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Score of Prominent Educators
Are Under Consideration for
Superlntendoncy Hero
GARBER QUITS NOVEMBER 1
Nearly n scorn of prominent educa
tors from Philadelphia and the entire
country nro belnn considered for the
post of superintendent of tliM city's
public schools, it became kuown today.
Among the men from out of town
Whoso names nre before the committee
on superintendence of the Hoard of Ed
ucation arc J. GeoiRc Heclit. tleputv
Pennsylvania state superintendent of
public Instruction; 11. I. AVIIwn. ti
perintendent of schools of Berkeley.
Oallf. ; Free! Hunter, superintendent of
schools of Oakland. Calif. : Ittuulall II.
Condon, superintendent of schools of
Cincinnati; Dr. Chnrle II. ChniNcy.
now of the I'nivcrdty of Illinois and
former supcrlutenucnt or sciiooi ot in-
ARK SOON TO LEA VE HERE,
WITH BEASTS FOft AFRICA
Return Cargo Will Consist of Animals Common Enough in
America, but Strange at the Cape
That It all depends on (lie point of
view and the postofllee nddress Is verj
well shown In the coming transfer of
animals from Philadelphia's Zoo to
Pretoria, South Africa, In exchange for
the recent shipment of wild creatures
which docked here.
The avcraee dweller of Afrlcn finds It
hard to stir up much enthusiasm nbout
a couple of lions or so when ho nlways
finds them eating In his backyard on
nrUlnir In tlip mornlnir. Yet. in this
country, one stray lion on n clt street'
would cause more disturbance ttian a
barrel of whisky at i church festival.
Vice versa, raccoons nnd mud turtles
are not considered particularly romnn
tic in theso hereabouts, but will prob
ably stir up lively enthusiasm nmoiiR
the Hoers, katlirs nnd diamond mer
chants of the Cape country.
On or nbout the first of October, an
nrk will ljave for I'retoim. just ns full
of strnnpo animals us that which ar
rived In Phlladilphia several weeks iiro
tinder the direction of A. K. HaiiKiier,
director of the National Zoological Oar
den of Pretoria. Kvcn the crates which
brought old .lohn (Jlrnffe and Miss
( ivet tat to tneir new riiuaucipnia
cago; Pa son Smitli, state commissioner npnrtmont house will be used to house
ot education ol .Massnciiuseiis; e nunc-, tneir Klildieil ot tue wild wick to me
L. Meek, superintendent of schools of so-called Dark Continent.
Madion. 'Wis. ; Hobcrt 1-. Jonts. super- As Superintendent Itriiwn explained
Intcndent of schools of Cleveland ; K. C. i today, nothing could be simpler than
Brown, superintendent of schools of the Zoo's new moving dnj. AH that
Kast Orange, N. .T.. oud Frank Van- has to he done is for n vomitl of men
dersllco. superintendent ot vnools of (a six or eight to go into the partleu
Coatesvllle Pa. lor Hat occupied by tne prospective
.',,', ,- m , traveler, nnd entice him Into their pos-
PliIIadel)bl.i Men Considered I session,
llcsldes these, mnnv Philadelphiaiis . This may he done in n number of
are being considered for the post. A wnvs. one of the best being a spirited
partial list contains the names of Frank sprint around the cage or pen, run with
I. Graves, deau of the sehnot of educa- out a stop-watch, and until one or the
tion of the University of Pennsylvania ; I other of the runners drops in his tracks.
"William F. Cray, newly elected princl- i Another convenient method is to cull the
pal of the William Pet u High School ;, beast sedurthely and sottlj. w Ith ner
C IP, Ilnvl nrlncitinl of the West Phil- haps, a show of food or n possihllity of
at the Central High School: Parke thing In the world.
Schoch. tirinclnol of the. West Phlla-
dclphia Higli School for Girls, and J. '
Kugcnc Iluker, principal of the Girls'
Normal School.
The Hoard of Education bus combed
the country In quest of the hist qualified
man to succeed Dr. .lohn P. tlurber,
whose resignation takes effect at the
beginning of November.
