4 !" '''. I' ! Y.l , 1 I w K I I m it mwwa: Efiffi M w railNTING OF VOTE ICOUNT OF PRIMARY IS STARTED HERE Official Tally of Primary Is Boing Made in Finance Committoo , Room, City Hall CONTESTS ARE IN SIGHT Mayor Laughs at Vare Fraud Charge "How are the mighty fallen," laughed Mayor Moore, when ques tioned regarding the threat of the Vares to contest the primary elec tion. "It Is certainly funny to find that kind of talk coming from the com bine leaders. Who would even have dreamed of a contractor -boss crying and complaining about an unfair election?" K' The official count of the vote pollrd , fcl t t.,i,-. r,rimnrr i.iinM ViMn rii fc1 1 v -"".- ,....,....-,,..... ,-.. .. noon todnv in the finance committee , chnmb-r at Tity Hall with at least two contests in sight. t rru. b..,'..i' i.f.. r-... iv... ? "V,a.b,,& ZZr ""l who are conducting tho count, was the t (flection of computers. AlwMit sixty were sworn in. , John I Mcl.enn. .Ir.. was amniig th batti-n of liiwrers present. He asked many candidates for computers' jobs whether they held im public of-. , iirr nrm wns ntureii in i.icn ! inr, dlfl not. The commissioners announced that, beginning Monday they will hold nil -day sessions from it n. m.. with the like lihood of night sessions, for several dnjs. There is need for a quick official tally on the vote for convention delegates. j noon, from 1 o'clock until 2 o'clock, the commissioners framed a set of rules to J govern the count ! I Mr. McLean, who mide a whirlwind t !. . il.. M..-.: I .. . .l.:...l 1 1 1 . u. 0.. ii.'i. . f- ...I-.-. ....- ....- 1 In the Fifth Senatorial district and ap- 5 parently lost the nomination to Max Aron. Senator Martin's understudy. M UgHI I'll t II r- ,lll llll-l.nilv ...llluil 1 4111. u j contends wholesale frauds were com I mitted in that distr'u t j "When the otfu ial count reaches the Seveiit'ith waid. the fi-st waul in the ( Fifth ffjrict." Mr McLean said to- day. "y will have an important nn- nouncement to make." "As a result of conferences with m I advisors. 1 have determined to make a l contest of the result, which pmhablv ! will result in upsetting Aron's majoi I ity. Recounts in the Nineteenth and j Twentieth wards are certain to how irregular practices or ine .iiariiu-i.nne combination." Threaten Contest on Delany iThe other contest is 'threatened" b the Vare organization, which dUputo t the nomination of Charles Pelanj in (lie 'Third Congressional disttict. t Councilman William K. Flnlej. c- I aa. .,!.& AHn,nBv sl ,I.A T Al,,,l1 lffl ,, ..if, Ctuuir ,n mui.' " in': - pi...... . committee, asserts tliat polic wn 1 active nt the Third disttict polls in !n last two hours of the oting. I'i.i c sayjs they prevented many voters f.om casting their ballots. "Hmr nrc the mirhtv fallen." coin - mented iayOl iooipwhen told th" f .... U.l Anau n.l.n..'n .At..ln- V nrrB IIHKHI I "llir.! irmuj n ti.jiiitui, - tion. Mio would ever have dreamed of the contractor bosses' combine doing the babv act. complaining of an unfair election'-' Election contests are tames r that two can play. Washington under- "stands con-rcssional contests If Hie fallen contractor bosses want to start one they will have a hard time getting away with it. 4 .... i n.H:i.t. .1. : .l Plrtth leH.litlvn HUirlrr hrh n ! Democratic national delegates, de Eighth Legislative district, which in- f . , ,. f Whitman. Reading. dudes the Ten'h. lb. rteeuth and Four- ''' Thomas Diefenderfer. Allentown. leentn warns In that district Timothy .1 McCarthy and Jefferson W. Smith. Vare candi dates, have only slight pluralities over Theodore Clay and William Rogers, the administration men. If a recount upsets the apparent re sult in the Eighth Representative dis trict, it will give the Moore forces twenty-five of the forty-one nomina tions in this city to the state House of Representatives. This would cut the Vare representa tion to sixteen, contrasted with tlie rnirry-one memoers inev 1 ontro ueq ai h. 1., lnn ( 1U .n,,.!.!,,,. Administration control of the Repub lican city committee is assured, accord ing to Republican Alliance leaders, al though it Ii certain the Vare organiza tion will contest In many wards Thomas W. Cunuinghsm. president of the Republican Alliance, is looked UJ. IUC ii"i;uti'uii .tiuuiii,-. . KHIM'II npon as the logical Moore candidate for cnairman oi me upuniicnn ciry com-. mittee. a poet now held bv Harrv (' Hansley. formei sheriff who opposed' Mr. Delany in the- Third Congressional diitrict Vares May Push Watson Thomas W Watson. Vare leader of the. Twenty-second ward, a mercantile appraiser and former magistrate, mav he nut forward bv thp Vares ns (lieir candidate for the citv committee chair- ' appeal from the people of America, and mansbip. in addition to the selfish reason for Watson succeeded in nominating holding their bonds. I believe the Amer