HUM w-anyy i i '. VjtZ 2 Food Army Enrollment Not Complete-Philadelphia Will Celebrate French Holiday Next CITY TO HONOR "BASTHEDAY" .Celebration Will Pay Trib ute to Our Ally's Fourth of July FRENCH COLONY'S PLAN Parade Will Be Followed by Monster Demonstration in Independence Square ', "Bastllc Day, the French Fourth of July, marking the 128th anniversary of the fall of the Castile, symbolic of liberating France from autocratic rule. I to be ob- . served In Philadelphia on July 14 A pa- i .fade of virtually the entire French colony the Frwich war relief- commlttco of tho Emergency Aid soldiers, sailor', mirliiM and reserves will be held In the morning followed by a monster demonstration In Independence Square Mayor Smith has jy announced that a number of prominent na . tlonal speakers will participate 4 It had been planned to bring Sarah Hern- nardt, the divine baran or me irencn Stage, to participate In the Independence Square patriotic gathering The KitsiMi LEDaen Invited Madame nernhardt to be Its guest at the celebration Today n reply Was received In which the actress expressed regrets at her inability to accept due to t-the long Journey necessary from long ". Beach, N Y . and return iiEnfiiAUDT a Ti:tt:ouAM The IJvpvtso Lnnorn Rent this telegram to Madame Hcrnhnrdt The Mnyor of Philadelphia has declared Dastlle Da a dn of fccnernl rcjolilng and celebration Appropriate excrdscs In honor of Americas devoted Ally will be held at Independence Hall. In Independence Square, the birthplace of American lib nlp Tha dav will bo devoted also to .the. collection of funds for the relief of !- atrlcken families In the lecovcrcd prov inces of Frame Your presence on the 1 Stage, even If sou were unablo to speak, would add incalculabl) to tho cithuslnsm nf the occasion Will you not come ns the guest of the i:eino Lecher Your secretary Informed our representative, ' who personalli tried to see you, that our request should come In this form EDITOR OF THH HVKNINQ LKDOi:n Her telegraphic reply follows I assure ou Monsieur that I am truly sorry to be unable to accept youi Invita tion to be in Philadelphia It takes five houri by auto to go quickly thus requir ing ten hours to complete the return on .the same day That Is too much for me luring this hot weather Mj heart urges ime to come to u but reason, which Is the wickedest Invention of the human brain forces me to abandon the great . j honor you do me and to regret that alr- piuncn uio nut jtt ma uiuinui j mem-. Of public locomotion . (Signed) SARAH 1TKHNHAKDT Mrs Cornelius Mevenon has announced that the French War Relief Committee, of vjrhlch she Is chairman will co-operate with the varlpus French societies and organiza tions In the cltj In arranging for the parade and demonstration A special committee, Mrs Stevenson said, Is working hard to perfect arrangements It Is rqmpnsed of Mrs Harold Kills Yar nall. Mm Charles Leland Harrison, secre tary: Mrs Joseph Lcldy, treasurer, and Mrs. Cjrus II K Curtis ' Miss Anne Coleman, who was connected with the Secours-Durvea a French war re lief socletv ulth headquarters In Paris, will have charge of the aids and the sale of buttons, programs and souvenirs A luncheon w 111 follow the Independence Square gathering and later In the afternoon the celebration will bo carried to the Phil lies' ball groundH at Broad and Hunting don streets where the Pennsylvania Rail road band will render a musical program , The Duke de Richelieu, a descendant of one of Trance s foremost families is ex- V Pected to be one of the honor guests and knalar4 at tliA InilnnAtirlonnn Sina ovr- Clses As has been the custom for manv years the French colony here will celebrate the fall of the Bastlle with an outing which will be held at Point Breeze I'ark in the after noon Games, sports music and dancing Will be Included In the program The Asso ciation N-atlonal Frincalse of which Paul Glouton is president Is in charge of ar rangements Another organization that Is assisting in the plans is tho French Benevo lent Socletj fr V. S. May Picket :'r T .rtri 1 Tmn Jsiai o iviyoitt r n,i XV OHO Continued from Pnrn One charges mode by Secretary Daniels, relating rtO moral conditions near the navy ard. but "it