The members of the committee on
superintendence. Messrs. Wnniiinaker.
Uecbcr, Gratz, Catharine. Stoddard and
Bowcn, hope to make their recommenda
tion to the board within n few weeks.
bo that the newm nn mny be ready for
office bj the time Doctor Gurbcr is
ready to step out.
nig .Alan Is Souht
The committee having the matter in
charge is making its search for n new
superintendent with ae lear understand
ing of the big problem nnd responsibili
ties which will be up to the new man.
and is trying to lemininte chance so
far as possible in choosing him.
With this in view the committee asked
BoroT' of the country's foremost educa
tors to sere on n sort of advisory com
mittee to suggest likely candidates.
The men who have been guilding the
committee on superintendence in their
hunt for a new superintendent include
Dr. P. P. Clnxton. I'nited States com
missioner of education; Thomas H. Fin
egan, state superintendent of public in
struction; Calvin N. Kendall, commis
sioner of New Jersey ; David P. liar
rows, president of the University of
California; Joseph Swain, president of
8warthraore Colege; Professor Ellwood
P. Ctibberle, president of Leland Stan
ford University; Dr. Arthur K. Cham
berlain, secretary of state education of
California; Dr. Charles II. J mid. di
rector of the school of education of the,
University of Chicago, and Carroll G.
Pierce, president of the State Normal
School of Milwaukee.
Catharine Explains Plans
Joseph Catharine, a member of the
special committee on Mincrinlcndcncv
Bald that no effort will be spared to land
the biggest man it is possible for the
board to get.
"Most of the members of the board
feel the same wa that I do about
if," said Mr. Catharine. "Whateer
differences of opinion there may have
been, there seems to be no doubt now
that they are engaged in nn earnest.
wholehearted effort to secure n man to
head the system of whom all Philadel-
phians will feel proud.
"We don't want to make nnv mis
take, and theiefore we hnw not hurtied
to raaKe n cnoice. iiie tune lias come
for n decided change in the Philadel-
nhla schools. The old order must be
clunged and we must lime a man big
enough to woru out n new tru for cdu
cation here.
"Pennsylvania lias been placed, ao
cording to a national stmey, ns number
twenty -one nmong the states of the
Union, when it should be up among the
leaders, if not the hadet I Is one
o the richest states in the tountrv nnd
is well nble to afford nn educational
system second to none. Within u short
time an aggressive iainpni-'ii sstini will
bo made to show the public beyond envil
of a doubt tlmt a ui gtejt den1 more
money must be spent to give the citv and
utate the kind ot education it des.ru .
More Money Needed
"We shall, of eourse, campaign for
moro money fiom the Legislature, but
it will first be necessary for the public
to understand its responsibllit in the
matter nnd loosen up its purse stungs,
it wo are to do the 'things that we
should do nnd want to do. We nie
limited by Jaw at pnnont to a tux of
ueven mills for sebools, which we will
be able to raise to eight mills next
year. 15ut a tax of ten mills at least
will be necesstrj if we are to begin to
frolvo our problems In fact, tnkmg the
xvholo sltuntiou in citv and state into
consideration, ewn more money will
linve to bo ruis d
"There seems to be little division of
"opinion on the point that a very sub
ptantlal increase in salary over the
present sum of $1)000 annually will have
to be paid the new superintendent. It
is also pretty well agreed Unit the tenure
of office must be iue rtaseil beyond the
present period of one year "
Mr. Hnngner. who has said some
mighty nice things nbout our Zoo here,
Is In charge of the shipment, nnd he Is
arranging to glc the animals n pleasant
oynge. Ktiterfnlnnient will be fur
nished them In n number of ways In
addition to the regular deck games and
meals n la carte. The animals do not
need or desire music; they present
their own musical ptegrain.
One of the animals will be an old
trmeler; the sntne being Mr. Bnrbary
Sheep, who originally came from north
ern Afrlcn, and is therefore an old
hand at this "ocean-travel stuff." Mr.