Howard Smith, his candidate, for the mn people can ne made tn realize that State Legislature, although the Tnde- it is as much a patriotic dutj to hold pendents named T-'ranklin Spencer Ed- their bonds as it was to huv them." monds as the other nominee in the - Fifteenth Legislative district. ,,rn- 4 ro rr'irr rrcr- AVith the Moore forces ,n control of RAILROAUb It 11 A j USL the city committee. .ionn . v oorhees, executive secretary nf tlie Repuhliciin Alliance, probably will get a similar position with the citv committee Voor tiees is regarded ns an expert on elec tion problems and detail work. Kendriik pparentl Wins Late returns indicate that W Tree, land Kendnck. the Vare candidate, has won a place as delegate at-lurge to the national convention- The results in !Uf17 districts in fonv four counties some of the i ounties com . plete. show the following vote: Sproul. llKLftit; Moore. 101.S5.'!; penioe, 1S4,R6: Kendrick lD.fi2."i ; Kabcock. 178.03S, Riddle 111 101 Returns from .100(1 districts in forty five counties, including this cny mm ' plete, show the following vote for con- fressman at large, with four to be nom nated . Burke. 255. 150: Garland 210.MW; McLaughlin. 204 00:1, Walters, 100, S05: Crago. 101.005 CALLS OFF PARIS STRIKES Federation of Labor, Howover, Says Railway Walkout Was Justified Paris, May 21. -(By A. IV) -The General Federation of Labor decided today to call off the strikes it had or dered in support nf the railwayman's walkout. The decision for the resump tion of work was reached by a vote of 00 toll. The motion provided for the resump tion of work tomorrow It asserted that the hasty presentation in tho Chamber of Deputies of the govern ment's railroad reorganization plan showed that the action in calling the strike for nationalization was justified nnd that nationalization was demanded by the country. V01E UNDER WAY Tabulation by Commissioners of Each County Began at Noon Today KENDRICK AMONG LEADERS tlnrrishurg. May 21. Official count of the vote enM at the primary election lam Ttip.clny throughout iVnnylvania j .i-..i ... ' .i i .t. ..i.,mJ ... , . . , . I 1 he problems of the next ndmlnl- Orders were carried out without any loss of the county commissioner, at onfri trntion m i boi riown t0 .oonong. nt nil, Roods, bclnjf dellverctl on th flttior i county seat. We must realtor this during thp cam- side virtually aa they had been pur- As soon as results are ascertained, j palgn nnd choose and work accordingly, chased in America. Those shipments, the certified figures will be sent to the nnd after the election the chosen man distribution and general administration, secretary of the commonwealth at the must realto.p it and proceed accordingly, costing only 10 per cent, was n triumph Capitol for the official computation of. Politics must be forgotten. Kconomics ant thing. the stntp-wide ticket. The state official , ms be given paramount appreciation. "That's what wc need In the United i count will depend upon the time taken, The nation has good men to choose States Government. We want some 10 O) me ciiunty olliciais. Incomplete returns received up to i noon today in the contest for Republican delegates-at -large to the natlonnl con vention, showed thnt W. Frccland Ken- , driek. are candidate, and Charles .1. WIWIp. were giving the leaders 1 of tli l'enroe slate a close inn. On the inc.- . . ,.,. ...... 1!t. ... 1 "' " '"""" uul" """ ",K ,mv,-v l" I b" elected. ,,-.,.,, I Heturns from H-IGi di'trlcts in for- ty-four counties, some of the counties !mplo. 'how the followiug vote: Pnrout IBH.RTt .Moor. IBI.sss rnroe IM.SSfl Kendrlrk ISO 92.1 Tl.lt.crvk . I7M" tllcMtr 145.1C11 Figures received from 22SS districts In twont three counties, most of them lomplete. ho the following figures for me otner I'niKliuaies 101 ivvpinnicnu delegates-at -large: Aitrrhurv 1A; S02 Prhnff-r I4j.fltt Knot MS. Km fhnntiler !2?-?J!i Kherson , ... MA-125 Minor . ..'. ?JJ Mellon 2' 'Jg neplecl. l2SJ52 ..ii.iniii " .. On the basis of the above hgures the Penrose leadership lost two of the slated candidates. .1 Leonard Ueplogle and Andrew V. Mellon, llnbert .1. Mnfirnlll lll tlliril IOW 111 H II. li ............. .... ....... Pittsburgh labor leader who entc the race shortly before the primary. Late returns from P.n02 district, r 111. .ll..ii leseniiiiK returns irom iiui--i-.i.f.flAa imOiiilInt llii ronmlete i.irns from Phllnilelphin. jive .loeph f." OufTei. of Pittsburgh, a I'ad ..f 70H1 , over .Tiidce Kngene C. Ilonniwe'l for over .Turue r.ilgene ' . nnnniwc'i in. Demociatic national committeeman "'"" -' I"''- '''" "', mn ncetieu. from l'ennsvlvania The total figures, "It is evident. the commissions ohtnlnnb'c weie: Ouffcy. ..VJO; Hon- statement snfd. "that the equipment re niwell. !0 005. ' quiied pioperlv to meet tlie trnnspor- , fiii latiou needs of the iiublic cannot be v- Sadler rar in lead cured unless the carrieis tliemselcs n. .Imtoe Sylvester Sadler continues to sume the liurtlen of financing the ic run far ahead of his opponent. Judge i maining 75 ier cent " Cecige Kunkel. for the Supreme Court. Otlier reeomniendations for the (lis- and on the face nf incomplete retuin--, nun keen Judge Kunkel olT the iickci ' in No.iiiber. Hcturns from 100 ,. tiicts nl midnight gnve .ludge rs.nuci 2.'li.!Ts and -ludge Kuukel HI" ."Oil. llcpto-eiiUtivcs Iturkc. (iarlnod. Mc I H'lgh'in and Wallers are still lend ing for Congrcss-at -large on the He iiuHliian ticket. Upturns fioui :"J(10 districts showing the following: IlllrV. 