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PLEAS OF GUILTY EXPECTED TODAY IN BUNKO TRIALS Taylor and Macphee Stub bornly • Refuse to Admit I Crime Despite Efforts* to 0 Draw.Them in Line by Esola and Comrades in Net LIGHT SENTENCES LURE CONFESSIONS Short Terms in County Jail Prompt the - Attempts • to Bare Police. Plots—- New Witnesses in Line if :•! Gases Are Called in Court ."••The trial.of the eight police officers, ."VlMlJlam McHugh, Arthur -Macphee,. Jack Sullivan, Charles Taylor, Charles •Joseph, Joseph 1.. Drolette. James Mc- Go.wan and Frank --W.. Esola 'on the conspiracy *'charge .begins, in Judge ■Lawlor's court this 'morning; The case is set tor trial, but there, is a possi bility .that there-may he .no trial at aIL The eight indicted then may cdme-into .court and plead guilty, •' thus*. obviating the necessity of trying them." •.' .There" is a strong : belief that at least .six' yof 'the : men ..may" enter pleas- W '.guilty, but the .other tWo, Macphee- and Taylor, still strongly protest their en tire Innocence and ahnouhoe their- in- tention of fighting to th'eVed-.' The dis trict 'attorney's-!■'.•■ office - : expresses the* opinion- that they may. '.change their minds before 10 o'clock and decide to' join with the six. others in a. plea-of guilty, hoping thus-' -to' escape-* with* • lighter sentences. ■ •'•'. •'' • * .;.-."'" ■ .'•• '■ "I am firpily .of .'.the opinion;"-. said ■ Assistant District Attorney Brennan, : "that ,at least 'six of 'the-jirien" will plead guilty, when the. case-Is called. Mac •phee and Taylor still hold -put, but- If the others plead guilty I don't See where those, two will have a leg -left to-. : stand on. ":' As a matter of fact, »I : have? absolutely convincing evidence . : against 'them—stronger even than that against, some of the six others—and'-I can't see how they can hope to escape conyiclion if they fight" the case. "',' I" should.-riot be surprised if they, too", decided to .plead guilty arid take their medicine." FIVE VISIT ESOLA :■. =.;.'.• '; .'McHugh, Sullivan, Joseph. McG.owan and Drolette visited the city .prison, yes-' terday and "conferred with "Esola, * who? is now confined there awaiting trans portation to yFolsom prison-. ? Esola, ' after - : his visitors '' departed, ,. insisted* there was no conference and that noth ing. was sa-fd 1 about 'the- 'coming* 'con spiracy trial. ° This statement may be Considered/ in connection with the fact that, as told in .Tlie Call yesterday.- EsOla, just "after his . conference with' Assistant District Attorney Brennan.' telephoned McHugh and "asked him. to ■come to the* jail., . Esola' called .'up Mc- Hugh after Brettnan.had. told hhnyjiat he would put him on the stand as a witness against the other policemen and had urged him a to confess -every thing he knew about the' bunko graft. / ipsola* Intimated at that time that he would tell the truth if called upon, to testify. Yesterday, however, the reiter ated the statement he made on the wit .ness stand Saturday, just before he was • sentenced ,that 3 he, would- not? say any thing to implicate anybody. - : "" • .-'. " "I'm. not -that sort of a man," he said: "I've got "thy*, five years and I'm* going .to ; take my medicine .and keep: my mouth shut.. I'm not going .to get any of, my friends In trouble;..-<*.. . ESOLA.JOEXIES: HE'LL ««PEACH ; '' . . "Statements are constantly • being made that I'm weakening and will come through. There's nothing.'in. it: I'm not .weakening and I don't, intend to come -through with anything, even If I had anything to tell/ •'.-, " * "I want to goto Folsom just as soon as possible and "begin-serving- my sen tence.." Every day I 'am. held here means just that much longer that-1 will have to serve. I want to get over- there aftd do my hit and come out a clean man." Brennan. however, insjsts. that he be-. ■lieves Esola eventually will tell . all he -.knows. . .*. .'_ • : ' : "He's ; got to do-It," says Brennan. '"I'll make Him. This conspiracy charge is not all that Is hanging .over his head. There is another felony indict ment against him for grand' larceny fci Connection with his part -in the rob bery of Vtvenzi, and'if .he. doesn't go ron the stand and tell what he knows, I'll prosecute him on that "charge, too. And I can get a dozen ..more indict .