. Wood, piesident of the American Woolen Co , requesting iufoimatioii which will enable bun to obtain material or merchandise that can be used b the working people 1 lancib I i-lier Kline, I nileii Mates distiiit uttoiuc, has t oniinunicntcd with Mr. Sale, requesting an oppor- tuuil to inspict the It) per-i'ont- above-cost stores. Mr. Sale said he will ariange to hne Mr Kaue inspect the stoics this vvcek. COAL EXPORT BAN MODIFIED Commission on Wages and Prices Gets Down to Business ' Washington. Dec. ill). (By A. P.) The commission named by President Wilson in compliance with the strike settlement terms lo investigate wages and piiics iu the bituminous coal in ilustr settled down for business toda.v in headquarters established ut the De partment of Labor. While the commission was preparing to delve into the questions of the strike Walker D. Dines, director general of railroads, modified the bun on oft coal exportation to pumit shipments of coal from Baltimore nnd Newport News iu quantities equal to nil per cent of the amount exported iu October. Restrictious will be lifted nt other ports, it was announced, as soon as de tails are completed. Dumnliicr of con' at poith will be regulated, however, thiough embargoes on tidewater con signed coal. TWO HELD IN MAN'S DEATH Police Say Fight Grew Out of Strike , Argument Two men are being held by the police in connection with the death of Charles Torri, of HI- Montroso street, who died (ii the Pcnns.vlvauiu Hospital from knife wounds said to have bei u icceived ut the hands of Sulvnlou Vaciinto, of 100!) Federal street, Fiiduy night Vu cunto is in the hospital sutTeung from a bullet wound and stabs about the bndv The men under airest me Oiuseppi Anedracoiii and Ton Zupilda. Accord ing to the police, Torri was n weaver and had refused to go on strike with the other men lie died after a fight with Vaennto The police sa the men under arrest were known to have in quired nt Torri's house for him on sev eral occasions late at night, some time before the tight PROBE BLIND HOME CHARGES Board of Managers Names Commit tee to Investigate Complaints Charges of mismanagement, made by inmates of the Pennslvanin Home for lllind .Men, Thirty-sixth street and Lancaster avenue, will be investigated by n committee of the board of man ngers. Six blind men appeared before the hoard .vesterda and made charges uguiusi i icuericK n. -urns, superin tendent of the borne, whom they ac cused of subordinating the broom-making activities of the homo to those of two private broom factories of which he is the head, and of other inegularities. They a's0 demanded u union wuge scale. I. Henry fscattcrgoou, .1. T. iialley and Carroll Williams will probe the charges for the board of managers. DR. ELLA R. ZIEGLER DIES She Was 74 Years Old and Pioneer Woman In Medicine Dr. Dlla Itldgway Zieglcr, n pioneer in women's medical profession and one of the fust women practitioners, in the counti. died suddenl lust night at her home, 3127 Trankford avenue. Death was due to apoplexy. Doctor Zicgler was seventy-four yearh of age. Her husband U Doctor William II. Zieglcr, police surgeon of the Twenty-fourth district, Belgrade and Clear field streets ' he has been at tached for thirty vcara. ' Doctor Ziegl member of the Philadelphia C'ontitv Medical Socict and several other organizations. CAMDEN WOMAN ENDS LIFE She Becomes Despondent Over III Health and Commits Suicide by Gas Mrs. Adolf Weber, forty-nine years old, 2740 Cleveland avenue, Camden, committed suicide early this morning by turning on tho gas in the dining room of her home. She had been despondent over illness for some time, according to her husband, und while her two clilldren were up stairs and ner husband away ut work, she closed the doors of the dining room and opened the gas Jet. She was found somo time later by a neighbor. Coroner Bentley issued " certificate of death by suicide. Ledger rtioto Scrvlo Ituiiis of the one-stoi fi..u:e structure used b the Salvation rin. and oilier war relief organizations wrecked ll.iiues last evening. 