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jutitf'
i.a..tl.
jrdfiH c. llfifc POT
,fflypgtaNiea frm r One
Ttfix out bt vn experts employed to
f. jfliWu t wa lnolvnt
- MB? UriersUn4 th nature of the trans
TSMon by which tha omaors of tli Pension
tfufllat UrtrtUrcd th temporary ownrshlt
-.t&.ihee bond from th New York bond
""Sn of H. 1 Doherty A Co. (In Mr. Heir
illter It Is spoiled Dougherty), thero U
Metrtl to digress n little from the letter Mr.
Sell wrote to Mr. Johnson.
Theso bonds amounted to almost $l,00O,
$0fc and Were obtained by the 'Syndicate"
llud that Is, a number of Investors were
tted to Join a syndicate to take mijMr'
;t!n amount of stock (more than iftOO.OOO
worth) of tho Tension Mutual I-lfo In
surance Company. They wero given to
ihjiniwt thnt thrv wntild never be called
4on ta Uuy the stoclt. All they had to do
wM to say how much of the sloclt they
would ftubscnbo for, give their notes for
tlie nmounl With the written understanding
that thcao notes would never bo negotiated,
'that tho stoclt for which they subscribed
WOUtd be sold by the holding company
(Consolidated Investment Company, Finance
Building) at a profit and that profit turned
.over to tho subscribers with their notes.
IlONDii IttTTUUNKD
instead of selling tho 1'enslon Mutual
'stock, the officers of the company look
the notes to Doherty & Co. and exchanged
them foi1 the bonds. When Dnhorty & Co.
tried to turn the notes Into cash they un
covered tho private agreement that tho note
. makers wero not liable, and they demanded
return of tho bonds nnd brought suit In
the courts bf Pittsburgh. The bonds wero
totuined to Doherty & Co., but meanwhile
they had served their purpose, aa Lyndon
D. Wood had aworn to tho Insuranco De
i cartment that they wero the property of
the company,
The condition of the company was set
out In detail by Charles Johnson to Mr.
Bell, whom ho advised to proceed at onco
to take tho step which Commissioner O Nell
took early In November and which comes to
a head on November 27.
Mr. Boll has been nnd Is now a legal
' adviser of tho Pension Mutual Mfe In
suranco Company, and Mr. O'Nell referred
ll very recently ,to a C000 chock ho received
for work In connoctlon with the Union
Casualty Company, which Is In tho same
boat with tho Pension Mutual, and which Is
dominated by the same man, Lyndon D.
Wood. i .
Beforo becoming Attorney General Mr.
belt was also counsel In n general way for
Uu Tension Mut'ui'l Llfn Insuranco Com
pany. Ho has said emphatically that he
was not connected with It In nny capacity
while ho held the Stato. olllce.
Hilt. DEU8 IiKTTKK '
Tho letter from Mr. tlell to Mr. Johnson
wan written December 34, 1914. Mr. Bell's
answer IK .under data of Ilarrlshurg, Pa..
December 20, 1914. It Is moro Illuminating
than any paraphaso could bo and la as fol
lows! "'
Ofllco ofhe Attorney General, llarrls-
burg,- December 20, 1914.
Hon. Charles-Johnson, Insuranco Com
missioner, Itar'rlsburg.
i Dear Sir Under, dnto of March 11.