Iliingner is sciiously contemplating how
he can preent this passenger from
becoming the usual steamer pest who
nlways lets eery one know nbout "the
last time I ciossetl the pond."
A nice cool room nenr the refrlgcr
tor will he furnished for Undo Polar
Hear, who Isn't nt all used to equatorial
tra cling. On concern being exprcsseel
as to his ability to stand the climate
of Pretoria, Mr. Brown remarked op
timistically :
"Nature tukes care of animals, nnd
she'll take care of this chap. A man
would have to buy winter llanneta and
a fur oicrcont if he traveled to Alaska,
but Nature fixes the nnlmals up iu line
shape h tempering their furs and hides
according to the rigois of the climate.
It sines them u lot of money, doesn't
it?"
Among the passengers (In the first
nnd second robins nnd steerage) will
be a pitir of bison, a bull and cow ;
two Kumchatkau hears, one polar bear,
one blnek bear, six alligators, twelve or
fifteen turtles, a pair of coyotes, one
tinir of tree due ks, two pairs of night
bet on. n pair of herring gulls, one red
deer, one Hnrban sheep, one pnir of
South American sulphur-breasted tou
cans, tine CuUcr's toucan, one pair of
coj pi (a South American rodent), one
North American wild turkey, one hog
deer, one fallow deer, ono wapiti deer
(American elk) ; a pair of ycliow
fronted parrots, a pair of quail, a pair
of raccoons and a pair of banded rattlesnakes.
BLAMES
HIGH
MEAT
PRICES ON
PUBLIC
Head of Big Packing Houso
Says Pooplo Now Demand
Expensive Cuts
COMES HERE BY AIRPLANE
"nuy less expensive cuts of meat,"
is the advice to the consumer of IJdwnrd
S3. Morris, president of Morris & Co.,
packers, Chicago. Mr. Morris arrived
here this morning by airplane from New
York.
"Meat prices will not come down for
some time yet," said Mr. Morris, "but
by meat prices, I mean the prices of cuts
most purchased by housewives nt this
time. Thce are the expensive cuts,
and naturally they must seem high In
price If the public insists on buying
them. My ndvlco to the purchasing
public Is to buy good nourishing meats
such as stewing beef, ox tulls, nnd so
on. Thero Is n great deal of nourish
ment in a good stew. The man who
objects to It on his homo tabic Is In
nriobly the one who orders such n dish
nt n hotel when n high price nnd a few
gnrnishings disguise it.
"Take pork for example. The house
wife bti8 pork loins, ham and bacon,
which arc high In price, whereas there
arc many other parts of the pig which
supply good wholesome tender meat,
nt reasonable cost. 8o It Is with other
varieties of meata. In reality, however,
wiien we speak of high prices, meats
have cone up far less than other com
modities." Mr. Morris arrived at the Curtlss fir
ing field, Pine Vnlley, N. ,T shortly
after 0 o'clock this morning, hnving
left Mlneoln, h. I., one hour nnd forty
nine minutes earlier. The plane en
countered strong hend winds, according
to James B. Bac, the pilot.
"How do you like flying?" Mir.
Morris was asked.
"Great!" was the answer "Tni
is my second flight, nn I left Atlantic
City yesterday to rlslt my mother nt
Glen Cove, h. I. Wo went up there
In an hour and twenty-six minutes,
the wind being with u. If only there
were moro flying fields, nnd the nlr
nlanc was a little less comnllcatcd me
chanically, our company would prob
ably uso n larger ono to take us around
on our inspection trms. l felt nertectiy
snfc nil the time, although Mr. Bicket,
our manager, wno accompanied me,
made his will before leaving. A num
ber of our friends presented us with
papers with recent airplane fatalities
marked tu pencil ns a parting gift.
When wo wcro flying over Staten Is
land, on our way here, n plane flew
above us and another ono beneath us.
Wo saw the mall piano get nway from
the Mlneoln field nnd vanish to the
south. Part of our trip was above the
clouds. I enjoyed it immensely."