'I lie lire charred the flames and broke (he glass in many of the windows in the City Hall court and threatened to spread to the building DOYLESTOWN'S "45" B 1 0. WALLOP Clergyman Says Socially Select Can Shuffle Cards Better Than Turn Bible Leaves NEWSPAPER LIST IS HIT The l!ev. '!. W. Haines, pastor of the I'irst Baptist Church, Dolcstown, is up in aims uguinst the activities of the so-cullrd "forty-live" of that plnce. ' The "foil -five" is composed of the soeiallv i lite of the town. New York has a four hundred, but Doylcstown is conservative, nnd somewhat smaller than New Yoik, so "forty-five" was doomed better. And besides, it is much moie exclusive, Mr. lluines launched his fust nttack ugaiust the social bulwaik Sunday night when lie delivered a vitriolic sermon with the "fort -live" furnishing tin motif, lie said today that the nt tack was justified because of the meth ods of living of the select circle. "J."." Selected for Newspaper Men The "fort -live" were pickul several weeks ago bv a member of the Doles tovvn Country Club und well-known so-c-inllv. as the most prominent poisons foi the newspaper men of that vlcimt to "iilai up." , , . "Most of the carefully selected inner circle are card-pluing women and card-plaving women church members, at that,' Mr. Haines suid. "But the don't attend church ier often. "Oul one member of my congrega tion wn's elected to membership in the exclusive sot. That member was a woman. She did not come to 'church on Sumla to hear the widelv-Bdvertised sermon to 'Dolestown's Forty-1 no. Mr. Haiues said that some members of the chosen few are estimable citizens and u ciedlt to the comuiuuiiy. Good Card Sliurders "Some of the foit.v-liie" nic pro nounced gamblers." ho said 'The can shuffle cards much bettei thau they can turn the leaves of their Bibles. As I look over the list and mo the names of so manv bridge whist plpjors on it, I draw mv own conclusions us tu the basis of 'forti -live' as a designation. "On Siind iy nni will find them on the golf links or nutomobiling. when thev should b in church- clevutiug their sou'N," Mr. Haines said. "Some of the most pionounced Sabbath breakers in town are on the list What we need in Dovlestown is a 'fortv-fne' who shall say that Dojlestown shall have a Sub bath that is real and true." Mr IlaincK then delncred verbal hooks jabs, uppercuts and other choice punches until his congregation wns on the ropes" in a dnze at his uuducity in earning the attack to some of the social leadeis of the town. "In the list. 1 am sorr to say, nre a number of people reported to be 'un clean' who delight in telling a certain kind of stor and hnve no respect for the people around them," he said. Hiue Dozen "Korty-fhcs" "We have a dozen 'forty-fives' in Doylestown who would be as prominent as the list suggested " .Mr Huines, who is known us the iii..i.,i.M T..tAn nf TlnelfH rnnntv " he- cause of his courage in attacking what ever he believes wrong, no matter who is concerned, gave u list of "forty-five he would select "The first five I'd select would be men and women who urc the hardest working iu Doylestown, working be cause the) love work and for the good thej maj do," he said. "Then I'd add five of the most lion- n.t H,nlinnla flvn who nre the erent- ' -i ill, . .......' , ...- a- est lovers of children, for the one who loves children is Christ-like; five of the best Known people in town moral ly; five of the men who love their homes most ; so much that tbey will stny in them when they can ; five women of the same soit who love their homes better than the theatre or card play ing; five of the most charitable per- SOUS ; UW Hi l wt.