1914, y6u 'addressed a letter to the At
torney Qonernl's Department, ndvlslng
that tin-Pension Mutual Life Insurance
Company, "of Pittsburgh. Pn., had, boen
Issuing policies nnd otherwise transact
ing tho business of llfo Insuranco with
out authority from tho Inmirnnco De
partment, nnd that nn cxnmlnntlon of
Its books nnd nccounts by your depart
ment showed that Its condlton nt that
tlmo wns such that Its further transac
tion of business would be hazardous to
ltn policyholders, to Its creditors and to
the public. In this communication you
requested that this department apply to
tho Court of Common Pleas of Dnuphln
County, under the net of Juno 1, 1911,
P. Ij. COO, for an order upon said In
suranco company to show causo why
'you, as Insurance Commissioner of tho
' Commonwenlth, should not take posses
sion of Its properly and lluuldato its
business;,;
COMPANY'S AIIOUMKNT
Tour said communication of March
11, 1914, was based upon report of tho
examiners of yo'ur department, show
ing a deficit In tho nssets of said com
pany nB of February 21. 1914, of nbout
$571,100. In accordance with tho usual
practice of tho Attorney acneral's do-
' partment, an opportunity was afforded
the said Insuranco company to show
nny rouson It might have why proceed
ings should not be Instituted against It
In said Court of Common PIcbh of Dau
phin County, In nccordanco with tho
provisions of the said act. As a result
, of several hearings had nt the Attor
ney Oeneral's department, at which
your department was represented, a
letter was addressed by tlie Ilrst deputy
to Messrs. Stone & Stone, us counsel
for the said, -The Pension Mutual Life
Insurance Company, of Pittsburgh,
Andor date of April 15. 1914. In this
letter tlie attention of counsel for said
insurance company was called to the
fact that'a difference of opinion existed
, between your department and the offi
cers and counsel of said Insuranco com
pany with reference to the proper con
struction of the artlclo of agreement
entered Into under date of July 29,
1911, between the State Insurance and
Trust Company and tho Pension Llfo
Society, and the article of agreement
dated July 29,' 1911, and re-executed
January 13, 1912, between the snld
State Insurance and Trust Company,
renamed Tho Pension Mutual Life In
surance Company, nnd the snld Pension
Llfo Society the subject mutter of both
agreements being the taking over of the
assets of the said Pension Life Society
by the said The Pension Mutual Life In
suranco Company, under certain terms,
conditions and stipulations. And It was
further stated In said communication
, that the Attorney Oeneral's department
, did not desire or Intend, at that time,
to commit Itself to any particular con
.,"' Btrugtlon of said agreements, 'but that
, It seemed clear In any view of the mat
ter that The Pension Mutual Life In-
' euranctf Company took over, under said
" agreements, tho assets of the Bald Pen
sion Ufa Society of the value of about
$140,00,0, and agreed, at least, to hold
said assets and accretlops thereof, In
trust for the beneficiaries of the said
Pension Life Society, It was further
stated In said communication that
among- the alleged assets of The Pen
sion Mutual Life Insuranco Company
was an Item of $$17,113.92, consisting
. of "capital ptock notes and agree
ment, .I WKAT LAW ItEQUinBD
-'-- ' In conclusion, the counsel of said In
, . aurancs company wera advised that If,
- .ubd:i an examination to be made by
, the, examiners qf the Insurance Depart
' tnent of Pennsylvania as of July 1,
Ifl4, It should appear that said Insur
ance company has said trust fund of
about $140,000, together with Its ac
cretion, lew only (he actual cost of
conducting the business of said Pension
ti Mte Society, Intact, and has the proper
-,,uwyni v ieg-iu reserve required oy
" tttft laws of tbe State of Pennsylvania,
I upon all of its outstanding policy con
jt Wets, and has no Impairment of Its
sSMJlt!. the Attorney General's Depart
Bfnt would advlM the Insurance De
Pertinent to issue to said The Pension
WutualLffa insuranco Company, a 11-
Mom to da business ua a life insurance
j-SSftmany. Jt being distinctly under
stood. However, that In calculating the
assets of said company no credit Is to
bj given for capital stock notes or
Hffreements for the purchase of capital
stock.
