J'4-r-' -v f r r FIREMEN 10 PLAN PAY RISE SCALE i Tey Will Moot Tomorrow Evo- ' nng on Suggestion of Mayor ' and Dioouss Subject lT0 piSCUSS ALL ANGLES nut,lMt,lilnV (Ironici)., nrccptlnR the ngsesUon of Mayor Monro mndo at lie citizens' meeting of Friday, hnvc ..In n readjustment of salaries. V meeting has been rolled for tomor row orenlng nt -"ity Firemen's Hall, 500 North Tenth street, nt which the Mlary question will be dlsausscd and , effort made to outline n basis of pay J" the vnrlous grade of servlco In tho Bar ail of Fire that will be satlsfac ton lo tho men themselves n well an !i. MaTor, City Council, municipal mi business bodies nnd citizens gcu rally. Discussion I'Vom All Viewpoints t- l.1.1 Mr, the Mibjeet matter will bo ells :Li frnm fhe viewpoint of nil in vest, nfferted nnd whose support is WAt the inretiuB in the Mhyor's office lat week Mr. Moore did not hesitate to declare the firemen underpaid, and other speakers, notably C. Stuart Pat terson and Alba U. Johnson, were equally emphatic in asserting tho right of the ellv to Intelligent, faithful serv ice, but only by pnyment of nn ndc nuoatc recompense. All tho speakers agreed to the insufficiency of tho pres ent uase scale. Ideas looking to n proper and up-to-date basis of remu neration were asked. "It Is to turnisn mese ngurcs inni Ibis niccting is cilled," said Mr. Kelly today. "Wo want tho support of the Mayor, nnd are glad to sco that ho is in accord with our deslro for n proper living wage. Wc hnvc prepared data nhowiag what salaries are paid to fire men els-cwhcre, many of tho cities be in much smaller in population nnd fize than Philadelphia, yet not ouo pays so Ilttlo to its tiremen ns we get. Pay In Other Cities "For Instance, n captain here ro- etives SlfiOO, plus n bonus of 20 per tent 1800 in nil. Ulevelnnd, n much waller city, pays its fire captains J20S8 and for eight? hours n day. Our losemeu for the first year receive JU0O, plus $220 bonus. Cleveland paw S1500 for first-year men, giving J1800 in the second yenr. The highest (.alary a Philadelphia hoscmau may ob tain is .SIHOO, with ten to fourteen hours' duty daily, ngnlnst eight hours In Cleveland. "Newark, N. J., pays its hoscmen 11800 on entering nnd $2000 after tho first .enr. Seattle, "Wash., pays $17-10 and $1060, while Toledo and Akron, Ohio; nutte, Mont.; Des Moines. In.; nn Youngatown, Ohio, pay $1800 after tho first year, while Chelsea, Mass., gives $1825; Bridgeport, Conn., J1750, nnd Lowell, Mass.. $1070. Thc comparisons arc not creditable, rmlndclphia. "Chicago, which comnares with this city In importance, pays its captains roOO. They receive SluOO here. Lieu (mints mo paid $2200, ns against SHOD: steam eneinecrs. S'ilftS. nnd rfrhorx. S1S00. loinnared to Sl.'ino iiml J130O in our department. "Uiicngo pays $8000 to its chief engineer. Chief Murphy receives $4500. D'liut.v Chief Davis'tt snlnrv Is 8.1(1(1(1. while Chicago's deputy receives $0000. "Wc hope the Mayor, in his desire to establish a fair basis, will consider rhilailelnhin's firemen entitle,! in mm- pensation equal to, or nt least approach Ing that given for similar service in Uilcugo. Wc include all grades from chief engineer to hoscmau. Not to Press Undue Claims It 14 tint nnp intnntinn (a ....... nl... wniaud, or to make any undue claim. mat we are to meet tomorrow, but thnt e can discuss intelligently with the Major nod other officials the reasonable "urns innt siiouui he placed upon our T). I "In addition to citv offioinla it U ur ii lenuou to enlist the interest ot Mmpaign which resulted in "the cstab "MiiH-ui i in,, two-piutoou system and behind uu in that miu.lo ,,,,,1... ,..i,i..i. we have benefited during more than Ha lms' J11"1 ue fceI tllnt it" fairness fur. in -i'i'"'i. ui uu- ihiuiic WCI- " mSe its advocacy of our present Slmlster Indorses .Stninionr ,J;t,,"1k,"tr Ally's stutement was in u ,. i Jn,V M- Hinder, business b? ,.f i1'01 No- --. who ns n mem tn ni '" ,om"e in charge of the " P'uloon campaign was un active o " !.'"' 