'J.V. 1V1 . -n.l , . . 211 os M I nusMIn ... -01 Oil " s'l ICO oil iTiio 101. tins With all I'.peVs distiicts in mid only fivic missin" in l.ehich. Harry .1. Dunin. Democratic candidate lo ( ongress. 'cuds his c'oet iival in a held of hve. Ira ;. Ki 17. . b.v 112 votes. Kut. ar- lied lLaduig bj 1 and rural lle.U bv 20. but Dunin had 11 .i.u lead 111 Lehigh . four districts missing Dunn; carried Mlentown and half the 'lira 1 Lehigh I district.. T; i generallj believed Diiinn the nominee W M. Cioll. Reading, ind John r. l nr, .viirninitii, in.ru nui we ,,...n i,.-l . hie- l.nH Whllmnn nnd 1 1 111 1 mi' his. -.. ......... .... Stinc both ran as 'wets. Stores Ask Jobbers to Join Price-Cutting rates ami lmrgeo win resuu in nrm- Conllniifd from Tnte nn $xlne nf division by the com- and promotion of systematic saving mjCs'jon. and safe investment vv outlined b.v Direct delivery via specified loutes William Mather Lewis, director of the j froi one road to another of appro I-envm-rs ilivision of tlie treasury to the i mntelv 2000 empty coal car-- daily ,. - ,.. !,. i,nnilnn . Miinlnnd Hankers Association. nrvlnnd Hankers Association. . l. i n. i.:..i. ... "ton oaniUH nnng uiivii nn- uiHii . :. ' 't ,j ...i inilna. of living bv buving everything in sight ' shortage in the grain and coal Indus and producing ns little as possible.'' he, trie. pw.trrt to show said "To prosecute prolltecrs nnd In T''.r, "'"T.,. .,,:,. il.ri.. men,. nrlees mnv heln. but it i not the pana era .eltner c.in me prices i" uruiiciii down b.v sporadic spectacular campaigns -. ., .,... ,.. :r.r. ., s ' "","" i", " : ....,-...-.. "-, .11 j ular saviug-these arc the onl.v remedv "The prospective nuyer ot i.icert.v Vxpeditio. slv as possible in order Bonds should ''7rrYP"'Slmt the approaching harvest may not fact that if he holds his bond until the , ' .' ,V'P ". ,rnsnortntlon sys- date when the government guarantees to pn him in tun lor ir nr uecn nor worry if. in the meantime, the price is' low one day or high the next. I am not one of those who believe that we ennnot set response to a putriorn 300,000,000 FUND Washington. May 21 -iRv A P.) -Tempoiary disposition of the $300.- 000.000 revolving fund, provided bv the transportation act for telief of rail'- roads, was made today in orders issued, bv the Interstate Commerce Commis- ' sion. which, at the .nine time, took steps to meet future equipment needs of the currier by proposing organUn-' timi of an equipment corporation with a capital slock of $500,000,000. Recent suggestions of the Association of Railway executives were followed closely in nppnrtioning the tunds. but the commission confronted the railroads with the necessity of making the larg est possible contributions" to meet the sum sadvaneed by the government. The commission sold it would not follow any arbitrary method of allo cating money, but would attempt to divide it so the whole country would benefit by improved transportation service. An to the equipment trust, the com mission proposed that the roads should take stock in it equalling 25 per cent of the cost of the equipment with monev advanced by the government up to $125,000,000. The remaining 75 per cent would be financed through truts laced on equipment to be built Organization Is Doubtful Some doubt was expressed as to the ability to complete the formation of such an organization. In the event that it canont be organized the commission said the $125,000,000 set nside for equipment purposes should be distrib uted to those carriers who individually "can meet the government's1 advance with large pronortinol amounts financed by themselves. ' While this required advance bv the railroads, themselves was declared by EVE1OTG PUBLIC lDGEM , , l. , nrmT r.rrr.rw-.rnnvr- rmrimt JcuioJiv our ruts, SAYS ECONOMISTIS NEEDED Problems of Next Administration Require Man of Former Food Administrators Type, Inventor Asserts Declares Past JForh Proves His Ability Tho Hoover HPiub1irnn c-nmnilttrp for I'riiURjrlvanln today front out nn inter- vlcwlth ThomaH t-MI?on, printed In the N'evv York Kvenlnc l'ot. In wliieli I fift $j!'y tno most important since the Uvil Wr. "II U flu first In Which flip