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EVENING liEDGBB PHILADELPHIA, '.THURSDAY, APEIL iL3, 1016.
FRENCH REPULSE
. TEUTON ASSAULT
AGAINST HILL 304
Fierce Artillery Fire Halts
. Germans Northwest of
-Verdun
WdtJtfDjiD DIE IN FLOOD
TAUtS, April 11
VVpotlier attempt liy the Clermnni to
assault the- French VosUloms on Hill 301,
liorthvvest of Verdun, on Veilneiliv, was
proventeil by tho French nrtlllcr). It was
announced toua by the "War Ofllce
After a violent bombardment of tbe hill
tho nermann preinreil to throw hettvy
iruSfeSes tit men forward, but the curtntns
of tiro Jtrom the French guns kept them
frtsm tnrrvmjr out the onternrlie
Tho. flight wni Bcnernlly calm on tho
VorflUri iWilit, the communique staled
Tit Intonslty of tho Clcrmnn artillery
Arc (ta(nst the French portion on Hill
aCH lwttl InetlcaVed that'tho Clorhinns would
mohar their next powerful Infantry nnault
nmUiut thnt Section of tho lino nnd tho
French artillery was prepared to meet It
As Hie German fire slackened hundred-? of
French Buns began raining sheila In "cur
talna" In front of tie Ociman trenches
'Tho Teuton troop that tried to penc
irate tbo veil ijf, steel were wiped gut by
the deadly fire-
Tho German Gencrnl Staff It again
Jntlnfe reinforcements to tho Voiduu
Jrpnt It In supposed by military critics
thrit th6so troops were originally Intended
' for tho east front Hovvover. bad roads
'! Hoods In Itusnla have compelled tho
Russians to lessen their nctl itlei. vv illi tho
result that tho Boldlers could bo sent to
tho west front.
Tho severo nrtlllery flro northwet of
Verdun has cmiaaiicil. noma, of tho'dlltes
along tho west bank of tho Mcttso 7 ho
stream, already at flood tldo from fain
.nd molting snow, has overflow ed a con
siaerablo portion of tho lowland around
Cumlcres. Jinny German wounded were
drowned by tha lnuntl-Ulon
Northeast of Verdun tho Oermnni hnvo
carried out vigorous cannonades uirilnst
tho French positions nnd tho roids In tbe
Tear of the French Unci
, Tho text of tho olllclal communlquo fol-
The night wan quiet throughout tho
entire, region about Verdun
A German attack, which had been
prepared for jcflteriltii afternoon
against our poiltlous on Hill 304. was
not nhlo to sortie from tho enemy's
trenches. Tho curtains of lire from
our nrtlllory and the bombardment
directed by our batteries In tho
neighboring sectors upon enemy col
. -umns concentrating In AfalancoUrt
"Wood appeared to have made that
operation abortive
No Important event occurred on tho
entire front
Miss Marjory McConnell Asks Divorce
A divorce action bus been begun In
Common Pleas Court No i by ilrss Mar
jory Fitch OberteuITer McConnell, daugh
ter of Mr and Mrs Herman OlierteufTer,
Of Haverford Her husband, Nevvlln jfc
Gunnel!, is now living In this city, though
beforo the divorce action tho McDonnells
Jived first In Ifnddonflcld, thou u Havel
ford Mrs McConnoll Is with hor father
at Jllahbeo Haverford The marrlagu
took placo April 30, 1U0T
Boardwalk Eye Doctor Arrested
ATLANTIC CITY. X J. April LI A
movement of Boardwalk merchantiyto elc
Vote the standard of business there and
Ju?en the dry fn-o of ' llonters" vvholpruy
upon Vis'tors led to the arrmtof SsvmuU
Tannhauscr an optometrist, chftrged'wlth
doing business without a .State license
Tannhauscr uim held In $100 ball fur a
hearing. The pennltj I- a S.'OO line
THE WEATHER
Official Torecaat
WASHINGTON. April fJ
For Ha&tern Pennsjlv.ini i and New
Jersey Pitibablj Niiowcrs and some
what warmer to-ilght , Friday parti)
cloud ; light to modcrati variable winds
The northeastern disturbance Ins moved
from southern New l ngland to tho Gulf
of St Law rente during the last II hours,
attended by light Muttered rains The