'It appearing about tho first of July,
lpliw, that the said insurance company
had converted the above mentioned
Un of f m.m.BJ, consisting; of "Cap
.Mai Notes and Agreements," together
Hfc i additional larg amount of
wwe Stock Notes and Agreement
ttte'MMain bonds thnuish lha nuraluuu
STOf
TO PENSION PROBE IN 1914
Co., New York! and It further appear
ing, that a difference of opinion had
nrisen between the exnmlners of your
Department nnd the officers of said In
surance company with reference to the
market Value of said bonds, no report
was made to the Attorney Oeneral's
Department ns to the date Indicated In
said communication,
IHtt'OItTEn y DEFICIT
This department Is" now In receipt,
however, of a communication from
your department under date of Decem
ber 24, 1014. Inclosing a copy of the
report of the eiamtners ol your de
partment, under the sumo date, of the
condition of the said Tho Pension Mu
tual Llfo insurance Company, of
Pittsburgh, Pa., ns of November 30.
1914. Krom this report It appears: that
said company has nssets, admitted by
your department, of the vniuo of
$1.214, 109..1I, nnd that Its liabilities, ns
claimed by your department, amount to
, $1,253,521.18, showing deficit or Im
pairment as of November 30, 1014, of
$39,411.87.
It further nppears from said report
that In valuing tho nssctH of said In
surance company you have ndnplml ns
tho value of the nbovo-mentlonml
bonds the book value thereof as the
samo nppears Upon tho books of said
compnny, to wit, $902,775.93. It fur
ther appears from said report that tba
question of tho solvency or Insolvency
of snld Insuranco company nt tho pres
ent time depends entirely upon tlio real
vnlun of said bonds, and that niiprnlso
ments havo been mndo upon tho said
bonds nt your Instance by Marvin
Hcudder, tho official appTlilscr of se
curities for a number of Insuranco de
partments of tho various State, and
that appraisements have llkcwlso been
mndo nt the Instanco of tho company
by N. W. llalsey ft Co., Hughos & Dler,
J. IC. Hlco & Co. and A. 11. Leach A Co.,
which appraisements, together with tho
actual cost to said Insurance company
of said bonds, ns obtained from II, L.
Dougherty & Co., nro summarized In
said report, together with tho effects
of tho ndoptton of tho several valua
tions, ns follown:
ArntAIHKMKNT
. . . Tmialrmnt.
JJ. W. lllcy A Co.$l,0(ll.il.-..nri J7H1.HT
iiuxnvn k iMor. .
J, K. Itlrn t Co.
l.oi.i.ini.nu 4n.nM.nii
A. I). l,flrh A Pa.
0117.815.03 A, .171. NT
Actual rpfll oMulnAj
frotn It. L. Dough
erty i Co
L'o'a book valu. . . .
Marvin Hcuddvr. . . .
Surplus.
naz.M.i.n.i no.3n1.a7
IIHL,77n.U:i 3M10.H7
8iii.siH.iu i:i;.:iu'j."o
At a conforenco held nt my office
this day, at which you nnd your
deputy and examiners wero present,
and which waa attended by thu presi
dent of tho above-named Insuranco
company and his counsel, It wns made
to appear thnt thcro has been no de
fault In tho payment of Interest upon
nny of tho bonds In question, and that
tho companies Issuing said securities
sre,' according to tlio best evidence
obtainable, earning sufficient to meet
alt Interest nnd other charges.
You and your deputy havo stated nt
said conference that In any event the
policy holdcra In the company In ques
tion nra amply protected, and that tho
only Interests now for consideration are
tho Interests of tho stockholders. The
company now has a capital stock out
standing. In tho amouiit of $839,575.
Disregarding for tho prespnt tlie val
uations submitted on behalf of thu com
pany, and which tend to establish Its
Solvency, If tho book value of tlio se
curities In question Is nccvptvd as a
baSIs for circulation, thero would bo
an Impairment uf capital to tho amount
of about $40,000, nnd If tho cost of
tho securities is accepted as a bas.s
for calculation, tho impairment would
amount to about $70,000.
In any nspect of tho matter, tho Im
pairment Is less than ten per. cent of
tho capital.