i.UP I .have bre'n purely ernnmiilc" Mr. KclKoti m "hvery practical man mint give 1 his thought and time to it. fM,m, n ,n men whose specini ability ' would lit almost any ootifcivable enier- "Women know him. I have yet to gency demand Hoover fits that which i hear about n woman who Isn't going especially exists. If we were nt war to vote for Hoover If she can get the today, I should fnor the nomination chance. And It seems to me that Hoover and work for the election of Leonard won a mighty victory In California. It Wood, because lie understands war. is silly to apeak of It aa a setback. Out knowing its tcehninue: but we aie not I of fifW.OOO votes he got 208,000 without making a war and shall not be; we nrc I organizing n machine, and with but nnd must be making pence, constructing small expenditure of money by his nnd not destroying, trying to recoup-the i friends. He got those votes In corn losses of n war For that job Herbert petition with Johnson's perfectly at Hoover is the best man possible. ' tuned and highly organized machinery. ' owners of railioad securities to he too) much of ii strain on railroad cred't. i many fo the railroad executives IV lieipd it was entirely feasible. The commission also practically put a ban on extensions of lines and better ments of trackigc lion in existence It I said that "loani should not he granted I for additions and betterments, unless it . ! be clearly demonstrated that these im piovemeuts will facilitate uuiterinlly tlii- movement of equipment A hearing on the proposed ristribu lion was set for Ma 20. Kvery road which applies for a loan will have to show its entire financial obligations, to- I gether with forthcoming requiiements j which will force expendituie of addi tional funds. New equipment required by railroads to meet minimum needs is estimated I by the Interstate Commerce Cominis- ' sion at 2000 locomotives nnd lOO.OllO' freight cars, including 20.000 refrigera - tor cars. '".,,LnSjrrt M-i.tM. l lie commission estimated Mint pment already ordered and to cost llltl! pmirAur.Hti.il n-,.Kiltli loan ,'"'. ..."..... ,.. .......... ....- hursement of the revolving fund pro- vl, r, in the transpoi tntinn net were a foltows: Temporary reserve for claims and judgments. S 10,000,000; appropriation for short line railroads, S12.000.00n ; temporary reserve for maturities. S."ll. (100.000; appropriation for addition aud betterments which will promote the movement of cars. S73.O00.000. Movement of Cars Ordeied The 1 ommissjon's campaign to hrnik freight congestion nt the nation'- traffic gatewavs is now in full swing. Formal order were issued lust night declaring the existence of nn emergency w thin the meaning of tlie transport!!- Hon act and directing the suspension ot nil rules and regulations, governing the ' movement and routing of both empty , nml loaded freight and coal cars, Jn addition to suspension of rules nnd relations pertaining to the movement of loaded nnd empty cars, the order, irclijde : Rerouting of freight b.v route most available to expedite movement nnd re lieve congestion. Ordering ownership of earx disre garded. Prohibiting anv additional charge for transportation of freight by other than original designated route. Warning Against Disputes Warning that any dispute on the part of carriers regarding the division of for twentv davs ancl ti.m empiy nnX curs .inilr for thirty days to relieve car hers of tlf i'0!umcinn -niM. but thoy evnected that a much longer period I WOO would be reouire1 "to get the entire tangle straightened out .. -..... i. i- i... ....... I l.verV CllOn Will I'C llllllir, in,.-- ri . . . " "" "nrv ... nPP,llnlll.twl freight1 ., 'Millions of bushels of the 1010 wheat crop still remain in the wheat districts awaiting shipment, it was said. New York. Mav 21 --(Rv A. P.I The order of the Interstate Commerce ' .mmAs,T" ""i-V - ii "mn err n v phi ir-'iKui mi,,!--.,'.'. -, : ,i ' help the situation. .1 -i. .ubijich. chairman of the Railway C.eueral Man agers' Association, announced hero to dav. He said that the railroads were hastening to comply with the iipw car flies. , , ... "We have had this plan in mind for some time. sain mt .miuh-ii. nn.. vn... thnt rue nr pr 1. ifsueti we nrc ""." - ,.'.!. mu. ..II Roing to " '. s im.si n r .. . . ...