was frankly admitted that an invcstlga- tlnn uaa now being made and that th.it In. I'J' estimation Is far from belnir completed uoill iutiyur .tihiui. i-Micuiur ui I'uonc s.iffltv Wilson and Nunerlntundant nf Pnlli a K Robinson hae Jssued statements that the neignoornouu near ine navy yuru is spot ' less and clean Captain of Detectives Tate said today that for three weeks he has had special officers and detectives working In the vlUn. Mty of the navy ard whose orders victe to f arrest street walkers and other iiersons with police records He added that many arrests had been made t vtivv AnnP5TS Minn j?.? Police Lieutenant Harry, of the Kourth tJz street and Snjder avenue station, today caia "In the last week we have arrested ti! twenty or thirty girls In this district and sent them to the House of Detention Kvery $ night and morning until 4 o'clock we have l plain ciomcs men muuuucu hi uio districts vre know the sailors and marines frequent L "Since I have assumed command of this (district on February 4, 191G, I have closed more than one hundred disorderly houses IXt present there Is only one house of questionable character In my district We ra Investigating It If our suspicions prove ' Correct the place wilt be closed " - Secretary Daniels's Investigation was prompted, it Is said, by complaints of young men, at the navy yard. According to a ?fe , niHia who has attended meetings at which (v .4-rl i-nnriltlnna In ftauth Phll&dalnhln witrii discussed, some of the leading men In Phlla. delphla have asked Secretary Daniels to look Into affairs around the navy yard and g""ln the center of the city. CITT NOT CLEAN, MAYOn ADMITS Mayor Smith today Is emoted as saying. Philadelphia was not absolutely clean when ;,vi a youth, and tt probably la not now." JjyThe, committee on entertainment affiliated run army a"" imyy ucimnmcms ns.i "hursaay evening win stage us nnt meet r In the navy yard, at which It 1 ex- niMCted each sailor Mid marine will receive fat- heart-to-heart talk relating to the moral fwndltlons alleged to exist in certain parts Sb South Philadelphia The entertainment iwlll be held In one of the barracks and an address to Vie men will be delivered by Chaplain i n uiw i- , 303 Second Lieutenants Created WASHINGTON, July 10. The War D- irtment haa created os new secona lieu- tints enoosing J iron l" vitiimui Jnttig camps and advancing Hi noncorn- so omer nrom ui rccuiar nny Clcan-Citu Regulations Provided by the Law IT IS unlawful to place sweeping or other dirt or rubbish In the street or on the sidewalk except in proper receptacles from which they aro to be collected. It is unlawful and a misdemeanor of which a magistrate has summary jurisdiction to interfere with or scatter the contents of nny recep tacle containing sweepings rubbish, ashes, garbage or other refuse, placed on the sidewalk or street for collection. If these things are done the proceedings will be stopped at once and the offenders will be warned nnd watched and, if neccssnry, nr rcsted, according to police regula tions. Waste paper or cardboard must not be put in receptacles containing ashes, garbage or other wnste FRANKFORD 'L' STATION BIDS ARE ALL TOO HIGH Director Twining Forced to Re ject Proffers for Build ing Ten DOUBLE ESTIMATED COST Plans for the ppecil) completion nf the I'runkfonl elevated toad rImi-1' a snag tn la when transit Dlreetoi Twining was forced to rejert bids for ten of the sta tions on the new Hue boc.iU'o the lowest offers mcdc weio neurl) double the esti mates made b) the engineers of the Transit Department The lowest bids for the ten station build ings not Including the plumbing nnd elec trical Installations were ubovc J"00 000 N'enrl) a stole of bidders made offers foi part of tho work but onl two submitted bids for the entire proup nf stations It Is llkelv that the Director will rendvertlsc promptl) foi the wont m tho hope of secur ing bids within the departments estimate The bids for the plumbing and electiltal work were well within the estimates nnd these tontractR tan be awarded nn time within sixty days provided the department secures reasonable bids for the buildings themselves The Standard Construction fompanv of this city made the lowest offer