After taking into consideration nil
of tho facta shown by the report of
your examiners nnd dovclopcd nt tho
hearing today, nnd having in mind tho
evident spirit of tho fifth section of tho
act of June 1, 1911, P. L. G07, creating
nn Insurance department, etc., wo are of
the opinion, In view of tho greatly Im
proved condition of tho nfTuIrs of this
company as shown by u comparison of
tho respective reports of your ex
"inwnmrrmxiKEi
CHESTNUT ST.
6TH BIG
WEEK
1 rT,ATflP .-IffiflBli OTaSntos- 4 I Aitken's car was shod with Goodyear Cords on all four ' I i
b WILLIAM J'OX KK KSllSir & ii n . t r t c.i j r i - H .
I pr.nt. WsjMOmSS witu I I wheels ; so was Patterson s ; Cooper s Stutz rode Goodyear Cord 1 - 1 '
I Jk "" I11IIi1H3kI11 nillirTTr H on rear wheels only, .; 1
Sot the jL iJH nLLLLlllnlinil ! 1 ' ' r. &wkw& '"'''?' : L- I
1 (Ms H imEm Daring . I ii I
1 The Picture Beautiful WM JKm Fascinating I Goodyear cord tires are standard equipment on the Franklin, Ihe Packard Twin Six, the Locomobile, 9 i
1 -., Ml,.-,m-t-ri HH 1HHH j.,,Min,mrr,, 8 the Peerless, the White, the Haynes Twelve, the Stutz, the McFarlan, the Roamer, the Lexington "Thorough. M
I Children Enjoy j ffll hI j Charms Old I i bred Six" and the Daniels Eight. '
1 Gnomes BlilSylP8 Dazzling Beauty j 1 11 The qualities that led to their adoption on these "cars are this qualities that make them higher-priced I
KVBKIHG LEDGER-
aminers under1 dates of February 2i
and December 24, 1914, It would now be
detrimental to the best Interests ot
the policy holders and of tho stock
holders for ma to comply with your re
quest for the Institution of proceedings
under said net ot June 1, 1911, P. L.,
699,
SANCTION ADVISRD
You are therefore respectfully ad
vised, In reply to your original request
of March 11, 1914, that for the reasons
above given It Is the opinion of this de
partment that notnppllcatlon should be
made by fho Attorney General's De
partment nt this time to the Court of
Common Pleas of Daliphln County
tinder the said net of Juno 1, 1911, P.
L.. 699, You uro further advised that,
In our opinion, it would bo proper lindor
nil tho facts now developed In this case,
for yoli, In tho cxerrlse of tho discretion
nnd authority conferred Upon you by
tho said net of Juno 1, 1911, P. I. 007,
lo Issue to the Pension Mutual Llfo In
suranco Compnny of Pittsburgh, Pa., a
Hertlflcnte of authority to transact the
business of a life Insurance company
In thin State. Tho compnny wilt then
be In a position to conduct nn nil
thorlzod life Insurntiro business under
tho Immediate supervision nnd control
of your department, through tho exer
cise uf which siipervlilon nnd control,
tlio boat Interests of Its policy holders
and stockholders, may be, nt nil times,
bundcquntcly protected. Very truly
yours, JOHN C. I1KLL,
Attorney (lonirnl.
J. K. 11. CUNNINOHAM,
First Deputy Attorney Oencrnl.
Mr. Hell was nhown a copy of thin letter
und nsked If ho wished to make any expla
nation beforo It wob printed.
"No," ho answered ; "It explains Itself. I
might say, though," he added, "that this
letter wim drnftetl by Mr. Cunningham (he
referred to J. 13, II. Cunningham, ills Klrst
Deputy Attorney (icncral) and about all I
had to do with it was to sign It. Mr.
Cunningham brought It to mo hero In Phila
delphia nnd 1 signed It right In my own
office.