'Is nscltes in tho rnuks "'tnceitj s fire-fighters. ..roiloftine toiiiorrmv'u miL. ir..-.. oom and Director Corlolyou. a well . i 'nmmcroial bodies named, will be "f the hrZ 01?Pru,,p! in tl,e Presentation ' me nrcmen s claims to Citv nnnnii BISHOP'S DAUGHTER WEDS 8fprlee f0P Friends of Head of the New York Diocese BlihonnmiM b- 24 Friends ot " (tho vi?lt?- ?n-,rl.cs Snmner nat New vJlk otpstant Episcopal dioceso of trdav i.V Jrc fprised to learn yes-, X I aMtho Wrtop'a only daughter. ? nsrn? 7' ,0rnt,e ,Dur 'Vnlkup i n o r ,! ',' tai" AllaI(l0 Mnrsson. of the Ca. 1. ' rs o ,llu ltulin nrm . bo it fn - ,,0rsf,on nnd ll18 uri'-u met lonlea h!La '.n"itary I"issiu" t0 Sa" on Sr? ?bo was gathering infor Ihe Ani?ri' tnkJl,(5 ,mov'"R pictures for Hon tan,,r,1)Iau Ilcllc' Commls countrv Ev Wa,n "turned to this 2? narrn(Mf0r, .Christmas and Joined Contah, ftt at thP ,?Pfacopal rcsiuoncn. BttawfflBrtsitt'isr- mm. i i it,is '""lerstood that the Intl. C k,tu ,,;tMI,lsh0" Ph's famiy VeSu ,i f ..'!" marrlBBomoro than " the ii V ?i "Qt untu Jestcrdny ido urst public announcement was While the meeting has been called by William J. Kelly, president of City lffihtcrs' Union No. 22, and. is to l ihn iiendnuarters ot mat wv,niimuer ot Commerce, the UnitciTi n Vi " m-mi, m i.u ad other business men's iisVoelnt m.V bridge. Muss., yesterday of Mrs. Annin 'be Fir,. Under, Titers amf insurance I i;,"?11' wifu ot Jobcph, ' J""' of,r14 communes nnlilin wiifo i.ii- T W ndcincrn avenue, Wayne .Mrs. tfcTh!, is the secretary ot the ami indii l.lu.il.s who so l5 nM.,i S ronkliu Sugar Refining Co. . . , tour I, ou ' , nihil, 'Cs X1 tr? ; ' Ur Cirrstcr XoyoH Greeuougii. profes had Ion Z inw I. s ,..HVi, IMl-e ,,mt'sor of English iu Harvard I'niversily. oflhrttSrmS h is b,:liCVC,, ""- '""-' ,0 "The Kvi"i,v i., ,.r ,. i . .' .... I apoplexy. .. . Tra,,ic Officers Guard" Wire hJ'rU,ttHi1,i,r,,1in,p PoUtenicn, Tom I ,., ,inIIail;ry J?n''y. tood "I Marki i iir la,"B l,,,f ,i'lre ,lt Mroml f.lrZ u, r'," '"V n'Kl't. hundreds J'ol ceii "'"'V,'.1;' aml Czotl nt the two hour ,1, an J'i1i Pt P for two fW a fix,. iro L"1' re,)alr "ow nw ro'y w re nil 't0 ,wirV; ll WUR tlar -i,i i" an(l ',a' fallen tho end Wtwo VV.W0 fcct of th0 Pavement )Vbttutre ever,body Bm the wiri Central Nows Photo. MAURIG19 DRUMMOND PETERSON New first secretary of tho RrltWi embassy, who lias Just arrived in Washington Deaths of a Day IRVIN M. JOHNSON DEAD He Qained Fame With Dounhnut Shops About Country Irvin M. Johnson, who introduced tho now famous "doughuut and coffee" shops cost of the Mississippi, died Sat urday night nt Sunny Rest. White Haven, Pa. He will be buried tomor row at Sunbury, Pa. N Opening n shop nt S2.'l Chestnut street, this city, September 211, Mr. Johnson braved tho onslaught of joke sters, nnd proved tho nstonishing com mercial value of doughnuts. Many other shops sprang into existence shortly, nnd the "crenm doughnut" took Us rating as a luncheon delicacy. Mr. Johnson wits planning nn exten sive chain of coffee and doughnut shops when ho became ill six uerkx ago. He suffered a gcncrnl breakdown. Tho doughnut us u commercial prod uct was realized by Mr. Johnson fol lowing n tour of tho country under the auspices of the Masons in the interest of the Liberty loan. Mr. Johnson was thirty-eight years old and lived nt 574(1 Windsor place, "West Philadelphia, with his wife. He is survived by n widow and his mother, who lives In Sunbury. He was a member o tho William C. Hamilton Lodge, No. GOO, F. nnd A. M. Gregory Kannersteln (ireirnrv Knunerstein. n widelv known pianist and composer of this city, died i yesterday nt his home, 17.10 North Fifty -nintli street. Pneumonia was the cause. Mr. Knnncrstein was thirty-six years old. He had been 111 two week?. Mr. Kannersteln was nn instructor nt the Zcckwcr-Hnhn Musical Academy in this city. The most widely known of his compositions was the "Symphony of Denlh,'" which was to hnvc been played by the Philadelphia Orchestra. Re- hearsals were to iiae been started, iwiiiiu iii i:i'ikn nil iiiif cuiiiimsiuuii, i Il'AVOV IIS II 1H HllTL'OSSOr IJihnnnTitnrnnn,ni.Sinp0,'d mnny Mr. 