western Htonn hns moved from tho Mis
souri basin into the upper Like region
and extends in a trough from theneo
Dquthwestward to Mtxico It has also
been attended by light rains over widely
scattered areas It has caused a further
Hue in temperatures in tho Ohio basin,
and Is being followed by a colder area
that has overspread ilu Missouri basin
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RUSSIA ANNOUNCES rWlTHEIt
ADVANCE IN B1TLIS REGION
Austrian Attempt to Push Their Lines
Toward Olyk Repulsed
LONDON1, April 14 -Further progress
by the ttusslan Caucasus army nouth
west of tho -aptured Armenian fortress
of t:i7emm and tho repule of Turkish
attacks In the region of mills nnd of
Kurdish detachments south of Lake t'ru
mlah were reported by tho Ilusslan AVnr
Ofllce last night
A local success In Gallcla, In the Lub
lin region, and an unsuccessful Austrian
attempt to advance their lines to tbe
railway station of Oljk are tbe only ac
tions reported In the eastern theatre of
war, Tho statement follows
In tho Caucasus, southwest of
' Krzerum, we seized Turkish positions
At Hlllls nil enemy attacks were re
pulsed. South of Lake t'rumlah
Kurdish detachments were defeated
Western front Around Lublin our
Volunteers successfully encountered
German scouts At the railway eta
lion of Olvk we repulsed tho enemy s
atempt to Intrench themselves near
our trenches
ITALIANS TAKE
TRENCH LINE NEAR RIVA
Austrian Const Attacked by
Enemy Seaplanes and Gar
rison Put to Flight
ItnMK. April 13 The following olIlcHl
coinniunlc.itlon was Isaiied last night
In the I-dio Valley by methodical
offensive operations we ndviineed'oiir
occupation to the heights north of
lllo I'onnle, between tho Concel Valley
nnd n in da Our Infantrj with t III
caclous support of the attlllcry, took
by nssault a strong line of trenches
and redoubts along tho southern
slopes of Monte Pari and Clina d Oro,
nnd on the roeka of Monte f-'perone
Tho enemy defenses, after sustaining
heavy hisses, proQtlng by the n.ituio
of the ground succeeded in retiring
We took 20 prisoners
An Intense artillery action continues
between tho Adlge lllver and llrenta
and nlong the Json7o front
Tho effective fire of our batteries
has prevented tho enemv from rep tir
ing tho Lusem.i fortless In the piper
Astlco Valley and destiovcd lev'Ltual
Ing depots nt Santa Cnti rln.j and
UggowIU, In the Fella Valley
Tho Hlefaill News Agcncv as that tho
activity of the Italian nlr flotilla In tho
upper Adriatic continues
"A few ilii8 ngu." tho agency sajs,
"two senplunes bombarded a point in
tho Austrian tonst, put to flight a small
garrison and afterward lauded The pilot
debtroitd a signal post and telegiaphlc
station, exploded an ammunition depot,
set llro to stores of loal and returned
safelj
"Another Italian seaplane dropped COO
kilogrammes (110 J pounds) of explosives
on tho r-illwnj station at Nabresln.i
"The Italian coast defense on tho upper
Adriatic brought down an enemy h.vdro
aeroplane "A fewdnjs ago an enemy submarine
exploded off an Italian port on the Ad
riatic "
HKItLIN, April 13. (H) wireless to
Havllle) An olllclal statement lsucd at
tho Austro-Hungariaii Army Headquarlei
mi)s
Livelv artillery duels are going on
In several sectors of the Italian front
Near Itlva the enein was ejected
from soviral salient trenches nnd one
defensive vfill south .if Sperone,
which bad been ocuipkd by 111 i n
Tho Italian attack thus ended a coin
' plote, failure 4
-KvNKiHTS OF COLUJIBUS
AT THE CATIIKDIIAL
Relifrious Retient Attended Niglilly
by Great Thione
Great thinned of men are attending a
religious ietre.it being conducted under
the ausplies of the Knights of Columbus
of 'this eltj. In the Cathedral of Sts.