for the entire work exdtisivc of tho plumbing nnd electrical work The bid of this firm was 510 000 The onlv othei offer for tho en tire ten stations was submitted h Melodv & Keating of this cltj the figure being HCO.OOO BIDS FOR SHPARATi: STATIONS Two eontractors made offers for two of the stations Thete were Harr llatton who bid $46 000 and $143 000 respectively for tho stations at 1166 and 3J01 Kensing ton avenue and the William Linker Com punv $104 .'70 and 1107 270 for the sta tions at 4270 and 4604 Frankford avenue The low bidder for the plumbing work was H Faith 4 Co, who submitted nn offer of $24 600 nnd for the electrical work, Walker S. Kepler $7680 Tho ten stations for which bids were opened todaj are to be located at 316G Ken sington avenue 3201-03-05 Kensington nve nue 3506 K street the southeast corner of Tioga street and Kensington avenue, the northwest and the southeast corners of Torresdnle and Kensington avenues 4J70-72 Frankford avenue, 4J69-71 Frankford ave nue nnd 4604 and 4679 Frankford avenue The Northwest Business Men s Associa tion through Charles L Fluck president, has notified the Public Service Commission that It will withdraw Its opposition to the granting of certificates of public convenience for the various high-speed lines provided the commission will agree to approve only such nn operating lease as will fix a rnto of fare sufficient to make the lines self supporting The communication from Mr Fluck wns received by the commission today Just as the last executive session scheduled un til September was beginning It was at this session today that Mayor Smith pre dicted favorable action upon at least a part of the pending certificates to permit the eltv to proceed with the high-speed contructlon work Karlv this year I'luck on behalf of his association filed a petition with the com mission opposing the Issuance of nny cer tificates until the operating lease problem should be solved Tire association In the communication today Indicates Its willing nes to withdraw entirely Its opposition pro vlded, Fluck r communication reads, 'the commission intorporates In Its grant of such certificates a declaration that In view of the vast annual deficit which will result from anv plan of operation of the lines If constructed as contemplated, It will approve only bucIi operating agreement for the paid lines as will provide a rate or rates of fare sufficient to produce revenue to make said lines self-supporting and at the same timo pa the Interest and sinking fund charges on whatever funds the taxpacrs mav ad vance for the construction (and possible equipment) of the lines TO SAFEGUARD TAXPAYERS It is our belief that only In this way can the taxpaers bo safeguarded and the basis of a satisfactorj operating agreement of the lines be laid I wish to call to your attention In this connection that the taxpayers and voters of Philadelphia were assured that the pr6 posed lines would be self-supporting and that the loan bills, which tey were asked to approvo for construction of the lines would not raise the tax rate The subject of the conference held late yesterday between the Mayor and Thomas i: Mitten, president of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company Is causing consid erable speculation In transit circles today During the tlmo he was conducting the tight for the Salus bill and Immediately follow ing the defeat of that measure the Mayor gave every Indication that lease negotia tions between the city nnd the company were ended For that reason transit follow, ers find It difficult to understand Just what the Mayor and Mr Mitten should be dis cussing at this time William Draper Lewis legal transit ad viser of the city, called at the Mayor's office this morning to discuss the situation with tho Mayor Finding that the latter was not expected at his office until this afternoon, Mr Lewis departed, but left a note saying that he would return late this afternoon TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES Robert F rxvlln. Itru IiUnd and Iiabell f Hottmsn IBS N,20th st M . John II Hmlth isvs tt SHth it and Anns M Wation 25S4 Nlcholaa at Arthur VVIIItama 1810 South it. and Ilattlt Vrlee, 1SIK Houth at. JarnVa f. Hill. Iasua Iiland, and Brma V Calvert, ill Bhunk at AbrihYm U Klliman. 