'ivane's announcement sets nt otehes ri yid piano pieces. r(,st qilMtlon rnisP(1 ns to wlint wolllu He will be buried today a Miollnr I , if llB rofused t0 wait lon.r Nebo Cemetery iu rraukford. In isfol. Mr MAvoy-H confirmation by the numuu ifo iviuuvv uuu iiuvi i 'llliurt'll. j ins winow was inp (iauj;iitor 01 unviu Apothckcr, the author of many books on Jewish life. REV. HENRY SCOTT JEFFERYS The Rev. Henry Scott Jcfferys, for merly a resident of Camden, who died in St. Luke's Hospital, Tokio, Japan, has been buried in Trinity Cemetery, near the scene of his labors during the last thirty years. He was n half brother of Upton S. Jcfferys, n Camden newspnper man and clerk of the New Jersey House of Assembly, nnd William II. Jcfferys, publisher of the Camden Argus. The Rev. Mr. Jefferjs was at one time nssi.stant rector of Old Swedes' Church nnd Epiphany Chapel, Phila delphia. Mrs. Joseph A. Ball telegram from Rostou last night survived by four children Mr Her bert Adams Treat, of Wayne; Mr. J. Ii. Weathcrly, of Chicago; J. Norman Rail, of Wayne and Harold Rail, n student ut Cornell University. John Dixie .Inln, nlrii. vfltnrnn invmlniv illl'll I on Sunday at his home, 12504 Noith Thirty-first street. Ho was eighty nine years' old. . iM.iin.lnlnlilnnK u'lin nltnmlpd Hie Ceo- A i niinniliiiintl thn nl,lnn lnnl, 1 ., . i .urs. uau uau ucen visiting menus in Massachusetts and had spent the Inuf , t.iiil.' ,1'ttti ltni. ulnnn tlm icir., tf Mm. uau iiau ucen visuini: menus licsiue.s ner uusunnii .Mrs. uuu is tennlal exposition will remember the 'known violinist, will render four sclec stcain carriage which Mr. Dixie intra- tions. Miss Agnes C. Quinluu will bo duccd there, nnd which was probably ' his accompanist tho first practical example of the, - "horsnlpss carriage." Many improve ments in watch nwchauism also were Invented by Mr. Dixie, nnd fur yenrs ho wos employed by a watch company 111 IU19 CIV . sir. uixie wns mu nisi "i " brothers, one of whom. Edmund Carn cross Dixie, member of tho CnrnerotH and Dixie minstrel troupe, died four years ago. Boy Cyclist Badly Hurt In Collision Edward M. I'earce, thirteen yenrs old, and a son of Albert Pcarce, Sill Chambers avenue, Gloucester, is in tlie Cooper Hospital, with n fractured skull. The boy was riding his bicycle when nt the corner of Gnunt and Roulevnrd streets, he turned oul of tho wuv of a team nnd rodo between n city ash call and the curb. Tho huh of a wheel threw the boy against a pole. His condition is serious. MICHELLS SEEDS Sow Now for Early Crops Tomatoes, Cabbage, Parsley, Peppers, Cauliflower, Egg Plants CATALOG FREE EVENING' PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA', TUESDAY, MAYOR 21 FORWETY FUND Prominent Men and Two Womon Will Form Civic Execu tive Committee TO AID CITY GUARDIANS PrninliirMii i,iiuit,fi nml nrofcsslonnl men ntnl two women conspicuous In civic ' iitrnirM were named today uy .unjor Moore ns n .committer) of twenty-one to administer the chic safety fund. Clinton Rogers Woodruff was np Pointed chairman. The women mem bers arc Mks Mary Hurnhnm nnd Mrs. I. Willis Martin. The civic safety fund, with approxi mately $10,000 ns n nucleus, was cstub Hshed Kcvcrnl dnjs ngo. It. is designed to provide "follow-up" work nmong families of deceased police and firemen nnd to bestow merit mednls on heroic members ot the police, nnd fire bureaus. The eighteen other members of tho committee nppotntcd today arc: John Wannmaker. Samuel Vnuclain, Morris L. Clothier, C. Stuart Patterson, Alba H. Johnson, Powell Kvnns, Dr. James M. Anders, Francis A. Lewis, Richard Wcglcin, Louis II. Klscnlohr, A. 13. Maltby. Alfred 13. llurk, Joseph N. Snellenburg, Ernest L. Tustln, Ed ward A. Noppel. Ellwood R. Chapman, Theodore F. Jenkins and James T. Cor- ti'ljou Mr. Moore this morning received contributions of $500 each from ,Mr. Murk and his brother. Louis Rurk, who wired from Miami, Fla., that they had just heard of the fund organisation meeting Inst Frldny in the Mayor's office. 