"This whole matter of Iho Pension Mutunl
was handled by Mr. Cunningham while I
wns Attorney General. There was a double
reason for this. Ueforo becoming Attorney
General 1 bad been legal advisor to tho Pen
sion Mutual on somo minor matters, mat
ters so small that I forget now Just what
thoy were, and when tho company came to
tho attention of tho Attorney General's Pc
pnrtment 1 determined to Icavo their dispo
sition to Mr. Cunningham, so that I would
be above suspicion In any regard. Then
thero wan tho further reason that It was a
Pittsburgh company and Mr. Cunningham
was then making his home lit Pittsburgh. I
naturully felt that he would know moro
nbout tho en so."
Mr. Hell was asked If he felt that his
ofllco the Attorney Gcnornl'fi had taken
tho best view of the matter, regardless of
tho fiiet that the view ho did lake was
within tho letter ot tho law, Inasmuch us
that view Involved the overriding of tho
view held by the Insurance, department, and
ho answered .that Mr. Cunningham hail felt
that the Judgment of tho bond house the
ono out of tho seven nppralscra which did
not view the Pension Mutual bonds so that
an impairment resulted wns so expert that
It ought to be accepted, and ho (Mr. IJell)
acquiesced In this view.
ISXAMINL'IIS' .SUSPICIONS
"In tho light of events na thoy hnvo
occurred this month do you think your
Judgment wns good?" ho was uslced, and
replied with tho old saw nbout, "it one's
hindsight was ns good as one's foresight,
etc."
The matter of Lyndon D. Wood's claim to
actual ownership of the bonds, on the value
of which thu whole question of tho com
pany's right legally to do business hinged,
wns brought up.
Krom tho tono or Mr. Johnson's exami
ne r.V report, It might bo Inferred that theso
examiners had their suspicions, for thoy
bring In n statement that Mr. Wood stated
tho ownership wns absolute when thero
should havo (been no question of It.
I3xplalnliig his letter to the Insurance
Commissioner, which letter denied tho plea
for court action ngalnst the Pension Mutual
Mr. Dell said of this bond question: '
"I didn't learn until n whole year later
that thcro was any question of the owner
ship of tho bonds. '
As has been told, those bonds wero re
turned to tho Doherty houso following tho
suit for them.
Candle Sticks
Graceful Colonial
pattern in Sterling
Silver eight inches
high. Per pair, $12.
S. Kind & Sons
Diamond Merchants
Jewelers Silversmiths
1110 Chestnut Street
OPERA HOUSE
IKS. HCKa...l 3M&i 74 S OT n.tiifrtn mtru U HHI t, f "?
PHIIJmtPHIA, MOBAT, HOVEMBEK 20,
BELL IIEAIU) PENSION MUTUAL
ARGUMENT, PRO AND CON, SAYS
J, E. II. CUNNINGHAM, ASSISTANT
A telegram was sent by tho Mvrnino
Ledqer to J. R, U. Cunningham, Asslstnnt
Attorney General when John C. Bel! was
In charge of the department, tcltlng him
that Mr. Bell made him responsible for
the letter refusing to take nctlon ngalnst
the Pension Mutunl Lolfo Insurance Com
pany. In his nnswer, sent yesterday from llnr
rlsburg, ho says tho letter sets forth tho
results of a cotiferenco nt which Mr. Hell
was present. The telegram, nddrcssed to
tho city editor of the Kvknino J.KDoltn, la
as follows:
Telegram nt November 18 received.