110 8 7th at., and OoUla Katman Mi S,8ln ' . Jack Lowtnthal 301 Iraball at and Sarah Iloat, BOO K!ral at. , , , ., . Charlta O. Haarnmayar, 2014 V Maiter at an J Bliiabeth Jtali.fi, Am Almond at Bernard CI rant 4sh7 Merlon ave and Cecilia AlWpUraVVU'sd .... and I....IU If ailUaple, KS2S Olrard ave, Walt" C, Wtxnlandrr, 2S4 N 17th st, and Julia I licnanmclr. S2a N. Bth at. Jeaaph Brrant 1825 Watkln at., and Mattiti lit. K.an. 12 Matkln at. Vranela A Horlxr. Jr. 121 Harman at and ana M Chapham llalnva and .Morton ata Jeatpb Btols 2it Btybert at , and Kathtrlna Schmidt, ml VV Montsomrry av, ltalph VV llobb. oa4 VV. Uomtratt at. and Mlnnla it Ilanalnsar, 2034 lloaton ave. Burlington Road Raises Wages CHICAOO, July 10 Tho Chicago, Bur. llngton and Qulncy Railroad hai advanced alt shop pleca work 10 per cent and skilled labor four cents an hour fivt waeki ago all day shop labor wh advanced 10 per cast. EVENING ENGINEER RECRUITS START FOR TRAINING CAMP gpijjy - vrr- - . , v. -CT.....,n. , .. slS3Kii ' XWSme - til &. Under command of Corporal Hoke (nt left) n sqtincl of fifteen now members of Company U, Enamours, left West Philadelphia itution today for the field headquarters of that company "somewhere in Maryland " PHILADELPHIA'S "SUMMER WHITE HOUSE" DOWN BY THE SEA Mayor Smith Purchases Cottage Near Hotel Chelsea, Atlantic City, and Will Be Neighbor to Republican Leaders of Rival Factions , ATLANTIC CITV Julv 10 Philadelphia a summer White House' the futuia warm weather domicile of Mavnr nnd Mrs Thomas II Smith nnd their fain llv is on the upper sldp of Morris nvemin tho first houpe removed from Pacific ave nue nnd little moro than a block from the Hotel t'helei nnd the bathing beach Tin cottage a comfortable strut ture of three stories, of frame with n brick basement, is dlrectb ncross Morrln nvenue from Mi mansion of .1 D C Henderson tho Phlli delphla wool merchant from whom the M ivor ncqulrrd title The i ost Is said to have been between ?10 000 and $40 000 Proximity to the bench front will m ike It possible for Mnvor Smith and tho other members of Ills house hold to don their bathing raiment at home nnd walk to the bieakcrs as the) did last summer whin the Mnvor occupied a stone villa on Pacific avenue three blocks nearer tho cltv proper owned bv Oovernnr Waltir l'dge This prartico being general In Chel sea makes tho bathing house business an THREE FORESTERS ENLIST FOR SERVICE IN NEW ARMY Will Join Regiment of Engineers. Eighty U. of P. Students Sworn Into Ordnance Department Three men for the new national armv which Is to be conscripted In the near future lnvo been enlisted nt the Phila delphia recruiting office of tho United Slates armv The men enlisted In the regiment nf foresters to be known as the Tenth Lnglueers They were 11 L Roth, twentj-four jears old of 245 ll.ist Graver's lane. G V Klrkner, twcnt-fnur of Oermantown, nnd C II f'undev of York Ilach was required to show a forester's card showing that he had hnd previous experience In that work Nine men wero accepted for the Marine Corps vesterday forty men left for the armv station at Port Mocum late last night Klglity students of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania were sworn In as privates In the Ordnance De partment by Captain A A King, USA, Vesterday at the University After six or more weeks of training the men will be distributed through Ordnance Department dipots It was announced that 1600 applications have been received nt the Hotel Colonnade building headquarters for the second of ficers' training camp The following enlistments In the First Pennsylvania lnfantr were announced to day Horai" I Helherlnnton M."l Walnut at lanK-n M taughrltlKP velliravllle r IaiuIs Martini J117 MaMer l James 13 Hummers 2S1II X Jump at Cole Watson Jr iniK N Dover at I larenre 1, Snan Manayunk Iiunea SIrCool H34 S Cecil at Warren ltor Souiterton Pa l'eter Kolf 14J7 .llelner at Jamea It lluilla Jt N Rohlnaon t frank 1, Kaner Uuakertnun Pa Colin C Illrkford 11KS N llJrt at Daniel Mcflou 1 S1K VV Huntingdon at. Harry A nomine 1M Ilrinchurat st William I. Nole 17.'