* merits' against him if I want to." * At All evertts, Esola will be called as a . witness 'in the conspiracy case, though he will be allowed to go to Folsom first and "begin 'serving his. .sentence so 'that the time" Spent here as a-witness will count on hjs sentence." •'- This means . that he ; will be' found not guilty on. the conspiracy charge. The law provides that in a case where there" is more than one defendant, any of them may be required to testify, •even though the evidence he 'gives might incriminate himself. This evi dence, however, may not. be used against him in any way. • .So if Esola testifies, the Judge will.be .required, by law 'to instruct the Jury to find him not guilty, even though he may previously have entered . a plea of guilty. :. • * ■'.-■:; TWO PROVOKE ESOLA • '. It was "notabhe that neither Macphee nor Taylor, visited Esola with the five others. The fact emphasizes the strife" between Macphee and Taylor on one hand and Sullivan, Drolette, McHugh," Joseph -arid McGowan on the other. The five last named have already of fered to plead guilty if they/could be assured of light sentences of not to exceed six months in the county Jail, but Taylor y 1 and Macphee hold'; out against them, notwithstanding ■ the c'arlier compact that all should sink or swim together. The five who are willing to confess are. .as, a conse quence, considerably irritated against the ©tn>rs and leave them alone, ex cept when trying to induce them to abandon' their stubborn attitude and loin in the plea of guilty.* Esola, too. is .said- to feel none.too friendly toward' Taylor, and- Macphee. Were all seven to plead guilty, Esola might hope to set his sentence re duced-by about half. He still Insists, however, that he will say nothing to irtinlichte.them. ! A The commitment for Esola will prob» %>ly be Issued> today by Judge Dunne ■and he will be taken to Folsom to be *gin serving his sentence. The commit ment could i not *be Issued Saturday, ias It was within a minute or two of noon when Esola was sentenced, ! and Satur day is a half holiday.; ,„ ,• Irt.la's reason for asking to be sent His Dime Came Back Again Travels of Ten Cent Coin y' HARTFORD, Conn., June 15*--y Six years ago ..Mrs. William* Waters ' gave her - brother, James *• ; Ilottomley, a dime 'on his birth- 1 day I anniversary, y He* marked* it with a cross ; ; before ! spending jit 'y for ' streetcar fare. * Today the \ - same conductor returned the dime' in change. toyFolsom Instead of to San Quentln was that jhe formerly was. a guard at the former place and | was discharged for 'being found asleep while on ; duty. Also, all of the convicted bunko men are in San Quentln, and it was -their testimony largely that convicted Esola; : Attorneys for the defense in the con spiracy case say .that, they y have not yet decided', as to what line of action shall be taken. They are to have a conference at 9 : o'clock to discuss the matter. It is believed that as a result of that conference it may be .decided that some of the• defendants,:at; least, will not fight the case. One of the at torneys intimated as much v Saturday, saylfghe would not •be surprised if six of the Indicted policemen ; pleaded guilty and threw, themselves on the mercy of the court. : In case the trial is called one of the Important witnesses for the prosecution will be Sylvia Bonnacosa, who;, was bunkoed out of * $700 by Gallo and Ferrari and who was " later sent to Italy by them to get him out of the way. Brennan said Bonnacosa is on his way back to San Francisco and will arrive within a few days. Another important witness - will be Frank Ross, a bunko man who Is serv ing a sentence in Joliet penitentiary. The district attorney's office found him recently and will have him brought here to testify. The testimony - he.. Is expected to give is that, when he.was in' San Francisco he Hvas wanted by the .Portland authorities for murder. Esola "knew he was here'and arrested him on a Vagrancy charge. Ross had about ■J8&0, and Esola, the prosecution asserts, .took $700 and allowed him to go free. ■ CAESAR'S LICENSE GLIMMERING " "Another-witness who Is to be brought back by the prosecution is j Johnnie Rovega, a bunko man.. His testimony Is ."expected -to be important. -* > - .Bruno, the proprietor of the; Jupiter cafe,-, may not be on hand to testify. Assistant " District Attorney Brennan .said he had ' heard Bruno had skipped out and could not -be found. *'"We shall have Bruno indicted," said Brennan, "and if he Is caught ,he will "Have to stand trial." • .- •Brennan stated that if was hardly probable -that the new grand jury would- be .asked" to return indictments against Demaria Caesar. , '.'-'.We shall have their licenses taken away,"- he- said., "Their .