Letter December 29, 1914, from Attor
ney General Hell and myself to Insur
anco Commissioner In matter of Pen
sion Mutual Life Insurance Company
was drafted by me nnd sets forth the
results of a conference between tho
Insurance Commissioner nnd represen
tatives of his department, representa
tives of the compnny In question nnd
Attorney General Hell nnd myself nt
his cilflco In Philadelphia. Tho letter
Is an ofllclal record of the Attorney
General's Department nnd needs no
explanation or Justification. Tho nc
tlon tnken by tho Attorney General's
Department was the only nctlon which
should havo been taken upon the fncts
as they then existed. I hnvo no knowl
edge of the subsequent history of tho
company. J. k. h. CUNNINGHAM,
TUKKEYS TO (.'0 TO TOP UIDDKIIS
AT HATFIELD AND 'SOIJIiEUTON
Prices, "Live Weight," Expected
Range From 1!8 to 32 Cents
to
HATKIHLD, Pa., Nov. 20. Twenty-flvo
hundred llvo turkeys, ranging from n
monster gobbler, weighing twonly-nlno
pounds, to seven. pound hens, will bo sold
next Monday nt tlie history-making lurkev
sales hero and at Hollderton. The Hatfield
turkey rale, nn nnnunl Institution In1 the
North I'eiin, brings hundreds of buyers
from miles around. The turkeys are sold
In lots as fhey are allowed to run loose In
a big field, thn highest bidder taking Ilrst
pick.
The price will not bo established until
after thn sales on Monday, hut it Is as
serted that tho birds this year will bring
higher prices than last year. It Is estimated
that tho live-weight price will rnngo from
i twenty eght tri thirty-two cents a pound.
The price of dressed birds Is estimated ot
nnywhero from thirty-six to forty-eight
cents it pound. Dealers declare that birds
that sold, dressed. Inst year at thirty-two
"cents a pound, will bring from thirty-eight
to forty cents.
The historical Hatfield milo In the pust
hns been conducted by "Joe" Anders, of
Kulpsvlllc, tho "turkey king" of tho Noith
Pcnn. He died last fall. This year the salu
will bo conducted by William Hcrgey, of
Allentown, Jacob Mnycr, of Frnnconla
township, wilt conduct the .Soudcrton salu.
Man Found Dead in Closet
JlllNTON, I'a... Nov. 20. Dressed In his
hunting clothes, Thomns McIIenry, forty
ono years old, was found dead In a
closet at ills unclo'n home with a gaping
hole In his breast nnd his shotgun by his
side. It Is generally bollavcd his death was
caused by uu accident.
Goodyear Cords Win First,
"and Third Places
X bis
AUTOS KILL TWO MORE;
YEAR'S DEATH TOLL 113
Boy Spinning Top Ono Victim.
Aged Woman Dies of Her
Injuries
A twelve-year-old boy was killed and
nine persons were Injured In nutomoblle
nnd motorcycle nceidcnls In Philadelphia
within tho last twenty-four hours, and nn
nged woman died from Injuries received In
nn nutomoblle nccldcnl several days ngo.
Tho fatalities bring tlie number of deaths
from motor vehicles since tho first of the
year to 111.
The youthful victim was Charles McDon
nld, 161.1 (luenther Htreet. The woman was
Mrs. 11. Kcldel, seventy-two years old. of
Atlantic City. Nhe died yesterday In Ht.
Joseph's Hospital. Hho was knocked down
nt llrond and Stiles streets last Thursday
by nn nutomoblle driven by Harry Parks,
of Columbia avenue near Tenth street.
Parks wns held without ball to nwnlt
tho nctlon of tho Coroner by Magistrate
McClcary In Central .Station this morning.
The MncDonald boy was run down by
nil automobile Wliuo spinning a ioi near
his home yesterday ufternoon. Tho car
hnd to b Jacked to extricate tho lad. who
died In the Polyclinic Hospital. William
ltlley, .1029 Gray's Kerry road, driver of
tho car, has been held by the pollco to await
tlio action of tha Coroner.
l.'lvo persons wero pinned under n heavy
touring car when It wns sldeswlped by an
other at sixty-third and Media streets yes
terdny nfternoon; threo of the occupants
were Injured seriously. They wero Law
rence t'nrlln, thirty years old, of 6201 Mar-
Old-fashioned
Buhr Stone
Ground
MADE the way of our
great - grandfathers' day.