.' kliiKiosMns ave. Thomaa 11 Howells -757 Croakey at. Jamoa K VV l!llam Miami Okla Hurry l.unennnn 7JS. S Park ave Ost ar Hartman 11718 Maater at lanatlua 1, McVIanua 134U llalnkridse at Urner 1) llarla ttoutlorton Pa Harry I. Kile Jr Hmiderton Pa loarph II flloaaom 1UJJ N 0th at loaeph I Dal 4410 I'irlah at Cenrse P Mcdlnlev 1731 S 2d al Vrank Williams llrlshta lane Michael Putrlck rtioenlxvllle I'a Kred 8 Slelnman l.'IH B Oxford at Joseph Polldoro Jr b.'l Wilder at William J llallogher 1IU3 W Mora' at Prank A Punamore JS'tO Almond at I llfford C V'anklrk 1J01 K Oxford at lamea I Whitehead 11112 Frankford ave William T llrover 1J1K l.uzrne t Phllln Ilennlner lli.nalde Hteven A lluck 311U Almond al Charlea Keltel 411 Htlllman at SUSPECT FIREBUG CAUSED BLAZE AND $16,000 LOSS ALLI.NTOWN. Pa July 10 Incendiar ism Is believed to have been tho cause of a fire which this morning destroyed the grist mill of John M Rlttcr and the barn of William J Fern, neighbors In the Saucon Valley near Coopersburg nine miles south of Allentown Mrs Tern was awakened by the flames shining In her face She aroused the neigh borhood by blowing the dinner horn All the live stock of the Pern farm was saved except about 100 chickens, but all the agri cultural Implements were burned and In ad dttlon to a large lot of grain In Rltter's mill his new sawmill was destroed The loss Is estimated at $16,000, with $12,000 of it covered by Insurance This Is the fourth destructive fire In this neighborhood In which barns and houses were burned, and there Is a belief the vicin ity Is Infested by a firebug. Cutthutil out frKv:ili'i E5?r Imn $ ltsS:1ti Ii7f7it. Ts. fi3C'SVSrm2m35?li. i.ifs sixSS&S' PaJSsA. TOVERIIAULTOUR FURNACE A IN SUMMER 147 N. 3rd Street H VAThoTerLh Match Up to Save, a 33 of CoafBIII ffl talllilp I'' Jk iaVsa aa lis. I - w K" I I VI-VIl". LIiJDGJiJKr-i'HlLADELPHlV, .TUESDAY, rtJLY 10, uncertain iiualltv them 'I he Minors new home Is n blink from the Wiiiiamnker cot tiigo In n district where many Philadel phlnns havo flno senshoic nbodes Among the Mnvor h new neighbors and land owners are Congressman William N Vare Stale Senator James P Mc.Mchol Select Councllm in Harrj Trainer the light ing leader of the Third Word and Selcrt Councilman ( hnrles .Seger of the Seventh Ward Sheriff Harrv Ranslpv Is another dweller bv the sea with whom the Mayor will be nblo to keep In touch Other leaders who are wedded to Atlantic City either through the ownership of cot tuges or season reservations nt shore hotels Include I'nlted Stntes Senator Doles Pen rose, State Senator Kdwln It Vare LTncle ' David Lane of transit fame Register of Wills 'Jimmy Shcehan members of both branches of Councils, representing both fac tions of tho organization and many inlnor iltv olliclals Among the number of week end visitors during Julv and August are most of the officeholders In t Ity Hall SURPRISE AT RUMOR OF TURNDOWN FOR KANE Friends of U. S. Attorney Expect His Reappointment When Term Ends in September Reports from Washington speculating on the possibility of the reappointment of Francis Fisher Kane as United States At torney for the Eastern District of PennByl vnnla were received here with surprise Opinion In Informed quarters was virtually certain Mr Kane would bo reappointed vvhe,n his term expires In September He was appointed for four years In September. 1913 Tho report was based almost en tirely on a rumor that Attorney General Orcgory kept Kane waiting some time when Kano called at his oftlce In Washington recently This wns taken to Indicate a cool ness between the two 'I never heard anv thing about It" said Roland S Morris Democratic national com mitteeman The question has not ven come up et. but 1 doubt that there was any Incident of this Ind " Mr Kane salit it would be Improper for him to discuss his own reappointment Superior Court In Session The Superior Court met In this city today and Immediately went Into consultation to consider briefs of counsel In several cases In which special rules and orders were made returnable today without oral argument It Is expected that a batch of opinions will be handed down tomorrow or Thursday morning -i rrinffl For Women $6.00 to 38.00 Pumps $4.95 Street nnd Dress Pumps, of glazed kidskln in smart shades. Our