I'cter and Paul, llith nnd Haeo streets,
each evening this vvck
Hveiy nlglit ho far tho great pclltlce has
been ciowded to tho doors It Is i-stl-matcd
that fully 4000 members and their
friends are making the retreat whiih Is
being held under the dlnetlim of the
Hev r L Kenzel C HS It a memh.r
of tho rtedcniptorlst Tathers, nn order
whlcli recently lield one of the most
largelj attended missions this titj bus
uver bad
r.ithei Kenzel l pleaching an Intel
eMIng sermon ejeli night Last night the
tct of Ills sermon was "The Knight of
Columbus In Ills Home Relatione" To
night he will speak on "The Liuglit r
Columbus and Cliristinn Murilagv ' He
sides tho sermon, there Is Benediction each
nlulit, as well as singing
, On Suuilaj the Knights uf Columbus
will attend Mass and receive Hl Com
munion In a bod).
MASLTIELD PRIZES AWARDED
Miss Loudon, Bryn Mavvr, 1910, Wins
Poetry Contest
It wait .announced at llrjn Mawr College
toduj that the two Mahofteld prizes for the
best poem by a student and the best piece
of prose have been won by Miss Margai t
LouUe Loudon, lCiiO. of this city and
MIsh Mnnlcil llairv () Slle.l 1'jlT if!
Urookltne, Mass
Tho title of Miss Loudon's poem is ' Re
turn " Miss O'Mhea's offering was an
Irish btory The prizes were offered b
John Mnsetleld when he lectured at llryn
Mawr last March They consist of auto
graphed copies of the poet's works
There were 25 contestants Miss Lou
don lives at 1330 Spruce street.
Atlantic City Gets War Order
ATLANTIC CITY. N J. April 13 At
lantic City has received its Mm war order
through a contract for a million brick
awarded here by tho du Pont Powder
Company for the enlargement of its plant
at Carney'H point The order Is said to
indicate a great scarcity of brick in the
Philudelnhia district, uhera lanlu ar
being drained to meet emergency orders
&rs.
Car
followed
-in material, in
f. o. b. Factory
S
338-40 ft Broad St.
STATE CENSORS BLAME
GREED FOR OPPOSITION
Scones Stricken From Films
Show Need of Supervision,
Board Declares
HAUlllSnUnU. April IS TH State
Hoard of Moving Picture Censorship has
Issiled a slnlemcnt defending Itself against
recent attacks It "avs In pvrt.