- ,-- rnH nill mk; "" effor to co- onernte in expedi ioulv clearing away the freight estion Mr. Mantell n'erte.l that bv th e new pln re lef was in s Ight fo ew J ork nnd vicinity, where the blockade is re- ported to be the most serious. Austin, Tex. Mav 21. (By A. I shortage of .IRSO cars to move crain. said to be spoiling in the lexns Pan-handle because of lack of storage facilities, was reported today io inc in terstate Commerce Commission by the Texas Railroad Commission. It also was reported that 2000 cars of grain were tied up by congestion at dalves-I The Texns committee urged that the I'nited States Shipping iionm aim mi British embassy be requested to rush additional bottoms tn Galveston. i Dumn Leads for Congress Reading. Pa.. May 21. Complete unofficial returns from Bftrks nnd Le high counties tnbulated today give Harrv .1. Dumn. Democrat, a lead of 158 v'oterf over Ira (i. Kutz. Democrat, for Congress in the district The of ficial count is not expected to change this. The missing precincts came in late last night. Headers of the I'hlldtohl, ltAtr vliit Inir Londnn nr lnvltd to make ui of th IMilladflphla Ledger offlce. and Uadln rtnom at tfl Regent itreet. London, ,s vy.. within a atone'i throw of Plcrfdllly C'lrcua wliera up to.datn papera are always avail bl for reference whern arrangement? can b made, for tha reception and forwarding of mail, advice obtained on all mallera nt travel, and where American vlalton In London may bo traced through the It'gla 1 ration Department conducted by our Lon don offlce. Adv. , t UVVjr nUKJVJClX, "Our (Iomrtic problem arc fllmo( wholly those of economics. I know of no other man than Herbert Hoover of whnne knowledge of eronnmlra we "Hoover organized hN hins. hl tloekx. his depots: lie had hl own pintt-tU tn tvntrh nvArvtMnfr At everr stage of the transaetlon anil the lnr' stopped. Stealing ceased utterly, over head came down, delavs were minimized. per cent administration. FOOD UP 6 PERCENT IN CITY IN A MONTH - .. , . U. S. Report SIlOWS Advance , . , Hero Between March 15 and -i it Adm 15 Greater Than N. Y. i . " ' BIQC IC IK DCD PCMT IM YPAR! Klbt lb 10 rtrl Ofcl.1 IN TEAM Average family expenditures for food , in this city increased 0 per cent from March 15 to April 15. more than the j increase in New York nnd less than . that in Pittsburgh, according to the .. .. , .. .. .... . 1 ....!-. 1 nrticles of food, occurred in this citv . ... ,nio .. ... . .. f'nl April. 1010. until April of this ear. the rpport continued. The dollar's purihasing power de clined more than half in this city be tween 10in and the pre'sent time, the bureau's investication disclosed. Aver- Hc0 expendltureK for food here increased 10s per cent-over tho'e of 1013. It was slated. The highest boost occurred in M. Louis, where the increase reached 120 per cent in that seven-year period. while Kali River. Newark and New Have,, scored lowest with an increase or 102 per cent. A tabulation of wholesale prices showed substantial increases this month over last month. "Tlie most notable e.tiimples of price incrrnses were found In the group of fuel nnd lighting materials." the re port stated, "the increase in this group as a whole being 11 per cent. Bitu minous coal and coke were responsible I in lnri-o nienftiire for the result shown ' Food followed next, with an increase of o-", per cent, due largely to the re- cciii tniirp nuvunce in mikhi mm jhhh toes. In the group of lumber and build ing materials prices continued steeplv upward with an increase of '' per cent over March. I he groups of farm prod ucts and chemicals each showed an in crease of over .' per cent, while smallei increases were recorded for metals and metal products and for housefurnishing goods. "An increase of nearly ' pfr rent in April prices over those of March was found in the group of miscellaneous commodities, including such important articles as bran, mill feed middlings, lu bricating oil, newsprint atid wrapping paper nnd wood pulp. In only one group, that of cloths and clothiug. was there a net decrease in prices from Mnrch to April. This decreace. which amounted to less than 1 per cent for the group, was due entirely to the decline in raw silk ancl leather. DIES AT AGE OF 102 Mrs. Jane Clark, of Clarksville, Suc cumbs to Long Illness Trenton. May 21. Mrs. Jane Clark, who last September relehrated her 102d birthdaj anniversary, died here last night. Mrs ("lark had been ill for a long time, due to the infirmities of age. She was the widow of Israel Clark, for whose family the town of Chirks- wllo. near here. . named Massachusetts Governor Calls for Homr Gardens Boston. Mav 21. (By A. P.I Governor Coolulge today issued n proclamation in which, after stating that food reserves are dangerously low. he called upon the people nf Masaehusetts to rnlse what food is possible hy gardens and otherwise. To aid in overcoming the labor shortnge Governor Coolldge an nounced he would nsk the Legisla ture for $7500 to establish camps for public school students where they can be employed on farms. He urged schools, churches, labor and fraternal organizations to in duce the public to go into the home garden movement generally, saying the emergency is very urgent and everv means should bo taken to meet it ancl to meet it now. - LEXINGTON COUPE rnur-pasMnstr, run about. 