own exclusive Stanwich, Regis, Alpha, Melba, Fifth Avenue, Chin Chin, Delta, and Euclid styles. $6.00 Pumps now $3.95 Dress Pumps of white buckskin, glazed kid nnd canvas; and of glazed kid, in attractive shades. $5.00 Dress Pumps $2.95 Attractive styles, of patent colt, with colored buckskin or white calf quarters $3.00 to $4.00 Shoes $1.00 High Shoes, Oxfords and Pumps short lines from regular stock. Many attractive styles. All small sizes and narrow widths. A Special Lot One thousand pairs of the J. J. $5 and $6 Shoes $3.95 High Shoes and Oxfords, welted soles; ot black glased kid MARKET STREET 111 'STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER EIGHTH FILBERT REPUBLICAN FACTIONS HAVE HARMONY PLAN Proposition Being Considered to Divide Offices on Fifty-Fifty Basis at Fall Primary A hnrmnuv pri gram for the full pilmaiv on the basis of a flftv -lifts split of the count) oIllreH and the eleitlnn of Council men ntcniillng to the f.n llonal nffillatlons In the v.irlous wards Is nld to luivp been vlrtinillv ngiied upon bv Hie Vnres .ind their followers In the Republican Organlza Hon The pioposal villi be submitted to the Penrose-Mi N'lchol faction with the ulti matum thnl II must be accepted or the fac tlonal warfare will be continued This program would give the Vares con tiol of Councils since Ihev nun control about two-thirds of the muds and would leave the countv offices Just as tiles noil stand Mai or Smith Is understood to be In charge of negotiations fur tho peaio pro gram The plan as lentatlieli worked out would glvo the Penroe-.Mi Nli hoi faction the privilege of hcltctlng tho candidates for DIs. trlct Attornej and Register of Wills the two offices thev now control and would leave to tho Vnres lhi Cltj Treasurer nnd the Receiver of Taxes If the program Is agreed upon It Is likely thnt District Attorne) Rotuu Register of Wills Sheehati nnd Receiver of Taxes Kentlrick would all bo returned The city trensurershlp would probablv go to either Senator Patton or Councils Finance Com mittee Chairman Joseph p Onffnej The Penrosc-McN'IchoI faction haH given virtually no Intimation or thtlr landldntes In the event of n fight although It has been rumored that former Registration Commis sioner Clinton Rogers Woodruff would be chosen to succeed Sheehnn nnd that former Recorder Krnest L Tustln would be named for City Treasurer In the event of a fight tho Vares are said to be prepared to offer ludge Joseph P Rogers William l'lndlny llroivn, a brother of the Attorney tleneral , Con gressman John II K Scott or William Draper Lewis who was the Mayor's special transit counsel, for the nomination for Dis trict Attorney For Receiver of Taxes the Vares aro said to be willing to again take up W Freeland Kendrlck In deference to the wishes of the Mayor Other places on the Vare ticket would be tilled as follows Register of Wills, Harry W Mace Assistant Director of Public Health, George Wcntworth Carr, former Independent leader, or Joseph P Gaffnev chairman of Councils' Flnanca Committee , Cltv Treasurer, Mate Senator IMwnrd W Patton, Slate Senator William Wallace Smith or Selectman G.ilTnej Costly Hide in Automobile It cost John McMullln 1252 Jackson street Camden, $26 for operating his auto mobile over a now street In Camden Mc Mullln was arrested bv n motorcvele police man while running his automobile through Mount Kphralm avenue near Chase street The fine was Imposed by Recorder Stack-house July Clearance of SHOES for Men, Women and Children To-morrow morning we shall begin ihe clearing away of hundreds of pairs of desir able Summer Shoes styles not to be reordered and broken lines remaining from a partic Jn ularly busy season at substantial reductions from former prices. c.Jt )jJ( Jttto Many are in styles obtainable at this Store exclusively. Come early if possible: For Men $7.00 White Oxfords $5.95 Straight-laced Oxfords, of white buckskin. Lines taken direct from our regular stock and reduced; broken sizes. $5 and $6 Oxfords $3.95 Oxfords remaining from recent sample sales, together with incomplete lines from our regular stock. A great variety of attractive styles and desirable leathers, $3.50 to $4.50 Oxfords $2.95 Of tan calf and gun-metal