-n, .imun ullciiu- nouiice nin, irrespective of conse- ijuvuiv) STERLING SILVER Gifts for all at BARGAIN PRICES Penn Smelting & Refining Works 906 Filbert St. I'.mrATiovw, llnth Hexeil rniVATK J.KHSONS J.V KM! MM! ANI Frrnrhi eiMrtciKd woman tciithcr. tfOO North ma. 1'Dviir xfloa w, ' FIRE DESTROYS SHACK IN CITY HALL COURT; . THREATENS BUILDING Traffic Is Tied Up Half Hour and Much Excitement Caused in Center of City Tinflic mound Cit) Hall was held up thirl) minutes and some excitement was ei uited at S o'clock last night, when tire destio)ed u one-stoi) frame structure in City Hall yard used by the Salvation Arnn and other lelief or ganizations during the war. The llnmes licked the east und north wall- of the inside facade of the hull, uear the offices of Director of Public Safet) Wilson mid his clerks. The force had been woiking late, pieparing iccords to be turned over to the incom ing ndmiiilstrution, und the nun became excited when they saw the file threat ened the papers The moie important documents weie "iirried to a safer place und a fire ex 'ingiiislicr prevented damage. In the courtyard tho little frntne -tincture burned rupidl) and the flumes lint high into tin air. Two euginc ompunies put out the blaze and their lose sti etched across Market street held up the traffic for half uu hour. A shoit-circuiteci wire is believed to 'iave caused the fire. STOREHOUSE BURNS Reflection of Flame3 Near Paulsboro, N. J., Seen Here A storehouse for nitrates belonging to I. P. Thomas & Sons Co., located between Paulsboro and Billingsport, N. .!.. was destroyed by lire last night, the blaze causing a glow in the sky that was seen pluinly from South Pliilnilol. phia. The fire began in the sulphuric acid department of the storehouse. There were other raw fertilizing materials in (lie building, other thun nitiates, unci the tlanies made rapid headwuy. Sev eral workmen had no difficulty in cs- oapnig. The structure destroyed wns near the river front opposite a point below Dog isiaun. JUMP IN PROPERTY VALUE Parcel, 13th and Filbert Sts., Brings $100,000 More Than Year Ago A group of properties at the south east corner of Thirteenth and Filbert streets was reported sold esterday for more thau $100,000 above the price bid a )car ago. The group includes the five four-story store properties at 21 -."SI North Thir teenth street, with u fiontago of 100 feet cm Thirteenth street and nn aver age depth of seventy-two feet. The total assessed value of the properties is SHI 1,000 and the pcice paid bv the pur chasers is reported at W.'I5,000. About u )ear ago Arthur Weil, at-, torney for tho Buck estate, wns of fered .?425,000 for the group. J E- QdLDWELL &f. JEWELERS SILVERSMITHS STATIONERS CHESTNUT AND JUNIPER. STREETS WATCHES FROM J.'E. CALDWELL & CO. L Now Certain Members Want City to Pay for Engrossed Praise of Themselves FINAL MEETINGS TODAY One ace that disgruntled eouncilnien, forced to pay for their own farewell banquet, linvc yet to play is a resolu tion calling for engrossed testimonials of their worth, the manufactuic of which will cost the city between SS000 and $10,000. Tho banquet, for which Mayor Smith vetoed n $3000 appropriation, will bo held tonight with a reduced nttendnnce, but long before the membeis gather for the farewell affair uclion may be taken on a resolution introduced by Itobert Ciillespie, of the Forty-seventh ward, calling for the testimonials. John II. Buizlcy, the Thirty-ninth wurd councilman whose dinner arrange ments were bo rudely upset, is credited with being back of a plan to badellc the cost of engrossed testimonials on the city. lie has precedent back of his demand, and may receive sufficient sup port if he insists upon faiorablc action on the Gillespie resolution. Resolutions such us arc proposed un der the proposal which may be revived today cost from S."0 to $100 each, ac cording to their ornateness. Chnrleo B. Hall, who in the past lias had charge of ordering engrossed work, said tho elaborateness of the testimonial is usually dependent upon the term of years served by the recipient. Todny will marl; the final passing of the old two-chamber organization. It is the last meeting scheduled before the new charter net becomes operative. Prior to the session the finance com mittee will meet to npproie some old bills and to round into shape final trnusfer bills. At this meeting the Cil lespie resolution is likely to be acted upon. If no call is made fo the expensive plan of recognition o' un cilmcn will go by the board at the uter session ot Councils. The re-enactment of the $15,000,000 unsold portion of the $42,450,000 loun