- places' have been hang6uts for bunko men and there is... no reason why they, should be per mitted to continue to run." " -'. Macphee declared last night that he absolutely would not under any cir 'c.urrijstances plead guilty. • V , • "I know \ am innocent," he said, "and an innocent man doesn't want.to plead guLlty, does he? vVy " "The. others may do as they please, but that's my attitude, and I believe It is- Charlie Taylor's, . too. The other boys are all fine fellows, but it is their own business what they. do. I'm going to" trial tomorrow, morning and I ex pect to.be acquitted, because I am not guilty.'". yy- ; y NO NEW PANEL yy Informed that Sullivan. Drollette, Jo seph,' Mcliugh arid McGowan had vis ited Esola and; that, it was "expected they -.would plead guilty, 7 Macphee re iterated his former statement that they might do •as they saw fit, but; that that- made'no difference .to. him. : The- prosecution .has decided not -to ask for a new venire, but to use the regular panel of Judge Lawlor's court: ."It Is a good' panel,"* said Brennan. ■'"Almost etfery man on it is a business man, and they are intelligent and, I believe, all on the square. At the same time,, we are going to exercise the greatest cars In, selecting a jury." The district attorney's department asserts . that nO immediate action will betaken toward obtaining indictments of. "higher ups." '.-..■■■■ ... ; " "One thing at a time," said Mr. Bren nan. ""We are going to have our hands full "for a, while with the trial of the conspiracy case. After we get through with -that: it .will be time to go after Other grafters'. 7 But we don't intend to stop with the trials of the men now Under Indictment. I'm going to| dig down to the very bottom of all this crookedness and punish the guilty, no "matter how high up they may be." . ALL FACE FELONY CHARGES Sullivan, Drolette, Joseph . and Mc- Hugh are all # under Indictment on fel ony ' charges' as well as conspiracy. Brennan said he would move this morn ing that their case's be set for trial to follow' 'immediately- after the. trial of the conspiracy case. Asked whether the department would consent' to drop the felony charges If the accused offi- [ cers pleaded guilty to the conspiracy charge, Brennan said that he -was not \ prepared to state. '.'--,'.. 'j'* V "That will depend a good deal on cir cumstances," he .said. .It maybe, In ferred that this means whether the men consent to go on the witness stand and tell all they know of graft in the police department. Gallo, it is known, is more than anxious to tell all he knows that will Incriminate other members of the police department, and it is intimated that sorhe of the statements he is willing to make hit rather high up in the depart ment.'- „./*'•., The district attorney's 'department is making a thorough investigation into the story 'told by Gallo,y in which Jack McManus of the Pacific Gas and; Elec tric company| was - connected with * the bunko ring. McManus is the man whoyacoording to Gallo's' story, urged the bunko men to quit 544 Broadway and make Jupiter's cafe their \ head quarters, in return J for; police | protec tion, which he declared he could get for them through his closeness to Chief White. '' ; ; ; \ The.statement made by Gallo that-a second clique of policemen, headed by Macphee, worked in harmony.' with » a gang-of pickpockets, Just as the eight policemen now under fire are 1 said |to have worked with the bunko ring, is being, closely investigated. The evi dence when collected will be presented to , the , grand jury, and *if strong enough will probably result' in a batch of indictments being returned. DECLARES FICKERT - DODGES HIGHERUPS W. .A. Mundell, Pacific coast man ager of the Burns Detective agency, who was a few days I ago, on 'orders issued by Assistant; District Attorney Brennan, barred from visiting, Michael Gallo and other notorious bunko men at the county Jail and who was charged by the district attorney's office y with improper conduct; In attempting to see the prosecution's witness, In .a ; caustic reply, wired, from Denver, chargesithat the district attorney was forced by the private detective agency to take action and that ihe has refrained from > going after the "higherups." * y yMundell's telegram is dated June 14. It says: :. ■-'. "'-';.,•-"' '".■ .\'. : 4.•'■;''■■■'. 