22 PRISONERS CONFIRMED Eastern Penitentiary Inmates Ad. mltted to Church Twenty -two members of tho Kastcrn Penitentiary have been confirmed as members of the Catholic Church by Archbishop Dennis J. Dougherty. The men were much Impressed by the service and there was n stnmp of sin cerity on their fnecs as they followed the ceremony. The gloom of the gray prison walls was eliminated considera bly by flowers nnd candles which flanked u Inrge crucifix on the altar. Archbishop Dougherty reminded the men of the solemnity of the step they were taking and told them in kindly language that thero was still hope for nil ot them if they followed the path of Christianity. Members of the American Society for Vlsltim; nutholie Prisonera neteil nn irwimnru i'n, (tin n,tl,ln,n0 .. .n. Urination nnd nccompnnied them to the ultur when the services wchc held yes terday. KANE TO WAIT FOR McAVOY He Will Remain on Duty Until Off! cial Appointment of Successor Fnitcil States Attorney Kane will re main in office, he announced today, until tlc ofDcinl appointment ot Charles D. SCIUltC. "I shnll clean un the business of the office," Maid Mr. Kane today, "and leave my successor n clean slate." Mr. Kane had hoped to be able to lelinnuish his office, from which he re signed because he disapproved Attor ney General Palmer's method of deal ing with rndicnls. by the first ot March. If he left office before the Senate ap proved tho appointment of his successor, it would be possible for President Wil son to name Mr. McAvoy federal at torney for the. time being, so that there would be no interruption of the work of the department. TWENTY YEARS ON FORCE Superintendent Robinson Celebrates Anniversary Leaves in March Superintendent of Polico James Rob inson today celebrates his twentieth an niversary with tho Philadelphia police department. Robinson 1ms announced his inten tion to retire nnd enter the nutomo bile business somo time in March. William It. Mills, nssi.stant sunerin- tendent of police, Is In line to succeed Robinson, nnd Captain George Tempest, of the firt polico division, is expected to be Mills's successor. Music Teachers to Meet The Philadelphia Music Teachers' As- i soclatioii 'will hold a meeting tonight i at 8 o'clock in the Prcsser Auditorium. 1711 Chestnut street. The principal eddrcss will bo made by Dr. R. J Iltimpstonc, instructor in practical psy chology nt the University of Pcnnsyl- vnilill. Ills Subject Will be "How PsV I chology May Re Applied to Help the, ' Music Teacher nnd in It he will show i 'the connection of the brain to the ipnrlilnz of music. Otto Mc.ver. a well PULLEYS ! ii (Advantages I n.ilAlr anil auail In.lnltotlitn h Oulrk end tuiy Inilallatlnn by nieanH of interthangeabln ImvhlnKS, made to fit different nlzm of nhft. No lined to atrip ahalt to put on an American. The srooveil faco gives most efficient belt contact. "Amer icana" fan the leant air and grip the ahaft tightest. I I ! I Guarantee To perform double blt rvlee under any condition not requiring a epeclal pulley, roit BAI.K IIV NAMES B w J iibEjI I COMPANY F FRANKLIN MURPHY Former Governor of Now Jersey, whose death at Palm I teach, Kin., is announced TO CELEBRATE CENTURY Apprentices' Library Completes 100 Years of Service The Apprentices' Library, after-trying for 100 years to "promote orderly nnd virtuous habits nnd diffuse knowl edge" and the desire for knowledge," will celebrate tonight Us century of fcervjee with historical addresses nt tho