nnd the $02,100,000 unsold portion of the transit and port loans come up iu Select Council for final passage. The ordinance to pnv bonuses and nn ap propriation of $2,500,000 for the pur pose will pass both chambers. An ordinance to authorize nn agree ment between the city :ind the Bapid Transit Co. for the removal of tracks from Pnssyunk avenue will also be called up for passage. Mayor Smith has not vet taken nction on tho bills passed at the request of the Philadelphia Bnpid Transit Co. for tho Germuntown loop nnd for the "one-way street" bill. V K IN PLAN ANOTHER HOLD-UP Their quality assured sat isfactory service through the years of close, per sonal association with the wearer. Their prices are invaria bly just and range up ward from the fewest dollars for which a de pendable watch .may be purchased. Hartley ,T. Doyle will institute a tax payer's suit to prevent tho conncilmanic Krnb -of furniture. Mr. Doyle is pres ident of the Keystone Publishing Co. "The 145 members of rctlrlnB Coun cils might just ns well vote themselves the city safes and sinking fund ns tho dc-des and chairs they used," he said. Mr. Doyle nlre'ndy has employed counsel, and preliminary papers in the suit arc being drawn up-, Action will be started before January fi, the dav on which the counciimen retire and on which the city is scheduled to lose part of its property. "It is an outrage," said Mr. Doric. for these men to take the furniture the citizens paid for. Of course, it is the province of the present city officials to prevent this Krab. but, being politi cians. thev will do nothing. "Why don't the couneiltnen eo down into the Citv Hall rourtvnrd nnd each take an automobile? While thev are nbout it. thev might just ns logically take home a safe as n memento of their service in Councils. T nm tnkine thi action solely out of civic pride nnd to prevent an imposition on the citizens of the city by the men they linvc elected to office." V;?8 , Bait t'Jit htill another gift will be voted to the retiring councilmen bv themselves at the ses Nions this nfternoon. This will be in the form of a resolution proposing that the city fathers have presented to them selves engrossed resolutions felicitating them on their, honoiablc nnd faithful services to tho city. That action, if successful, will cost the tnxpajers nn additional $10,000. The plan v. as advanced home time ago and referred to the finance committee. Frank Was Right! Trank was light. The Christmas mail "ain't nil delivered yet." One of tho agents of Snnta Clnus, using the initials "D. It. O." as n signature, cut n dollar to the Kveniso Puiu.ici liKDOKn to "help buy Frank n pair of felloe." Fiank, who is seven years old, nnd has tuberculosis, asked Santa for shoes so he could attend the children's clinic nt Phipps Institute. Deaths of a Day W. Marcus Stephenson The funeral of W. Mdrcus Stephen son, widely known as u rare culturiot, florist und landscape gardener, will be held this afternoon nt I! p. m., nt his home. 7009 Old York road. He died on Saturday. The Ilcv. Philip .T. Stein metz, Jr., rector of Ht. Paul's Epis copal Church. Ogontz. will officiate. Interment will be in St. Paul's churchyard. Mr. Stephenson, who was n bachelor, is sunived by two sisters, Miss Elizabeth Stephenson nnd Miss Leah Stephenson. IIo wns n director of tho Jenklntown National Dank. Mrs. Brlgltte Lang Mrs. Brigitte Lang, the wife of Colo nel Jerome Lang, and the mother of Lewis M. Lang of this city, died ChiN'uias morning in the home of ner daughter. Mrs. B. B. Lion, in Now Yoik. Mi p. Lang was seventy-five j ears old. Funeral services were con ducted in Baltimore Sunday. Samuel Hollyer New York, Dec. HO. Samuel Holl yer, one of the Inst of the old school of engraving, which photoengraving vir tually has supplanted, died hero yester day at the age of ninety four. He was born in London nnd came to the United States in 1851. The 111 st signed engravings by Holl yer are said to have uppcarcd in 18 12. After that time he worked continuously at engraving, etchings and mezzotints. He also delved into lithography, pho tography und