"The sensillonal stnrv appearing In
some pspers that mmlng pleturo censors
of 27 Stntes are ruled bv what Is termed
the rum ring' Is a pipe dream so far as
tbe I'ennsvlv.inla bivtrd Is concerned In
the first pi ice. while there arc several
city police censorship boards, thero aro
only three Rtnto boards In the whole
country, not 27 Another was ndded re
cently by the passage of tho censorship
bill In Mnrvlind i
This shows the absurdity of the nt
tempted reflection on our board. It Is
but part of a well-organized plin of the
moving pleturo Interests to defeat cen
sorship If they were free to show soma
of the balr-rtlslnff. pfiisitlonal sugges
tions of Immorality which wo hive cen
sored It would mean limitless profits to
them That Is tho wholo reason for their
rather Ingenuous cry for a "free' screen
' I believe motion pleturo ccnsnrshlri In
Pennsjlvnnla Is hero to stay The pur
pose of the t Islatloti Is beneficent to
the highest ihvree and that Its accom
plishment Is likewise beneficent Is dem
onstrated bj the filth that tho bo ml has
ordered cllmlnitcd from picture" "
PLAN KOR .MISSION ASSEMBLY
Presbyteiinti Women Mtiku Aiutnrrc
ments for Meeting This Month
riins for the hlennlnl assembly of tho
Hoard of Polelgn Missions, at tho 1'ies
bjterlan Tabernacle, .17th nnd Chestnut
streets, April 25 to 2S were made this
nfternoon ut a meeting "f tho t'lesbv
teilan Women of Philadelphia, held In
the Arch .Street I'resbjterlan Church, I8tlt
and Arch streets
Mis H Ilovd Welzel president of tho
c ity orgnnlratlon presided Ueports of
tho woik of the women during the last
vriir were read by tho lccordlng secrctnrv,
Mis 11 P Illeliardson 1 Ireisuier, Miss
Ht'lcti It Cooper; lltcrntiiro secretarj,
Mis A J! Mulllkln : misslon.ir iduca
tlon secretnrv Miss Martha Swnrtz . ex
tension secrttim. Mrs It M. (1 Huff;
secretarj for Voting Women and West
minster (lullds Mrs .1 Llildnn IVnnoek ,
Christian Kudc.iv or sicrclnrv Mis J V
Smith; Jiinloi Christian Kndeavor secre
t.irv, .Miss A M I'onte and coneponding
secretary. Mrs John W I'.itton
.$2.1 FOR MISSING WIPE
Bride of Si Weeks Disnppc.us and
Husband Offeis Kevvard
Ameiigo Ilell i "fin South 'itb strcel,
wants to And ills wife and will pay $2"
to get her lie man led her sl weeks
ago in Tifiiton and brought her to this
clt One week ago today she left him
nt 9th and Market stieols tnivlug that sho
was going Into the Postnlllca to mall a
letter llella has not seen bei slnei
IJella savs lie thinks Ids wlfo eloped
with u man wlm works iirouiiil lGth and
Aioh stie-ets. ultliough ho his no piouf
of their flight iiell.i hnd a cinih store
In Trenton nnd his wife then Mnigniotta
Totli. was one of Ills best customciH
Mrs eronk i Tilth the missing wife's
mother, snvs sbo has not seen Iiei daugh
ter since tliu vvomiu lift with her husband
one week ngo last night to go in CinidV-n
GERMAN GENERALS OLDEST
Statistics Show Average Ago of Brit
ish Commanders Lowest 6f All
LONDON. April 13 'Krom cuefiillv
complied statistics," savs the Morning
Post. 'It appears that in the llritlsh
French and Herman ulmles the voungest
geniyr.ils occupvlng high commands m the
piesent moment are the llritlsh and the
oldest the Genn.ui The .iveiago age of
the llritlsh Is G,l 9 jeais, lli.it uf the
French GO 5 jears and of the (lei mans
C3 5 eiis
'if bowevei, wi exilinlo fiom tli
Ceunin list the ruv.il Rem rah of w lioni
tlieio are a good ni.inv the nviiage age
of tile men uiiupving high i uniiuiiiiN In
the Uermnii army Is 16 do Von Mm kensen
Is 71 von llinilenbiug !'! von l' ilkenliuv II
7. von Klmk 7e mjii Hu low "( von
Wmiuli O'l von l.ieliliuru fall n rid vuu
Ueselei lib
NB also
mommf
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mm
wife who likes to keep
her house as clean and
neat as a new pin all the year
'found without the hard work
of sweeping
We offer a really good, efficient Electric
Cleaner at the remarkahly low price of
$19.75. And as a specislofndycement during
the housecleajning period, jVemake the fol
lowing eaSytenns (to our custodiers pnly):
S3.75 &time of purchase and the balance in
eight monthlyypayraents offieach. These
terms hold g
during
Most worn
worse tha;
eeping.
sweeping can get all the grime and dust out
of your carpets and rugs. Sweeping simply
takes off the surface dust and grinds the
real dirt in deeper. An Electric Cleaner, on
the other hand, draws out ALL the dirt,
leaying the carpet or rug fresh and clean.