His torical Society of Pennsylvania. Tho library started In 1820 with 1500 books, to be used by poor boys who were serving ns apprentices lif the trndes. In those days n free library was u novelty, and Its popularity soon beenme assured, Later, after considerable cxpunsiou in the number of books and the number of members, the llbrnry opened its doors to girls, who wcro given n special de portment. And in 1872 tho charter was amended to admit adults also to the free use of its books. The library migrated from place to place until in 1800 it finally reached Rrond and Rrandywlno streets, where It is now loented with its more than 25.000 volumes. In the 100 yenrs since Its Incorpora tion the Apprentices' Library has hnd but eight piesldents. They arc John Sergeant, Henry Troth, Townscnd Sharpless, James J. Unrclay, Joseph H. Collins, Chnrles Roberts, Joseph R. Rhonds nnd now Willlnm M. Contes. SINGLE TAX PARTY FOR U. S. General Gorgas May Run for Pres ident, Says Phlladelphlan Clevelnnd. Feb. 21. (By A. P.) Single-tax cluhs throughout tho coun try propose this year to form a new national party, according to James A. Robinson, of Philadelphia, national or ganizer. The tnx on lond values only will be the platform framework. "Our candidate for president has not I been selected, but Gcncrnl William Gorgns, the man who cleaned up the Panama Canal zone is n member of the party, and we hhvo reasons to believe he would run," Mr. Robinson said. MOORE WILL SPEAK Mayor to Address Members of Amer ican Ceramic Society Tonight Mayor Mooro will bo one of tho speakers tonight nt the annual banquet of the American Ceramic Society, which Is holding its twenty-second annual convention nt tho Bcllcvue-Stratford. The comcntlon. which onened yes terday with R. P. Stull. of Columbus, I O., presiding, will continue until Thurs ' day. Tomorrow the ladies in attendance will enjoy a sight-seeing tour of the city, mcliiuluK visits to independence Hali and Wnunmaker's store. WOMAN AUTO VICTIM DIES Lillian Fenton, Hit February 2, Suc cumbs In Samaritan Hospital Lillian Fenton, fifty-eight years old, of 1."ir Seizor strct, who was struck by mi automobile on February 12. nt Germnntown nnd Lehigh avenues, died this morning In tho Snmnritan Hospital. John II. McGinnis. of 2.004 Kipps street, the driver ot the car, was ar rested at tho time of the accident, nnd held under $100 ball for a further hear ing next Sunday by Magistrate Glenn. AiuWt Have You Economical Finding Or Just Expensive Filing? NO cost accountant can count the cost of ordinary filing methods because, the ex pense due to 'retarded reference, separated cor respondence, lost records and the waste of time and effort resulting cannot be debited like the cost of file equipment. The Amberg Plan is economical because effect; ive. It individualizes to your particular problem; a law of correspondence proved 9912 accu rate and based on a masterlist of 205,920 names which occur in constant proportion throughout business. This makes possible correct filing dis tribution in your office. " The Amberg Plan gives but one logical place to file or find dispensing with unnecessary ctfding and other complications. Then anyone who knows the A, B, C,'s can find filed records in any emergency and filing records promptly, becomes a habit in your organization. Ask Amberg to givo you the benefit of over half a century of experience in mote than 75,000 filing installations. Thte advice will neither cost nor obligate you. Amberg File & Index Company CliiortSn Widener Building, Philadelphia Det'eitela"l New Yotlc Tolephone Walnut 4074 Plttshureh RANKLIN MURPHY DIES FLORIDA Former Covornor of Now Jersey, Prominent in Politics and in Business HAD A NOTABLE CAREER Ry tho Associated Press Newark, N. ,1.. Feb. 24. Franklin Murphy, former governor of New Jer SC.V. Is ileml nl. Pulin Peach. Fla.. nc cording to a telegram received hero to day ny his son. Franklin .Murpny, .ir. Ex-Governor Murphy left here for the South n month ngo In an effort to re gain health. He was seventy-four years old. Franklin Murphy, for mnny years nn outstanding ilguro iu New Jersey poli tics, though for tho last decade or more retired from tho glare of public llfu, rose to distinction by gradual stages until he hnd achieved tho governorship of his nntlvc state. That was in 1001, when ho was fifty-five yonrs old and the head of n largo varnish manufacturing firm iu Newark. Rom of colonial stock in Jersey City, January 3. 