calf, with fibre soles and rubber heels. Also Outing Oxfords, in attractive sports styles; broken sizes. $6.00 to $8.00 Oxfords $4.95 Of tan calf, gun-metal calf, black glazed kid skin, nnd of patent colt; in a variety of attrac tive correct styles. Sizes somewhat broken. of Grover's Shoes for Women Grover's Sons' Celebrated Soft Shoes for tender feet: $4 & $4.50 Oxfords $3.45 I $4 & $4,50 Shoes $3.45 Black glazed kid. Comfortable I WIUTK Oxfords and Pumps "ylea I Very cool and comfortable. Saturday-Other "MOM" LENNING FOODCONSERVER She's Going to Sign Card, but Won't Stint U. of P. Boys PATRIOTIC, BUT HUMANE Police Have Gipantic Task in En rolling Philadelphia's Army of Housewives lly M'LISS Mom" I.t lining Is going to sign her food caul To von mill lo me this menus nothing but In scoies of tin) who live In the LTnl vnsltj of Pemisjlviitiln. "Dorms" which aie upposltn "Moms' place, It meaiiH u hint) tnelniu Imlv feeling In that region Mhlili Is lelllngeil bv the diaphragm Mom inliiluitH the College Lunt h Ruf fe! where hiiv noslulgle' lollege voulh MI tell m n 'Jit ki" further than am iihorn else mill while for tut Iltv -live cents a nual in ti be had runranlerd to make one forget llm groaning binnl baik In the amestral home Win ti the big bliKtoit fiom the ThlrtV Mioml street nnd Woodbind avenue police M.itlon sloppid at Moms Willi the Hoover food card ami Ihe lellir from the Mavor r.illlng on eveiv woman In the city to sign up wlili I'nile Sam In his glgnntlc feminine fuod-siivlng armj Ihe fat little German proprletiess tremblid with agitation Mom toiiies of .a nation of economic liHiisfinus Hut Moms' problem, like Mom licfelf has been transpl inted Mom his liutmri. hiiskv Ainiiicin college hois to deal with sure I be patriot and safe the food ' she spre.ul her piulgi hinds out in a t,iMttnc exptesslve of tntlie willingness to lieiome onti of the food army being mobil ized In Philadelphia 'but the gustomers, huu a. Ill ilov take It?' Moms at cent Is an enemy one, but her Intentions are lojal I sign de i aril she I oiilluueil and do all I inn to stop de inste der alil t much and I II tell von tlat but I cannot sign up to glf ile hois a meatless day De von t -tund for Id I t nil ion vot Mom made her great decision, "I'll do the right ding 1 II glf dem nn ii onli lome a d n Hut do not egspect me to iiit doiiii on the bojs, dot 1 can not do " she flushed ivllli the enthusiasm of her potilotlsin and expressed her Intention of liming the (ind ri.ulv nnd signed In the time the top leturns to tolled It In ihe mtniitlme the distribution of the taitls wlili Ii w.is started esterdav Is pro ceeding todav At pollco headquarters It was said that It would not be humanely pos Klble to finish tho work of giving out tho i.srds to the hu" 000 women of Philadelphia In the two das allotted for the task In the thlcklj populated districts tho police nre ku limpid hi the magnitude of their Job Out at Miinaviink, the Thirteenth IilKtilct which received 12 000 cards sent In n liurrj call thlH morning for more and this irqucst wns followed bv n similar one from the Thlrtj -fourth district, which hud icccliid 17 UOO cards Some time ago that Hun Mr High Cost of Living stepped In nhead of lljerbert Hoover and made virtually every woman with a fatiilli to feed a food economist And so when tho wpmen discover that the signing of tho food card means no labor of anv kind on their part but will make them Instead the recipients of valuable food tips from Washington, they will sign with a rush Captain Nicholas J Kenny. In charge of nine districts in the lentral and most con gested part of the cits declared today that the canvnss had been ordered at an Inop portune time, duo to the fact that tho police forco Is depleted somewhat bv vacationists Tho depletion was further aggravated by the strike of the meat wagon drivers, who need a specla' detail of cops to keep them out of mischief Police have also been withdrawn from regul ir dut to guard bridges In the central parts of the city and also to keep the enemy away from Independence Hall and Its hlstoilc en virons At the office of the Food Commission In the Wldener Hulldlng no Irritation was expressed nt the dtla "Just so It gets