Thit EUcttic Citantt hat a ttl of tltaidng attaehmentt
ttgvtattj fnttd at fT (tr it!, which ut will nil at ti 4$
duting April. This main (A tntt el thi Cltantr, com
plttt, tUJO. Ttrmsat Cltantr eomplttt art f4 10 at timt
o puiehait; balanct fa tm monthly pisimtnlt ef 11 taeh
S the Cleaner la Actual uia at the moit convenient Diittict
Office, or (top in at the Electric Shop for a demonstration.
ALBERT BEYER, JR.
Secretary to Mayor Riddle, of
Atlantic City, who hns taken the
stump to fight tho re-election of
his father. Albert Beyer, Sr , Di
lcctor of Finance, who is on the
slate of the largo inteiests in the
seashore city Young Beyer says
Mayor Kiddle has been ti "good
boss," nnd thnt it is his duty to
help him in his political omeip;
ency. He is n Lnfnyettc College
alumnus.
DEMOCRATIC "WHIP"
SPEAKS HERE TONIGHT
Senator Lewis to Be
at JelTerson Day
Dinner
Guest
Culled Stntes Semtor Jnmes llnmilton
Lewis, of Illinois, the Democratic whip
and tliu man whom It Is generally sup
pos.ed President WIImiii favois as a l mi
ning mate, will bo the guest of honor nt
the Jefferson Dav dltuur of the Demo
cratic Club tonight The dllinei will bo
served at tho Continental llolel
Semtor Lewis will Hlnro honors with
Itepiesentatlvo riood, of Virginia and
Charles S 'Ihomas, of Color ulo An
nouncement of the Senator's Intention to
lie present wns ninde Hst nlghl .il a
meeting of the club In Its new headquar
ters 1132 South I'enn ipinri
The niinunl il.etlon of the club wns held
list nlglit and Itobcrt S llrlght vias elect
ed In the piesldencv Other ollleers cli etid
follow Vice piesldiuts, Jobn J Wilkin
son. John I Someis, Speuce D Wright nnd
T T Nelson; recording seeretar.v, .Michael
3' Iverwlek, Kiriespoiulhig secret ir II
U fctymour; treasuicr. 2 11 Selberllch,
goveinors, lloland S Morris, William L
1'ij. John Monachaii, John Cox I II
lleikeh fVink Stephens, Itobcrt Weinei,
Dr II llosklns, Thomns Dempsej, C
I:. Laizelero and S II .Slilngle.
TWO SCHOOLGIRLS HELD UP
Coatesville Student Beats OfT Her As
bailant With Books
en vti:svilli:. i'a, apiii m two
schoolgirls, ono In Ibis city and ono in
I icmnlngtou n. vveie hi Id up while on their
vvav Iiomo friini scliool Tliev viero Mlts
Million Megirgee. CoiteKville. and Miss
LIUibith Ibaeli, Dowiiingtowu
Iss Megargee deelaies she beat the
straugei with her schonlbooks until ha
inn awaj A wispect was ariested here,
but bo was ilNchargod
Working
for Your
Inlerpst'
Lowest HSlca In This City
Stricfly Confidential
Bur'lar-pi ofljWlrofeLi6ti
FIDELITY LOANCO
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to the house
April only.
