j . lv4$ 1 IV a i . & 1U SB W i! JBSVBimrO LEDGBR-PjECDDADBLPHlA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22T 1917 Transit tease Will Be Rewritten : Police Hold Annual Sports Today : New Independent Party Is Growing : Utner News pf U. S. BUSINESS I ON WAVE CREST OF PROSPERITY Men Attending War Conven tion Tell of Unheard t ' of Conditions EVERYTHING LOOKS ROSY . From tho area,l Lakes to the southern cotton belt, and from New Krigland to the Pad Ho coast, mtmbira attending the great wax convention of Anf'can business men, called together at Atlantic City this week, who wers personally Interviewed by a spe cial representative of the KvRtrtNO LBpacn, on the business, economic and flnanclnl tin dltlons prevailing In their respective t iii.'m itka only one compelling note prosperity, unbounded prosperity In every section of the United States. Never before have- there been such crops of every description, and never In the his tory of civilised man have such prices been paid for thorn. bank are bursting with money. Indus tries of every kind running full time, many both day and night, with workers earning wages which a short time ago would have been considered Incredible, and almost everywhere an Insatiable demand for labor Railroads are earning more than was ever dreamed they could earn, and carrying far beyond any capacity their builders and promoters ever thought possible. "Patriotism In rampant everywhere, the capitalist vying with the working man In devotion to the country's war call for help Virtual unanimity of opinion exists on the ways and means already taken and to bo taken by the Government to raise funds to carry on a successful warfare. And under neath and above all Is n deep, serious un dercurrent that the American business man and the American laboring man must get together soon for their common good and for the highest Interests of tho nation. These are the opinions of the leaders of men from virtually every State In thq union. They were echoed from tho gold mines of Colorado, from the stock yards of Kansas City and Chicago, from the steel wprks of Alabama and Pennsylvania, from the cotton fields of Georgia and South Caro lina, from the great wheatflelds of the Northwest as well as from tho corn belt of the middle States. The fertile plains of Ohio had the same story to tell as the Ufitrnlturo factories of Grand Rapids, and the trial mines of Virginia, Kentucky and our wn State. It was ono great poem of prosperity and patriotism. TWO MEN ARE INJURED IN A JOY-RIDE SMASH Auto Running at High Speed Crashes Into Pole at League Island Navy Yard Another Joyrlde ended In a wreck early today. Aa a result, two men were badly bruised and lacerated, and an automobile was almost demolished. The whole party bad a miraculous escspe from death. The two Injured men. Harry Ilelsenbeck, 0S Wood street, and John. Dorney, Front street and Lehigh avenue, met Richard le, thirty-two years old. 1722 Vine street, and John Ryan, thirty-five years old, 214 North Sixteenth street, the driver of the car, kin the tenderloin early today. They proceeded south on Broad street until they reached the Navy Yard. They were run ning at a high rate of speed, according to a, policeman of the Fourth street and Snyder avenue station, who was standing on Broad treet. On coming to the Navy Yard entrance they tried to turn. The automobile hit an tlectrio light pole. Relsenbeck. Hitting be side the driver, was hurled through the windshield. Dorney received lacerations and contusions on the head and body. The other two men escaped uninjured. The force of the blow snattered an arc light on the p"ole, The Injured men were hurried to the Methodist Hospital, where they were treated and later dismissed. Ryan and Lee were placed under arrest on the charge of reckless driving. They will be given a hearing today before Magls. trate Bsker, of the Fourth street and Sny der avenue police station. BALKS A ROBBERY, BUT THIEVES ESCAPE Uptown Man Recovers Loot Valued ct Several Hundred Dollars Boy Pris oners Give Him the Slip It's a difficult task to hold two strenuous boys who have looted a house and tele phone for the police at the same time. George Myers, of Eighteenth and Fontaine streets, tried to perform this feat, bu. found jt Impossible. He deserves much credit, nevertheless, for preventing the theft of goods valued at several hundred dollars from the home of Morrell Beerbohm, 1SJ1 Diamond street. While passing the Beerbohm house, Myers noticed two youngsters about sixteen years old acting suspiciously with ft large bag. Ha caught the boys and held them while he examined the bag. It contained Jewelry, silverware, dresses, glassware and other articles. The boys refused to give any ex planation and Myers held them while he looked for a policeman. There was none In sight Myers then telephoned for the police, .but while he was doing so the boys slipped, away. The goods were turned over to a policeman who was Bent In answer to the call. , DRAFTED MAN STABBED Wound Prevents Him From Marching Away With Comrades A stab wound received during a fight pre vented Harry Ford, of 1(12 Ridge avenue, from marching away to Camp Meade today with the men selected from the Ninth Dis trict, tha headquarters of which is the Twentieth and Buttonwood streets station. An hour before the starting- time Ford quarreled with William Vogel, of Twelfth and' Cabot streets. Vogel, according to Fcrd, drew a knife and stabbed him In tha right tec. Frd "w" taken to St. Joseph's Hospital JLcg Brekcn by Automobile John M. Mnnlnr. of 762 Wright avenue. Camden, was struck by an automobile driven br Bteven A. Kevorkian, twenty-six years old. of 133 Arch street, this city, at Broadway ami Cherry street, Camden, lato last nlgbt Lannlng, suffering from a broken leg, was carried to tha office of Dr. Harty arrett, where hi Injuries were trMted. Kevorkian surrendered to the aUce- Underweight Butter Seized LANCABTER. Pa.. Sept 2lAt the dl- taction of Mayor Trout market inspectors Jet morning swooped down on butter doil- sv. . nJUcs.ld ft large quantity of butter thiio raiiea to weign' up to ine six- "CAMP MEADE SPECIAL" LEAVING BALTIMORE AND OHIO STATION mm&utt,A.,1uMjmmwiisBixxiMst'i h utuummmMiaiWHimm BffiSS3S8ffiSiis5Snn2ZS3ESffiiS3 B SisW"""" '-'" -t "' " yw- -Wmftij , jwmjii,'i - ""'w's"""iWeJfiUisyisjM S BKJP r wt$f IhbbbhsbYi JssBBBJBSI&a1BVaEstilJfBSBBK waHsWiiBnusBBBBBBB I ml mWm ME5rrafflMlrlrJM!Bg If WI h jK&fi$ rJIsMiHsi l jsSMs&sWisHiHsHH9stfAsU4jQii l" MJfwJh ' jlilLi''ii ..'' ' l. 