The plnnc wns met by representatives
of the Morris company nt Pine Valley,
and the remnindcr of the trip here w as
made by motor. Mr. Morris will ad
dress a sales convention of the Penn-
Manufacturer L0303 His Entire
Stock of Cloth Valued at
0 stz,uuu uuring noiiciays
sylvnnln branch mnnagem of his com
the West,
pany here today, and leave tonight for
It was learned nt tho flying field that
Philip D. Armour nnd Lawrence II.
Armour, of tho Armour Company, who
were to hnvo flown from Atlantic City
to New York yesterday, received tele
graphic orders, from J, h. Armour,
Chicago, not to mako the trip on ac
count of tho strong winds, and took the
train Instead.
SHOTS STARTLE CROWDS
Youth Tells Magistrate He Fired
Revolver to See If It Worked
Magistrate Pcnnock, nt tho German
town police station, today held Samuel
Snowdcn, seventeen years old, of Harold
street, near Twenty-fifth, in .foOO bull
for a further hearing, chnrged with fir
ing a revolver on a crowded corner last
night, creating n near panic.
According to tho testimony nt the
hearing, Snowdcn fired fivo shots near
School lane nnd Grceno 6trccts nt 11
o'clock. Patrolman Moore arrested him
after n chase.
Asked why he fired the shots Snowden
told tho magistrate he "wanted to see
If It worked nil right." Two men who
were with Snowdcn escaped at the np
proae'h of the patrolman.
THIEVES C
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EAN OUT
ARCH STREET HOP
ROBBERY DONE IN DAYLIGHT
The clothing manufacturing establish
ment of II. Bcckcrmnn, 823 Arch street,
is closed today because thieves stole the
entire stock of garments nnd cloth,
valued nt more than $27,000, during the
recent Jewish holidays.
The robbery wbb reported bv the
police today. It probably occurred Mon
day or Tuesday. Beckerman discovered
his loss when ho reopened his plnce yes
terday, hnving closed it nt fi o'clock
Friday afternoon so that his employes
could observo the Jewish New Year.
The robbers did their work so thor
oughly that there Is scarcely n piece of
cloth left In the shop. They worked In
broad daylight and took their plunder
out by tho front door.
The robbery was so bold that tenants
In neighboring buildings saw the thieves
at work, but paid no attention to them.
The day even Is uncertain, as tho men
who camo nnd carted Bcckcrman's stock
nway worked so coolly and methodically
that neighboring tenants were not im
pressed. When they heard that the
clothing manufacturer had ben robbed
they simply recnllcd thnt ono day early
in tho wcck, either Monday or Tuesday,
n truck had been busy carting stuff
nway.
Beckerman has been In business at
818 Arch street for two months. He
hnel an expensive stock of cloth and a
considerable number of finished suits
ready for delivery. He occupied the
second floor of tho building, tho first
being leased to Louis Brntln77i
cr in women's w!nr. Bernktclti ir
the visitation of tho.tlilevcs.
Entrance wa.s gained to HecW
placo by breaking n panel in , h
eloor, which led to tho second fw.' "
lifting a heavy bar which h"ld T'J
thieves then opened the door i
second floor that lends to the m.i. '
backed their truck up to the Sri
loaded everything aboard. '
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Regularly
122.50 Taupe Ma
155,00 French Set
180.00 Taupe Nn
217.50 Natural A
242.50 Trimmed j
242.50 Natural R
305.00 Jap Mink
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105.00
Trimmed
Marmot
Coat,
Sale
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Hudson Seal Coats
(19 ONLY)
294.00
Reg. 345.00 to 37S.00
A wide, full flare
model, with large ahawl
collar nnd cuiTs of
skunk, squirrel or seal.
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Leopard Cat
Coats
(9 ONLY)
98.00
Regularly 122.50
Loose flaro sports
model of beautifully
marked skins; large
shawl collar and cuffs
of Seal or Black Lynx.
HumUriY
Scarfs
September Salt Trie.