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N.Y. TRIBUNE HOISTS
BANNER OF ROOSEVELT
Newspaper That Fought Col
onel in 1912 Says Country
Needs Him
SV.W vontf, April 13 tinder the cap
tion, 'Colonel Hoosoelt for President,"
tho Tribune publishes nn editorial today
in which It pros'
' Colonel Iloosoelt and no pussy.foot
Ing. The Tribune likes thin cnndldnto nnd
tlila Issue It regards Senator Hoot. Its
favorite so Ions n ho had n chance of
nomination, ns now practically eliminated
It cannot Interpret any more hopefully
the failure of the "oxygen treatment' which
his ctndldacv lecehed In tho shape of the
manifesto with 75 signers
"Wo nro for Colonel Hooseclt becauso
we think the country needs him No ono
rle will quicken tho pulso of the nation
ns ho will quicken It No ono else will Btlr
the conscience of the people ns he will ntlr
it No one else will Inspire patriotism as he
will Initptro It AVc nre for Colonel Ilnosc
elt In nplto of the fnct that we weie
nitnlnst him four cnra nRo No ono fought
him harder than we. Nono now will light
harder for him It has not been easy to
put aside oui pride our nenso of resent
ment of what occurred in 1112, and tho
hundred other things Hint tend to keep
alive divisions
"Wo might have preferred another
leader, but there Is no other leader, .luetlco
Hughes might hnvo spoken It he had been
free to speak Hut the plain fact Is that
ho did not Hpenk , he could not ppcnk "
ATMS L'OWDEK COMPANY
MAY ADD CAPITAL TO STOCK
Meeting Tucsdny to Consider Increase
of .$9,500,000
WII.MtNClTON'. ricl. April 13 A spe
cial meeting of the Atli I'ouder Com
p my hii8 been cilled for Tuesday of next
week, when the rompanv will connlder tho
proposition of Issuing CO.000 slinrca of
common stock and IG.OOO shales of G per
tent prefened stock
Tills would bring tho total of each kind
of stock Issued to $10,000,000 imkllig a
totnl capital stock of $20,000,000 for the
cninpinj, Instc.id of $10,fi00.000 The com
pinv does not manufacture nnv thing but
blich powder and high explosives but has
been imusunllv bust for a long tlmo
:Wj : .wu-t.mTigi .iwj4ti ' fiwgnaiK-r iram.Ti.iw Mewssmetm
STETSON Hatsor
CENTRAL PHILADELPHIA
Blaylock BC Blynn, 1528 Chestnut St.
Browning, King 6i Co,, 1524 Chestnut St.
L. S. Dickey, 16th and Market Sts.
Geo. I. Eakle, 1534 Market St.
Gimbel Brothers, 9th and Market Sts.
D. S. Hilborn, 218 Market St.
H. M. Law, 137 S. 13th St.
Lit Brothers, 8th and Market Sts,
MacDonald &: Campbell, 1334 Chestnut St.
E. H. Parry, 928 Chestnut St.
N, Snellenburg & Co., 12th and Market Sts.
John B, Stetson Co., 1224 Chestnut St.
Strawbndge fii Clothier, 8th and Market Sts.
John Wanamaker, 13th and Market Sts.
Wanamaker &: Brown, 6h and Market Sts.
NORTH CENTRAL PHILADELPHIA
Thomas Desmondj 1409 Columbia Ave.
R. Greenberg, 511 V. Girard Ave.
C. D. Klump, 1219 W. Girard Ave.
E. Stohner, 607 W. Girard Ave.
NORTH PHILADELPHIA
William Bater, 1617 W. Susquehanna Ave.
Jos. W. Dierkes, 2652 Germantown Ave.
D. G, Leatherman, 2307 Germantown Ave.
John S. Milne, 5th St. and Lehigh Ave.
TIOGA
Geo. E. Weber, 3445 Germantown Ave.
GERMANTOWN
F, W. Kaplan, 5719 Germantown Ave,
1 LOGAN
Dando Brothers, 1343 Rockland St.
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JOHN B.