4 ,-'■' "The \ only thing that 1 worries Fiokert regarding y: my r y moves ■ Is ;v that ? our agency does not cover up anything. There ;y has been * muchkcovering; up In the ; bunko graft investigation and there are persons being protected y who ought THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1913/ JIMMIE BRITT IS SOME HEADLINER Empress Specialties as Seen by Cartoonist Jimmies Britt, actor and monologist ("ain't no vulgar prizefighter no more and don't want to be called such,'yhe r says), is the headliner at the Empress this week. Other features of the new bill are ' "The Wheelers ;" Charlotte, dainty violinist Sebastian Merrill and * brother in bicycle stunts; Barnes and Robinson, song and comedy specialties; Agnes Lee and company in "The Test" and the Nine Piano' Bugs. to be facing trial. ; Nobody can stop me from interviewing whom I please. "If; Fickert* Is so anxious to use the grand jury for Investigating purposes he would do well to investigate thor oughly evidence - against certain - other persons than the. Indicted policemen In connection with the bunko graft. ' : "I.do not have to tell any grand jury or any one else what II am doing, and our agency has 4 had too much experi ence with public officials to be fright ened by bluff. * "' y * y "No official who J owes - his position and property to corporation corruption sacks can stop V.us from bringing out the entire truth regarding any. investi gation with which y we* may be con nected, y, -.•"■' "The Burns agency is always unal terably opposed to sending part of; a gang to jail and saving the higherups, but this policy of square dealing wor ries certain San Francisco J officials. "Itis a matter of record that neither Fickert nor the grand jury did any thing toward investigating the bunko graft- until ; the. police commission took the I Initiative, gathered the evidence necessary for indictments through this agency and handed It to Flckert;on;a platter so that he was i forced to act. "Our agency, gathered nine-tenths lof the evidence so far; used and 4 hunted out nine-tenths of the witnesses ; used. Significant it is that many of the wit nesses who could give valuable testi mony were not properly .examined or not examined at all before the grand' Jury. The grand jury transcript proves this. '*."'. y--, ~ ' *•'.' ; ; y We obtained the confessions ;of Gallo and his wife which were used In the J Esola trial, and It \ may ybe j a mat ter of interest that the bunko men to day who were instrumental In.forcing the* expose would rather talk to' me than to Fickert because i they say! I don't bury anything. - - _ • ;"■■■-.;■ ;I* '"My, visit* to- the county jail -was per fectly proper, and;" so far as : the pur : pose of It Is concerned it will . come out when • I am ready. - "I am not surprised that;the district attorney's .office * does ; not want me to interview certain bunko-men 'for,; they have not yet told all they know nor have ( they been given proper oppor tunity to do so. y.: ' ' "There are ■ certain of the indicted policemen who -do - not want '{ to \go; to jail 'alone: and if they go everyone who had a* finger in the graft ought to go with them. - : '~:- : : 'y "I intend using every bit of. evi dence, my agency' obtains ', in; connec tion with the ; bunko -'. cases 'i regardless of t the antagonism |of any public f offi cial and J Fickert *as ; well as any one else .-. knows that yyl; am ; neither,<'* in the business of shielding criminals nor assisting, them. . ' "We worked on the bunko graft two months "before the expose came and 10; weeks before Fickert woke up." KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS RECEIVE LARGE CLASS State- Deputy Silva Exemplifies Rites yof Third y Degree to .-Initiates' •;■ Frank M. Silva of Napa, state deputy of the Knights of Columbus in Cali fornia, exemplified y the 1: rites 4of y the third degree to an unusually large class of initiates yesterday afternoon in Knights of; Columbus ball. Seven ty-five 1 men 'received! the ", degree. T • Fol lowing the y ceremony Mr. Bilva was tendered a reception by members of the" various councils ?• In ; Alameda county and ' local officers. : ,.'' , *';; Assisting * State Deputy Silva In the ritual- were Neal f Power, former state deputy: R. Chlsholm and Ernest Brain ard. , 4y San Francisco council, sinee r moving Into s its new building, has Increased I rapidly in >; membership, and tit is ex j pected that 'it will probably become ;the slargest;5 largest; lodge of the :order in- the I United; States. ' MEAT WAR LIKELY TO CUT COST FOR 'POOR CONSUMER' "Ultimate" Will Come Into His Own at Last if Threat ened Price Slashing Contest Develops (Special ; Dispatch to The . Call) NEW YORK, June 15.There are current here rumors that a worldwide war between the meat trust on one side and independent y packers and * foreign producers on the other Is imminent, and that the rich market of the, United States is to be' the prize of the victor. Such a war, while it- lasted* at : least, would mean a great reduction in the price "* of ] meat." » ; .Here are the conditions which con front packers of , the United States and which form a basis for the report of war: '■:';■-. , '- %. 