42.50 Taupo Wolf 34.00
42.50 Brown Wolf 34.00
42.50 Black Wolf 34.00
42.50 Cross Fox 34.00
C0.00 Taupo Fox 48.00
C0.00 Brown Fox 48.00
60.00 Black Fox 48.00
Chokers
n.faUtlr September Sal. Fries
20.00 Jap Mink 16.00
22,50 Aus. Opossum.... 18.00
25.00 Nat. Squirrel 20.00
C0.00 Natural Mink.... 48.00
G0.00 Blended Sable. ...48.00
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filled on these items.
Coata
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7 Marmot US. 00
2 Canadian Seal ..145.00
2 Hlbe-lan Wolr..HS.00
8 niack Pony ....210.00
B French Seal ....260.00
6 Hudson Seal....2BO.0O
4 Hudson Seal ....874,00
2 Moleskin 450.00
1 Broadtail 685.00
2 Nat. Squirrel ..496.00
8 ltudson Seal ...675.00
Scarfs
Reg".
8 Black Wolf .... 26.00
9 Drown Wolf .. 26.00
13 Taupe Wolf ...25.00
2 Ermine 80.00
4 ProsB Fox .... 70 00
2 White Fox .... 90.00
2 Nat. Blue Fox.. 196, 00
2 Silver Fox ....225.00
Sets
2 Naturnl Tlaccoon 05 00
5 Taupo Wolf .... 75.00
8 Brown Fox 80 00
4 Taupo Fox ....125,00
3 Brown Wolf ...126,00
3 Block Lynx ....145 00
2 Nat. Mink ....145,00
2 Cross Fox 196 00
1 Nat. Blue Fox.. 895.00
1 Nat. Fisher ....750.00
1 Silver Fox ....750.00
Stoles
B Aust. Seal 60,00
2 Moleskin 95.00
8 Taupe Nutria ...126,00
z iiuason Heal ....125.00
2 Nat. Bnulrrel ....145.00
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2 Aust. Opossum.. 14 5.00
jap. itounsKy
1 Russ.
105.00
Kolinsky.. 294.00
Coatees
Reg.
1 Nutria 145,00
1 Aust. Seal 225,00
1 Hudson Seal ,..,296.00
1 Beaver 600.00
1 Moleskin 626,00
1 Nat. Squirrel ...600.00
Chokers
8 Brown Fox 20,00
E Aust. Opossum,. 24.00
4 Squirrel 27.00
5 Kolinsky Fitch.. 30 00
6 Russian Fitch... 30,00
8 Nat. Mink 45.00
4 Sable Kolinsky.. 68.00
3 Aust. Blue Fox., 68,00
C Stone Marten... 95,00
Sale.
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110.00
104.00
105 .00
844.00
034.00
338.00
308.00
304.00
Sale.
111.00
lfl.BO
13.00
30.00
44.00
44.00
80.00
13S.00
Sale.
EO.00
48.00
R4.00
74.00
74.00
88.00
90.00
134.00
300.00
37B.00
370.00
Sale.
34. BO
B8.00
74.00
78.00
88.00
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98.00
110.00
194.00
Sale.
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105.00
394.00
360.00
393.00
Sale.
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13,00
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10.00
16.00
38,00
34,00
34.00
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Hudson Seal
Coats
(14 ONLY)
394.00
Reg. 402.60 to S45.00
Three-quarter length
full-flora model, with
large chawl collar and
rollinu cuffs of beaver,
skunk or seal.
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Black Fox Sets
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, 48.00
Rerutarly 76.00 to OS.00
Largo fali-forred ani
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muff, trimmed with
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85.00 Black Fox ... gj-J!
02.B0 Taupo Wolf '"
02.50 Black Wolf J4.00
07.50 Nat. Baccoon 7"r
122.50 Brown Fox 98-0".
122.50 Cross Fox 8w
Stoles
llepiUilr September ''.Inn
122.50 Nutria 9.8-;o
122.50 Moleskin JJ'XX
155.50 Nat. Squirrel - -l?Tn
180.00 Hudson Seal . . .!
180.00 Jap Kolinsky ..l"-09
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