Selected Pennsylvania Buck
wheat, water-ground between
buhr stones. This flour re
tains all the elements and good
ness of the grain and tho true
buckwheat flavor.
2-lb. sack, 25c; -1-lb. sack,
50c; 8-lb. sack, $1.00. Dcliv
' ered free by Parcel Post or Ex
press. ffrml or free booklet, olvlnp ll.it of
tcholc milled grains, cereals, infant foods,
GREAT VALLEY MILLS
IXnli. IT 10 Paoli, Pa.
Buck
nternationa
Race at Santa .Monica Saturday
Winners in premier classic of motordom storm
across finish line in Goodyear equipped procession.
Aitken, piloting Wilcox's Peugeot, Cooper at the
wheel of a Stutz and Patterson driving a Hudson
capture major honors in the most desperately driven
contest in grand prize history.
Victorious Peugeot covers four hundred and
three-mile distance over an eight-mile course
strangled with turns at average rate of eighty-five
and fifty-nine hundredths miles an hour ten miles
an hour faster than best previous time for this race.
1010
i ret who Is in tho West Philadelphia
Hospital whert it is feared that his spins
I Tlnjureds Francis Loughran, saloonkeeper,
of B201 Market street, and his wife, who
re suffering front shock. The others es
caped with minor bruises. The other auto
mobile was driven by II. R. Core, of 128
North Flftyslxtlt street! his car was not
'"ilnrry Hamm, forty-seven years old. ot
323.1 North Twenty-fifth street. Is In the
Samaritan Hospital as the result of being
run down by an nulomobllo at Uroad ana
Tioga streets yesterday.
Three motorcyclists were Injured yester
day They wero Frederick Kngard, 98S
North Plfty-sUth Rtrcet, who Is In the Sa
maritan Hospital with a broken leg; Lewis
Kopp nnd Karl Itolnhnrt, E650 Westminster
avenue, Who sustained a hip fracture when
thrown nt Twelfth nnd Diamond streets.
Ilclnhnrt wns taken to the Samaritan Hos
pital. Police Asked to Find Missing Hoy
The pollco ba'o been naked to look for
Henry It. Hnydcr, a Lebanon boy, who dis
appeared from his home about two years
ago Tho boy's father, Who Is superintend
ent of tho American Iron and Steel Com
pany, said that bis wife Is crltlcnlly 111 ns
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distinction
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ncss. Uur showing is a com
plete and authentic exhibit of prevailing
models and materials, particularly featur
ing the style and appearance which well
dressed men wish their apparel to express.
Jacob Reed's Sons
1424-1426 CHESTNUT STREET
!
MiaKimiBr
Grand
a result ot worry orer the boy", aus.,. ,';
ance. It was rumored that Bnrt iJr .
this city, but search
bjf his fsther $
hns been In vain.
INVENTOR OF "THIAL DIVORCE"
BRIDE 01? CIRCUS PERFORMER
Mrs. Fnnnie Smith Trude Undertake
Her Third Matrimonial Adventure
CHICAGO, Nov. 20. Mrs. Pannle Bmlth.
Trude, celebrated ns the Inventor of the
"trial divorce," Is a bride today. Announce
lnent was made that she hnd been rnarrM
lo Harry ltlley, a circus performer,
Mrs. Trude's adventures In matrimony
number three. She wn wed when aUlttn
to a 1(oy named Daggett, but the marrlir.
was annulled through Iho efforts of Oeotrl
A. Trude, later a Judge ot the SunerloJ
Court hcte. Then he married her hlrnutt
In 1811 they separated nnd made Ke
announcement that they had agreed in .
"trial divorce.'' If It proved utbUcto
It would be made permanent later. Tb ..
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ltlley Is Bald tn i,..'
Ul.u.c vu.i.u ,(. .caw.
been n boyhood
sweetheart.
yercoab-i
Hne, nch,
luxurious.
$15 $20
$25'
up to $60
tho man who wants
without freakish-
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