1840. his grent-grandfather, .Robert Murphy, having come to this country iu 1750 nnd settled in Con necticut, his home from the ago of ten years was iu Newark, whither his family hud removed. He was a school boy when the Civil War began, und In Julv. 1802. he enst aside his books nnd enlisted in the Thirteenth Scw Jersey Voluuteers,. seeing uctivc serv ice for the ensuing three years, partly in the Army of the Potomac nnd partly in the west and farther south under General Sherman. He was at Antlc tnm with McClcllnn, nt Chancellors ville, nt GettysbiirK under Mcude, and mode the march "from Atlanta to the sen" with the victorious Union legions. At the close of the war he was honor ably mustered out as n first lieutenant. In ISCm. when only nineteen years old, he founded tho varnish firm of Murphy & Co.. which, under his man agement, speedily became n leading in dustrial establishment In New Jersey. Mr. Murphy's natural bent for politics led to his election ns n member of the Newark Citv Council In 1883. nnd two years later he entered the Legislature, whero his power of leadership quickly won recognition nnd he became chair man of tho Republican stntc committee in 1802, holding that post for several years, nnd from 1002 to 1D0S ho was the New Jersev member of the Repub lican national committee. President McKinley named him as a commissioner to the Paris Exposition of 1000. In 1001 Mr. Murphy won a sweeping victory ns the Republican candidate for governor ot New Jersey, serving until IUOd, nnd so conspicuous hnu ho he- , came n a national figure that lu 1008 I ho received a largo vote for the vice ' presidential nomination. This period ' of Mr. Murphy's political career was Its npcx. He was credited with an . nmbition to become United States scnu- , tor. but this was not realized. . Mr. Murphy was a member of the I Union League, tho Union, the Century, I the Republican, the South Side Sports-1 men's Clubs of New1 York, tho Union perfect dinner demands Salted "Nuts. Favors, Bon Bona to harmonize with, the tahle decorations $15 Chestnut St FEBRUARY 24, 1920 Lcnguo Club of Chicago, and tho Es sex and the Essex County Country Clubs of Newark, tho Loyal Legion, tho Sons of tho American Revolution of which ho was president-general In 1800 tho Society of Colonial Wars and the Society of tho Clncinnntlfnml a member of the board of managers of the National Soldiers' Home. Mr. Alurphy mnrrlcd Miss Jnuct Col well In 1800. Their two children arc Franklin Murphy Jr., and Mrs. Wil liam U. Kinney. NEW PATRIOTIC LEAGUE Organization Will Combat Teach ings of Dolshevlkl For tho purpose of opposing nil forms of bolslicvlsm and nil nnti-Amorlcnn teachings an organization known ns the Lcoguo of America was formed last night at the Rellevuc-Stratford Hotel. It Is proposed to organize branches in all parts of Pennsylvania and eventually throughout tho United States. The Bufferings ot the Russian people as a result of the reign of bolslicvlsm were explained to those present nt the meeting by General A. II. Torcon, nn officer of tho Russian nrmy. Tho organization is the result of ? dans started several weeks ago by lurry D. Wcscott, who was chairman of the four-minute men during the war. Last night's meeting elected n board of governors and adopted a constitution nnd by lnws. Tho board of governors elected Inst