Stetson Hats
DECISION BREAKS TIE
ON COMPENSATION LAW
Referee Awards Sum Under
State Statute to Man En
gaged in Interstate Work
A decision given todav bv Heferee
Oeorge ( KInuder. of the Workmen's
Compcnsstlon Hureau, In this city, breaks
the 'national tie' on the question of
whether a person engaged In Interstate
emplojment by a inllrond can lecover
compensation for Injury under a Slate
workmen's compensation act Compensa
tion wns allowed In the case
Decisions have been given b the Su
preme Courts of four Stntes nnd two
referees In this Stnte The Supreme
Courts of California nnd Illinois decided
lint such a case cime undor the Jurisdic
tion of the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion and excluded the operation of a Stnte
law while the courts of Inst resort of New
York nnd New Jersej allowed recovery
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At Broadway, 44th to 45th Streets the center of New York's social
and business activities. In close proximity to all railway terminals.
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Smartly-dressed young men in
the Easter promenades will wear
Stetson Hats. They know that
the name Stetson insures perfect
style.
The vigorous, graceful lines of
the Easter hats displayed in. the
Stetson window will show you
what is being worn this Spring.
You men who want a really good
looking hat that wears as only a
Stetson can drop in and inspect
these new Spring Stetsons.
Not only in the Stetson Retail
Store, 1224 Chestnut Street, but
in leading shops throughout the
city, you will find Stetson Hats for
Easter. Ask to see them; you'll be
delighted with the smart shapes,
rich colors and feathery weights.
Spring Stetsons are sold in Philadelphia and Camden by the
following hatters and haberdashers:
MANAYUNK
H. F. Kerkeslager, 4401 Main St.
FRANKFORD
Ale &i Graham, 4656 Frankford Ave.
John S. Milne, 4610 Frankford Ave.
NdkTHEST PHILADELPHIA
G. A. Bargrf, 228 N. Fi6nt StS
R. W. 4$ujf E. Gi&rdjite.
John L-jZafelnger, 2929Tvankford Ave.
WEST PHICSDELPHIA
Bachafich't QJahty Shop, 59J5 Market St.
Bacharach's Qiality ShoptTSi 52d St.
John F. Betson, 12 S. 52d St. S
John F. Betson, 4012 Lancasitve.
P. D. Spaeth, 40th St. and Lancaster,
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SOUTH
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Wm, C.
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CAMDEN, N.J.
C. C Chew Co., 214-16 Market St.
G, H. Cummins, Broadway and Chestnut St.
Munger & Long, Broadway and Federal St.
Ogborn fii Graham, 316 Federal St.
Toone Bi Hollinshed, Broadway 6i Kaighns Ave.
STETSON COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
are sold by leading hatters and haberdashers everywhere
on tho grounds that tho Statu law Is
supplementary to tho Federal law or com
pletely sepnrnte from It. A referee In
Pennsylvania district No. S decided with
New York nnd New Jersey and a referee
In district No 8 sided with California nnd
Illinois The count stood 3 to 3 ; now It Is
4 to 3
Tho case today was that of Henry
Smith, of 1918 Hrandywlno street, ngalnst
the Philadelphia and Heading Uallwr.y
Smith wa a freight handler nnd suffered
a crusned hand while worklrg at "Wnyno
Junction, on February 20
SCHOOL POULTItY CONTEST
Cumberland County Pupils Will Rntso
Birds nnd Write Es3aya
MIMiVIIjLR, N ,T. Aprlt 13 J, J.
I'nger, county school superintendent, has
Issued a circular to poultry associations,
nsklng that eggs for netting bo donated to
the scliool poultry contest, which will be
gin Slay 10
I'rlrcs will be nwnrded for tho most
birds raised from 15 eggs, for tho beet
essay on poultry and for tha best exhibits.
All of the poultry associations of tho
county hnvo offered to contrlbuto tho de
slred number of settings
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registered at Hotel Astor
during the past year.
1 000 Rooms. 700 with Bath.
A cuisine which has made
the Astor New York's leading
.Banqueting place.
boms, without bath, ?2 oo to jfa oo
Doubla' I 3.00 to 4 oo
iRoomJ, with bth, 3 oo to 6oo
le Vi - a oo to 7.00
r, Bedroom and bath, :o oo to $14 00
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