4 y The tariff proposed by the democratic congress, which will j greatly reduce the duty now imposed :on meat i imports. \\ < The tremendous decrease in the num- Short Haul Pays With Patent Lumber Loading and Unloading Device Five .tons of lumber may be loaded in 3 minutes and dumped in 1 minute with the Locomobile lumber loading* equipment.. Thus : the truck chassis -may be kept working all the time. Continuous operation of a heavy duty truck pays a handsome profit. This has been proven on long haul work, r With this-device the same conditions apply in short haul work. The Locomobile Truck chassis is Va mechanical marvel. It is produced by a company famous for the mechanical excellence of its product. That statement S alone is a I guarantee -of service. We it would like to prove the truck to you. 200 VAN NESS AVENyE'lt^^^^Ba|ißif'^^j ber of cattle now being raised for market on this continent.'. :. t ';. \4 * Lack of I grazing space necessary to they production of a supply sufficient to meet , the 3 ever increasing demand,;for meat in this country, the great ranges being rapidly: cut into -farms. ,„y • I An insufficient - supply .'of f e_d for the cattle which can not be turned out to graze. 4 ~y ' . ■■... Great, packing plants. erected at much expense, which the shortage of stock is threatening with idleness. - '. The .evident, intention |of Argentine and Australian* packers which are x not affiliated with "American concerns to in vade* the American market, *as. is al ready being ; done in -Pacific* coast dis tributing centers. "■."- The Panama canal,' with ! its ; chances for j quicker* transportation offered to shippers -from Argentina to the Pacific coast and; from Australia' to the Atlan ticV. ports. •« J '; - •* The revolution in Mexico, which has set the industry in I that country so far back that It will not recover in 10 years. , . * Restless independents who are stirred to unwonted activity by the fear that the biggest concerns j are seeking .to", tie up all ; available sources of' production in the southwest. / "4f-4 ; r* The American packers, who are com monly referred jto as .the trust, prof to •; have no fear; of the situation. -, They give these reasons for their, confidence: yr The prices of meat are bound to go higher,; despite the tariff and the open lng,of # the canal. ," j lArgentinel Argentine I and | Australian | beef. can not hope to compete .with; the cornfed product of the United States.' Americans will not eat solidly frozen meats. Meats shipped from either of the two rival ( districts must come to the ports of this country In that condition. LANE FAVORS USE OF POWER SITES Secretary to Encourage De velopment of Waterfalls for People's Benefit "Lower the Rate to Con sumers, Lower the Tax to Companies" Is Policy WASHINGTON. June; 15.—IThe lower the rate charge to consumers by electric power companies r the lower will be the tax- which such 'power companies must pay to the government." Secretary Lane of the interior de partment* announced this today as "the heart of | the policy adopted- as to ■< the disposition 4of -water rights by the government." - v, y y; : . Mr. Lane has pending before him several'applications for rights to use theyypubllcyiands and: the waters of navigable -? streams for the development of electrical power. He is opposed to making use of . these waters as a source of revenue to the government, but is in favor * requiring the fullest use of them for the benefit of the people. yAfter | carefully considering a power project on the Pend d'Orellle river, lln northern Washington,' the secretary has laid down five .conditions as "an ideal standard toward which to work in the making of the contract between the government and the applicants for the use of the power." These conditions are: v i yy-..'-. ..:''..- '■ ■ -4,.4y':'i.' ;. yl. The greater : the development of horsepower the j lower the charge -per horsepower to be made on- the part of the government. This .is Intended to , obtain the full use of the stream. . : 2. : V The lower the rate to consumers the lower the charge on the part of the government. ■ 3. No I charge j or.. a period of five or ten years during which the power com pany is finding its market. ; 4. Acceptance. as a public utility of the state's Jurisdiction over intrastate rates and service, and of federal Juris diction over Interstate rates; and serv ice. ■ <.. .