publishing. Among his finest and best-known engraved plates are "The Flaw in the Title," "Chailes Dickens in His Study" and "The Olenner." PARIS 5th Ave. at t6lh St. New York - West of Bcllevue-Stratford ANNOUNCE till ikbttcttong asihiaUewpard Including Jmllewv Lscatb Lsapeb jtatd xtfid JoUuteb We Will Remove to the Ritz-Carlton an Soon as the Extensive Altera tions Are Completed "And to you, my old associates and friends. I pledge my word thnt ns Mayor I will give n clean, honest and efficient ndministrntion." These words, uttered by Mayor-elect J. Ilamnton Moore, were greeted with cheers and waving napkins ns more than 100 newspaper veterans of Philadel phia sprang to their feet at a dinner given in the Mnvor-elect's honor nt tho Walton Inst night. It was more than n dinner, it wns n gathering of the newspaper clans,; tho getting together of men who had known und worked with Mr. Mooro when ho was n reporter thirty years ago. Many of these men are today conspicious la other walks of life. Others are present clay editors, congressional and legisla tive correspondents, and newspaper ex perts. The requisite for admission to the association is a newspaper career of a ciuurtcr of n century. Thcie were men present from New York, Washington nnd New Orleans nnd points over tho btatc. Some had not clasped hnnds for a score of years. They bnd parted us young men and met last night with whitened moustache? nud dashes of gray in their hair. Tlcnty of Jobs for Boys Colonel George Nox McCain, vice, president, called the diners to order and read n letter purporting to como from the" Mnyor-elcct, stntlng that he bad 150 offices worth from $3500 to 56000 which ho proposed to distribute among members of the association. Thero was a roar ot acceptance when the proposi tion was put to vote. James A. Camp bell was introduced ns tonstmnster nnd the "oldest newspaper man in captivity, who had exhibited in every principal cltv of the country." When Mr. Moore was introduced the guests greeted him with applause and cheers and by rising to their feet. Ho spoke for twenty minutes. There wns much of the reminiscent in his talk. He singled out meu liko "Bob" McWade, one time city editor of the Ptmwo TjLdokk, whom he described as his "old boss" nnd to whom he didn't speak for days at a time, and yet McWade didn't dare fire him because ho was tho best coroner's inquest reporter on his staff. He spoke of the presence at tho din ner of the patriarchs of the profes sion. Colonel Gcoige 13. Mapcs, Colonel James II. Lambert and Georgq G. Picric, and mentioned nt least half of the diners by name recalling episodes in their journalistic careers. In earnest and impicssive vein Mr. Moore then told of his desire to give Philadelphia good government. May Disappoint Some "I want to look every one o you old friends in the face, men in the pro fession from which 1 came, und tell you thnt I cannot be swerved from that purpose. I may disappoint some of my friends, but it will be because! tbey are attached to the old regime nnd do not recognize the new lino of cleavage, or because I will not sene this or that clnss of politicians. I will nerve the whole people without regard to class." Tho Mayor-elect was accompanied by several of his cabinet. Ernest L. Titstin, the new director of public welfare, told of his recent visit to the Middle West cities nnd what he hoped to accomplish for Phil adelphia. James T. Cortelyou, who will bo the director of public safety, spoke biiefly, nnd John C. Winston, the diicctor of public works-to-be, tola how glad he wan that tho Republican party had adopted the idea of reform. Peter Rolger read u poem in honor of tho Mavor-clcct nnd County Com missioner Henry Starr Kichardson on behalf of the association presented to Mr. Moore a gold eyeglass case. Mnyor-elect Moore in concluding his remarks announced that tho next din ner of the Newspaper Veterans' Asso ciation would be given by the Mnyor. of Philadelphia. NEW 'YORK ilipiiiii p 14ZZ Walnut it. Greater I -- n Wyg UU l i) M i ii - 'ornimrn "aswl ,a , f- tLi4wjJ y&4
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