1000 mlla, enm rltlv equipped, owner leavlnr city Orat bargain Lexington Motor Co. of Pcnna. Lexington B1J., 851-853 N. Broid St. rinrDKT.rniA nKATHH OHEKN At hl home, 4010 Tlaltlmora ,ve. on May 21, 1020. ROBERT McCAT onEKN. 8r. Further notlco ot the funeral will be, given. BKAT, KSTATK FOB HM.V. TUT TO CI.08B AN E8TATK vatuable property 72x315 feet, extendln Io rear etreet. Two nn,houe.. larga lot. aaeace. capacity ion eara. Must be seen o ba appreciated. Call or andreee 1D23, N, 2tt et, Philadelphia i niteu Mates nurenu 01 lauor siatisnr.. . M ppr((ou(l wll0 liav( mndc barges New York prices were Increased 5 per ' njtninst Limeburner will be called be ceut. nnd in Pittsburgh 7 per cent, nc 1 fore Council's committee next Monday. nr.;nn h k,,o,,' .i,.i, I Limeburner has filel suit ngainst cording to the bureau s anolysis. '.7nrnM I!oT,, of u0Verford; Oeorgo D. A 1o per cent increase in retail fod,p0rter. former director of public safety ; prices, calculated from twenty-two fieorge A. Marklaud and John Kop- . V. .; , ,,, ,.., : ., H ON Will VM Kl- nUiniimLLIHUUL RUMORS OF BRIBERY District Attorney to Find Out if There Was Craft in Recerrt ' Years COUNCIL INQUIRY TO GO ON District Attorney Ilotan today wrote a letter to Mayor Moore assuring lilin that a thorough investigation f the bribery charge In connection with rouncllinanlc. action on transit exten sion would be made by his office. "I have your letter concerning the rumors nffecjlng the honor and dig nity of the city In the matter of the proposed boulevard ordinances," Mr. liotnn wrote, "and In reply 1 beg to say thnt T shall, In accordance with your suggestion, cause, an Investigation to be made In ordr to ascertain the truth or falsity of the charges that have been made. "I shall, of course, be very glad to re ceive from you, your directors or any other person or persons any informa tion that may be helpful to me In the couduct of the Investigation." Probe of City Contracts All city contracts made during the last few years will be Investigated by the district attorney to get nt the bot tom nf rumors regarding councilmanic bribes. Thl is another result of the mnny rliRrges made against Councilman Alexis J. Limeburner. Since be was named by Thomas K. Mitten, presi dent of the Philadelphia Hapid Transit lo.. In connection with tho alleged nt- tempt to get a $25,000 bribe from the Sears-Iloebuck Co. numerous other per- (sons have connected Llmeburncr'a name with similar matters. Uelieving there is a possibility that other members of Concil may have been personally Interested In the passage of ordinances, the district nttorney decided nn n Ihorough investigation. It is now bpuK ,.0I,dueted by Director Cortclyou, of the Department of Public Safety. and Major Samuel O. Wynne, chief 0f the county detectives. Ma)V IIcar)lgs iMannf) NVhil(1 (np initiations are being conducted there will be many hearings . ( ouncll s committee appointed to inr'si ti lv liif ct'iHN-i uruum hih(,ipi 1,..aAIhji4 A 4lA WAABsb IF AAllltnl diltflflllf Ao per The last two were promoters of the North Penn Boxing Club. All made charges involving Limeburner. Councilman Kdward 1!. Cox. chair men of Council's committee, ndmitled todav he had received ft telegram A-om A II. Schmidt, eastern managerwor Rears-Roebuck, who revealed thclt tempt to "shake Hown" his company for S25.000. Does Mr. Schmidt add anvthmg to M'1 original testimony? ""'J,0,'1- ... . . ,.,... . "' w,".'pr.dt '!l-ff.T Cox w ns to the com mittec only." Cox replied "la it n long message; "I don't know. 1 haven't opened it," was the answer. U. S. MILITARY RULE llf DOMINGO SCORED Missionaries, Not Marines, Are Needed in Island, Presby terians Are Told i "After four ears of military gov ernment in Santo Domingo, conditions there ore worse than they were be fore." was the assertion made b.v Sam uel Guy Inman. secretary of the com mittee on co-operation in Latin-America for the Presbyterian Church, nt the morning session of the biennial conference of the Women's Board nf Home Missions in the Tenth Presby terian Church. Seventeenth and Spruce streets. Severe criticism or milltaiv govern ment ns a means of introducing civi lization was made by Mr. Inman. "There are 15,000 marines in Sunto Domlnco nnd it is a question, if they represent the best in America for they arc a people bound b.v militarism." said Mr. Inman. Wants Missionaries Not Marines "We arc going to hear more of the problems in that country. The people are striving for self-expression nnd one of the saddest things to my miud in Christian life, is tlie fact that Ameri can civilization is introduced into for eign land by marines inther thau mis sionaries. "The 15,000 marines aie not having n good time. They nrc chasing bandits and trying to pnrifj the country at large, but after four years, conditions are worse, which only goes to show what military intervention in Mexico might do. These conditions are not go ing to last." The neglect of children nf harvesters, berry pickers and other migrant groups was told by Miss Lila B. Atchison the new secretary of social service, who has made Investigations of tlie siitu -ntion in south Jersey particularly. lSVVVSsyVlAVVIVtVVVtvVVVMVVVV S Lucrative Recompense s S for Live SALESMEN S who mar or may not have natural e abltlrr for aelllng real estate. What i sou ItwU In this rrenect we'll teach J jou. Aak Sir. Tarter. i Bom, Means & Co. t 1019 Drexcl Building; isyvsvvvAvsvivsvvviavvvv JEOWWEULiSfOL Jewtlers Silversmiths Stationers Chestnut and Juniper Streets Pearl Necklaces Assembled In Any Degree of Importance 2i;v.iaH ,,., , I-aI.