dons ns quickly as pos sible we are not worrying," wan the phil osophic comment of one of the officials WOMH.V VOLUNTEERS. Hut 140 Philadelphia women, representa the o. forty organizations have gone Into tralnit g as ' slacker ofllcers" for the food arm Tho women have been formed Into Hoover plcdgo committees by Mrs Henry D Jump, nt the order of tho Women's State Com mltee on National Defense Their organiza tion was completed toda Committees have been formed In ever ward News of the Gjtyl STREET-CLEANING FINES CUT, DESPITE BAD WORK I Many "Nelly's Alloys" in City but Penalties Are Re- ' duced TOTAL IS ONLY $3957.50 New Hiuhway Chief Deducts $600 Lij for June Than for May Derelictions Slreet-t leaning contractors see a retur. of the 'good old davs In the fact thi! their fines for neglect and dercllctloni tlutv are lighter for the month of June than in miny monins past The grand total deductions made bv Chief Robert C Illrt. of T tho Hltrpnll nf Htmni i-ii " J 19S7 60, or JC00 less than In May his fir.. May his fir,t month In office Last winter and during the first fou, months of this jeai It was tough sleddlna for iiueless lontraetois nnd their fines for Jiinuarv February. March and April, undfr former Chief Wllllaln I'onmll approxlmai.i 130 000 Senntor Edwin II are and otheri repeatedlv protested against the Imposition of fines with tho result that In some ca fines were reduced on reaching Myor Smith Willi the resignation of Chief f onnell tnl tho appointment of a new bead for trrt cleaning came a CO per cent cut In fini This cut Is still further reduced for June despite the fact of tho known existence of manv N'ellv's Alleys In congested section! of tho cltv The one noticeable change In fines outslds of the big reduction on street t leaning an! the collection of ashes and rubbish lies In the fact that the Penn Reduction Com pain that holds the cltv contract for the collection of garbage In fined J37C which Is an Increase 'ovci fines usunllv Imposed upon tho Vnre-controllcd corporation Senator Vare, who has the street cleanlni and ash and rubbish removal contracts for tho central nnd southern sections of the cltr Is fined n total of $78) 60 Por months before the change In bureau heads the Van flues aggiegatcd from J1D0O to 1 1800 and even more When tho figures were mads publli todav officials in the Department of Public works declined to offer any explana tions ns to the tie rease The greatest fine Imposed was upon Frank Ciiiran who had deducted $1012 60 from his monthly pavment for work done In the northeastern pirt of the cltv Other fines Imposed were Inmes A A'ullln $102 James Irvin $251, estate of I D Dorney $52 J ; estate nf D.iv Id McMahon $242 60 and II A Rnch, $621 Appointed Elevntor Inspector Director Wilson of tho Department ot Public Safety today appointed Richard Marter 2B60 North Twenty-second street, to the position nf Inspector Bureau of Ele vator Inspection The place carries a salary of $1000 a ear IF you want to buy an Automobile or r Motor Truck, on ' Time 'Payments we will arrange the purchase for you conveniently, economically and promptly. OlinRnney S? CofMPANY.lNa AUTOMOBILE BANKER REAL ESTATE TRUST BUILDINO fHILADILPHU fr-"-1 s.i'n ' Si For Children Misses' $2.50 to $3.50 Rubber Soled Oxfords now $1.95 MISSES' Blucher Oxfords of tan calf, with rubber soles; and brown Canvas Oxfords, with strappings of tan leather, rubber soles. Large Girls' $4.00 and $4.50 Shoes $3.45 and $3.95 LARGE GIRLS' Sports Shoes and Oxfords, of white canvas, leather-trimmed, and of white Nubuck. Large Girls' $4.00 Pumps and Oxfordsr-$3.45 LARGE GIRLS' gun-metnl calf Oxfords, Patent calf Pumps; and gun-metal Calf Ox fords, with rubber soles. Misses' and Children's Ankle-strap Pumps 95c MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S Mary Jane Ankle-strap Pumps, of white canvas, with rub ber soles. Boys' $3.50 Oxfords $2.85 Gun-metal calf Oxfords, in a variety of at tractive styles for play-time service or for dress occasions. . righth an1 Market st, MARKET STREET EIGHTH STREET FILUXET STREET 1 t IfktjtMiu. unr :3eaiegrf""i ' ''"" ""' '7 'o , I . -, '-r.-i -; - - 't - , , i r . ej..V Mtftl
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