*.-. ~ . v,~ ■' ..'. - .. 4 5. * Absolute; prohibition of combina tion or monopoly and the right of rev ocation on the part of the govern ment in the event that it is established to the satisfaction of the secretary of the interior •or -the courts that such ; combination has been made ,or that prices have been fixed -by agreement with competing plants. , .-'■» "It .is my purpose," said Secretary Lane; "closely to;-' follow these § con ditions lin : the making of all -future contracts with power.companies. They are Just-alike'to seller and consumer of the [ power, I they- : are | fair to > the , gov ernment, and they will make (for the conservation and genuine development of natural -resources * now * going' to waste." ■'...... " : .' POLICE INVESTIGATE ;. DEATH OF MARINER 4 E. ; Burns, an aged marine fireman, was found dead- In bed yesterday in a lodging house at 147.'East street. There were .lacerations about the head and It was at first -believed that rhe had met with ; foul play. .. Detective Nick. Bakullch, who -was sent to : Investigate, learned that Burns had been ill for several days and . Sat urday suffered a; hemorrhage. * -.■,". y The body was removed to the morgue.' ,<-■■■•■ ■ ■ -I ■ s - ■ -7 ' ■■- . i^ m iL^^B^__P Honeymoon L Excursion -y j - fXJrand Canyon j 1 €£_ _ffF *%roiznd '• I H - vTI __L " • "-•■•• fti ■■-I ■■'"■■■■^■ : *™%*z**** ..•-.•• ,-p : "' n£> ' - .'. y" Bbc : fl - ' jrtfc mmWm ' . Hr ■p'-■■•■ ; _'f i i __yfij p m Tickets on sale daily good "19 1 for return until October 31.) j-j-? I . 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June 15.—A " Kent Hollow cat ban extra toes I on • its- f ront -paws that turn, back- I ward '.so that Ht' has difficulty in .'letting go' of ] thing*. Today one .front caught in the claws of the opposite hind foot and * the | cat had -to . hobble on;,two • fe,et until assistance -was given j and its feet unraveled. * SALOON KEEPER IS ROBBED Antone Plerone, proprietor of a sa loon at 1808 Union street, reported to the police.that a gold watch and chain valued at $125 were taken from behind his bar early yesterday morning while he was waiting on some customer- • in* the rear of the place. '<*• ..'... STRIKES BOTTOM < ■*' ' * -—, < Homes Needed for a. Lot; of Them and This Should. '■ Find The.m ' . • " " ' , As announced heretofore, we must*' sell out half of our player pianos, baby grands and all other pianos. ' To do so quickly, we have cut an actual one third off the already low prices on every new player piano, baby grand and all other pianos In this house. A clean half,, arid even more, has been taken off the -price on every/ used in strument In the house. . / We, have new pianos now for only $93. More "elaborate ones' for- $160. . 'Take your choice of really : elegant new player pianos «ors2S6. * Free 'music rolls. Chlckerlngs,- Kimballs, peckers, Lesters, Smith & Barnes,,*fiohmers and even the greatest of. ail pianos, the genuine Autoplano .Player Piano,-all are reduced to hitherto unheard of low prices. ' ' . . '"• •' .-■ 4 The used pianos jn. this sale come from fine homes. People who had them got their new player pianos from us so cheap that they could afford .to.Jet go , their old pldi>os equally' cheap. That's why we can offer on the third floor a large number .of old style, but good, Emersons, Stelnwaya, . Gablers, Nugent and many ; other pianos* for a flat price of only $25. At this low price we should expect all cash, because the amount Involved is really too small to carry through our books, but even these we will be glad to sell on little payments as best suits the convenience of each buyer. * . " There is ,a very .cute- cottage size Weber piano, and also an--elegant little Fischer with really nice tone ory only $65. A Hardman and many others'for $10 less. All on little payments. - Any piano will be sent out on our thirty-day "free trial-offer. ~ , „ , .'Come in and .select "a piano .or .a player piano now. 'We'll not ask you to -pay anything down if you're riot • prepared. We'll accept $1 a week 0 in payment for a new piano; $2 a week on "• player pianos. We've, got.to sell pianos quickly and won't "let terms, stand in the way. If you.can. not come, telephone, but do jit quickly. You'll never regret it. A chance to save money such as is presented now has never existed before. Now is thetjme to get. a piano, a 'fine piano, one of the famous makes wjilch have made this house the-most notable piano house in the nation. '•*;.. •-, Eilers Music House, the nation's largest dealers, 975 Market street.— Advt. * ' . . . 3