-.. .... . ' j System EVERY effort has been rande by this Company to systematize, its work in ouch a way that its patrons may trnnsact their business without being confused by technicalities. Philadelphia Trust Company 415 Chestnut Street and Uroad and Chestnut Streets Northeast Corner Democrats Lead in Honoring Women Continued from rare, One them and Tammany Is no afternoon tea party. Yet the motto bf Tammany was "place aux dames." Mr. Murphy put two women in the much-sought places of delegates-at-large, two women among the big four. Nor did Tammany stop there. Among the ninety Democratic delegates of New York eleven are women, nnd there are forty-three women alternates. The New York Republicans met nbout the. same time and chose two women delegates nnd nine alternates. It was n warning, but it was not noticed by Chairman Hays. Homer sometimes nods, not Homer Cummlngs. but his ancient nnmesBke. nnd Will Hays is no better than Homer. He has an eye for everything. He can see n grievance further off than any other man living nnd travel further nnd faster to hend It off. But he missed the sig nificance of two women members of the big four chosen by the hard-boiled boss of Tammany Hall. It wasn't until some leporler called Mr. Hays's attention tn the record of his. own Indiana no women nmong the Republican delegates and only eight women nmnmr the alternates tlmi Mi- Hays critically examined the list of delegates in Republican headquarters here and compared it with the list nf Democrats some kind friend furnished to him. He found, besides Indiana and New York, already set forth in this dispatch, such comparative figures as this: Mis souri, in the south, which has not been keen for .suffrage. Democrats, cighl women delegates nnd seventeen women alternates : ltepiil)licnns, three women delegates and twenty-live women alter nates: Minnesota, Democrats, four women delegates and nine women alter nates ; Republicans, one woman dele gate ancl siy women alternates, and the further Mr Hays looked down the list the more ly found of the same sort. The Republicans are pondering whnt can be done about it. The first idea is to go nrouud among the Republican men delegates who have women alter nates and persuade them to let the women sit in their places nt Chicago. A good deal of this will be done. But obviously the Democrats have the ad vantage here. If the two parties get to rivaling each other as to how mnny women shall actually sit on the floor of the conven tion and vote for the nominees for President, the Democrats can get to persuading men dc eentcs to foreo the pleasure of acting nnd let their women alternates act. And they have more women alternates than the Republicans. Many a postofflce on paper will go to the man delegate who gallantly sacri fices himself to his party and gives his woman alternate his seat. The Democrats will probably feature Mrs. Peter Oleson, of Clnguet. Minn., who mndc a hit here at thp Jackson Day dinner in their convention. She may be n sort of woman keynoter or muke n lending nominating speech. Rut she is sure to be stnrred. She is a member of Minnesota's, big four, and the Demo crats will press the ndvantnge they have in naming more women delegntes in the Republicans by making prominent their lending woman orator. Kach party will try to outdo the other in giving women honorary posi tions in their convention, vice presi dencies, secretaryships nnd membo ships in committees. Two Automobiles Stolen .1. Freedman, 2521 Jefferson street, reported to the police today that his automobile had been stolen from Thir teenth nnd Market streets nt 1 o'clock this morning. An nutomobile belonging to Michael Pollcoff. 722 South Alden street, was stolen from Twentieth ancl Somerset streets. Try em once for breakfast says Post Toasties Best Corn Flakes Sold Wn MAXWELLS Sedan" ind Totirlnc c-ir at vnrlniii price Lexlnrton banking plan covering twelve monthly payments Lexington Motor Co. of Penna. Lcxiufton Bldr-r 851-853 N. Broad St. riw.Anr.LriiiA om mmp '.)." 