night Is ns follows: Mr. Wcscott, NuUinn M. Griffith. E. J. Cattell, Res train D. Rearlck. Edmund Klrbv. Har old R. Beltler, Leo J. Gormnn, Chnrles W. Dctwciler, Joseph P. Uurntniucci, Henry S. Drinker, Jr., and Griffith Alexander. The board will meet within the coming week to eler. officers nnd to formulate a campaign. To Hold Rally at Church Tho Raptlst Young People's Union will hold u rally tonight at 8 o'clock in the Memorial Baptist Church, Rroad and Master streets. Dr. J. C. Massec, of the Brooklyn Temple, will mako tho principal nddrcss of the evening. A big attendance Is expected nt tho rally. sgPEs, Silver Services Flat Silver Especfar prepared r YlAa Gifts TJja OfY BooA which illustrates and prices Wedding and other GSfls will he maioct to patrons nho reside at a distance. bu can't hear a plant growing Atkfor TtoolUt and Impressive List of Uitrt Q7ie NOISELESS The Noiseless Typewriter Company, 835 Chestnut St., Philadelphia Thone Sbcpatii Si The Much-Wanted White Cotton-Crepe Nightgowns A supply has just been received, and at the old price ... ...$1.25 Also Flesh-colored Crepe Bloomers $1.25 Black Sateen Bloomers $2.25 1008 Chcstnut.cStrurct Liberty Bond Booklet FOR the use of those who desire information concerning the different is sues of Liberty Loan bonds, wc have prcpurcd a brief booklet describing the is sues und explaining their status for taxation. This booklet will be mailed on request. Philadelphia Trust Company 415 Chestnut Street and Droad and Chestnut Street Northeast Corner HEAR GAS KICK AT TRENTON Many 8mall Jersey Towns Complain of Poor Service Tho Public Utility Commission of New Jersey is holding n hearing today lu Trenton on complaints filed ngniust tho Now Jersey Gns Co. which sup plies gas to a number of small towns in Camden, Gloucester and Salem counties. The chnrgo Is inefficient hcrv icc nnd letters of complaint have come from virtually every town served, Tho henriug today Is general und not on the complaint of any special municipality, but representatives from ncurly every town will bo present. Next month tho Utility Commission will hold a hearing for the gus company nn a charge of contempt for failure to comply with u requirement of the com mission that u certain definite supply of conl bo kept ou hand tit all times. A short time ngo the failure; of servlco was attributed by the gas compnny to their inubility to secure conl. The obvious is nevenurprising. But suppose some scientist could prove that he had heard a plant growing! News papers would flare it broadcast. Obviously the hammer-blow type writer is noisy. But to say that here is a typswriter that is really noiseess well, that, too, is worthy of big headlines. Business plants the brick-and-mortar kind that use the Noiseless are among the fastest growing in the country! TYPEWRITER Walnut 3G91 i Re-Classification Sale of Perry Suits and Overcoats $45, $50, $55 and $60 Lines Lined up at 4 One Uniform Price, $40 A new experiment in sales. Four sales in one. And one sale in a hundred! That's the story. $5 to $20 saving on a single overcoat or a suit. And more $20 savings than $5 sav ings. Ask to see your pile and see what your luck is. And do it to day while the selections are at full tide. To buy right, buy right now! Overcoats are singlc nnd double-breasted. Models -Ulsters, UI steretles, conservative Models blacks, blues, Oxfords, browns and novelty mixtures. Fur-Collar Coats, re versible cloth and leath er coats, Raincoats and storm Overcoats. Suits are in single- and double - breasted mod els, some worsteds and serges, cheviots, cassi meres, flannels blues, grays, browns, stripes and mixtures all sold for 545, $50, $55, $60 this season now at One Uniform Price, $40 PERRY & Co. "N.B.T." 16th & Chestnut Sts. v ,; t. I ',il ' ?.W rs oJl Ji CI7-IAgH Sh rvriraiiHffi "'" ' --'"""""-" tf& ,a ,... A ..
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