1 1 - (1 t -4r- t i iinrr n ' rrr-giritrMBMTTMmiHBfnf rTtnwi vT?? "Stop, Bill!" "Why, you didn't use to mind n friendly clnp on the shoulder." "No, but lately I haven' t been my usual smiling self. My nerves nrc slcndv; but I nm bothered with n slight headache nil the time. I cat, work nnd sleep ns much ns cvci but somehow I don't fret the nil-fired joy out oflifc that I used to." - ''Yes, I know. You wnkc up m. the morning with n taste ns though you'd been dieting on moth-balls. You hfltc your breakfast. You'd gladly slaughter anybody that contradicted you up to eleven o'clock in' the morning. And nlong nbout three p.m. old John J. Fntiguc starts you toynwning ns though you'd unhinge your lower jaw." "You're right. But how do you know nil this?" "Because I felt the same way, until nbout a month ago. I was constipated. Then a doctor told me about Nujol said that it was absolutely harmless nnd pleasant to take, and helped the food waste move out of the body by keeping it soft. It enables those tiny muscles in the intestines, contracting nnd expanding as they should, to squeeze the food waste along so that it passes naturally out of the system. "Three or four days of Nujol, and my friends were. glad to speak to me again. I got back my pep, forgot headaches nnd had a real 'how-dyc-do for the people I met. Just a ta'blcspoonful of v Nujol nicht and morninir turned CrleV gtr me u-jck. Nftaj..aia "j !. fMfnllrl IN EARLY BLAZE Police Superintendent Mills Dis covers Fire While on Way to Another One BIG WAREHOUSE DESTROYED Tin cc children in their night clothing were earned to safety nt one of two early morning fires today. The t-econd. which destroyed a big warehouse In the central part of the city, drove nearby famine's to tlie strecr. Superintendent of Tolice Mill", line rying from hi home in West Philadel phia to the big fire downtown, dis covered the Wnzn in which the children were endangered, nud turned In the' alarm. The combined property lo-s of the two firex will reach many thousands of dollnrs. The police official dressed hurriedly nt -T o'clock this morning when he win told thnt a three-alarm fire was giving the firemen trouble nt Kleventh and Locust streets. He got his nutomobile and began n quiek run from hN West Philadelphia homo to the scene of the fire. When he was passing Fortieth street and Girard nvenue he saw flames in th" confectionery store of K. WolfTe. nt 0-!1 North Fortieth street, nnd stopped Ills machine to ring the nearest firebox. Meanwhile a neighbor. I. .euros whose home faces the confectionery store, also had seen the flames. While the superintendent was send ing in the alarm l.cbros called the Wolffe home on the telephone. The ringing of the telephone bell nwnkened Wolffe. nnd as he groped his way down stairs he was met with the smoke roll- fllMllllTOiMM 12 LarstAf sljum 3 CHILDREN SAVED A Sale That Should Attract Women From All Sections of the City Beautiful I Cretonnes Mosquito Netting ( Summer Curtains t I, In hnndfftrnr nnral dttlKns. S-Mid pine reKul.-ir j:.ij value. In all th- much want ei! material. AllLinen sff, Hlick Towels Each" Regular Jl-33 to $3 33 value. Sunfast I Draperies) ) Special, - I.S and $1, $1.25, i $1.50, $2.00 54 Inchc-t WeQmiyBros. rrii"n8i. FRONT & YORK STREETS frXr T.ve'nliiBK Market M- zzSSSSH l.cnsingtons Leading Department Storc a nmn i - , M Antiques ONE OF THE FINEST COLLECTIONS OF RARE OLD ENGLISH FURNITURE EVER BROUGHT TO THIS COUNTRY NOW ON VIEW AT OUR GALLERIES 1315 WALNUT STREET lTN6,fyANS &EGMORE, inc. DESIGNERS DECORATORS fl ' qH I . JJ t- . i "" ''! I Thf. Modem Method qf Treating an Old Comptaint ing up from the burning store. Witk I the aid of Lebros he carried his three children James, eleven ; Susan, fit nnd Tillle, eight to the street. Sirs! , Wolffe reached the street unaided. Superintendent Mills stayed onlyltrat enough to assure himself every one was ! out of the house and then sped on to I the downtown fire. This whs in the cleetriral warehouse 1 of the Ilobbins & Myers Co.. at HOD. ! 11 Locust street. The fire, of tin- learned origin, was discovered shortly I after " o'clock. It originated on the ground floor, nnd spread so rapid!; iiirongn mr oig wurpnoiiFc mat tnree alarms were turned in at few minute intervals. The rapid spread of the flames surf the noise of the engines, summoned from nil over the central part of the city nnd crowding every trcet near the lire, aroused tlie neighborhood Honttt, contcitntiout eye ct vice at a moderate coif. TORIC At Low as fad 7orfc Lentet give wider field of vision. Toric Curved $G Bifocal Lenses as law as 'i LOOK THROUGH SPEARFS Invisible Bifocals iVo Conspicuous lint, no lodging place for dirt. Ontn Saturday Catil P. M. 5A:CbftMC IOt 35c in $1.39 Yard Special, $1.15 $2.50 $7.50 Yah- iVi'M FURNISHERS 1 1 faWia-?TD: ScAacuSr. r I U ;J I it r1 w "a'!1 -icm ?1K,. Aa-v Mi Wmti'i!&jk . u ,. L. .. ,-XZ iA Jfc.i3W& H
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