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GIVEN' NOISY WKLCOME As tho boys inarched by the barracks they were cheered by tho civilian workers, but when they reached tho Philadelphia sec tion of the camp bedlam broko loose. , For a moment the boys who nrrived on Wednes day and yesterday forgot their military dis cipline and Just yelled their welcome to tha newcomers. Major X. K Borden, of Framlngham, Mass.. who took command of the men from Boards 3 and 35, was pleased with the spirit exhibited by tho boys, and nnnounced that they would make good soldiers. Lieutenant J. It. Young. 417 North Forty third street. Philadelphia, who for many years served as a reporter on Philadelphia newspapers, met the Forty-second District boys at the station. A score or moro of tho drafters recognized him and gave him a noisy greeting. "Well, look who's here." said ono of the South I'hlladelphlans who had met Young when he covered police stations In that sec tion of the city, "As I live," said a sec ond, while an exuberant youth In the rear line gave vent to his feelings by exclaiming that with Young on the Job the newspapers would get Camp Meade news right. Five hundred and eighty-eight men from Draft Districts ft. 8. 30 and SI arrived shortly before 2 o'clock. Little work was done by the draftees to day, but oh Monday the men will begin their training in earnest. Captain John M. Bonbrlght, of Philadel phia, was hit by a motortruck yesterday and is confined to the hospital. TUALNLVa 8TAHTS Kensington, West Philadelphia and the other sections which arrived on Wednes day got down to actual business nt camp ,today. Morning and afternoon they did two hours' hike. Aching limbs and wearied bodies tell tha story of that first day's tramp. Thero was no lack of enthusiasm nmonff these boys whllo they were tolling along under a blistering sun. DEMOCRACY Kensington rehearsed a number of songs, and ns there aro a lot of good singers In the crowd they attracted attention that was relished by the Itinerant troubadours. No complaints, no grumbles, , but the best of spirit and the finest of cheer showed In these chaps, but the utter democracy of them innile It Imperative for tho officers to give fut a few Instructions regarding saluting and other elementary principles of deportment. Reserve otllcers never tiro of giving lllus. tratlons of the Inimitable manner In which these boys from civil life treat tho men who will command them. Lieutenant Frank Brennan, whore uncle Is a well-known Phil adelphia newspaperman, recited several In stances between his roars & laughter today. lie told how ona of the lads from Bucks County lumbered up to the spick-and-span Colonel Pattison, who Is commanding the regiment, and said : "Say, Mac, how do you get to the post office?" Colonel Pattison gave the desired Infor mation, at which the Jovial young warrior walked nway with a "Much obliged, chief," to the man who will probably lead him In battle. Captain Carlot had a similar experience, He has been an enlisted man In the regular army, but went through the first officers' training camp with flying colors. He was standing wutchlng the men when a tall chap sidled up and said, "Hey, Shorty, what time does the mall get in here.'" The captain never batted an eye. but answered pleasantly enough. Then the man walked away with a cheery "Thanks, old top!" But this spirit will lend Itself readily to discipline, the offi cers declare. The first arrivals have been In camp seventy-two hours, and a number of them were stopped on one of the company Btreets to ascertain Just how they felt FIRST BIG CONTINGENT OP LOCAL DRAFT MEN MOVE ON MEADE One, two, three, four; liay-foot, straw foot The first great contingent of Philadel phia's draft soldiers left today for Camp Meade. From early morning to mldatter noon nearly 3000 men were assembling, dining and marching to the Baltimore and Ohio, station for entrapment. A greater but a sadder mass of people, the mothers, sweethearts, sisters and pa triotic neighbors followed their heroes as best they might on foot, trolley cars and in automobiles to the last vantage point where the soldiers entrained. They could nct forgo the last wave of the hand, the van ishing picture of their loved ones that they would retain In their memory forever, or that would happily be refreshed by another, home-coming long months hence. The great bulk of today's contingent was from the jurisdiction of District Appeal Board No. 1, embracing the northern part of the city, broadly speaking, The rest of Philadelphia's 43 per cent quota, totaling another 3000, mainly from the territory under District Appeal Board No. 3, entrain Sunday. The latter are from the southern portion of the city. MAJOIUTY FltOM DISTRICT No. J. The new draft soldier left today from twepty-on local districts. Nos. 1, 2, 3, 3, 6, E, 7, . t. 1. 20, it. 23. 37, IZ, 35. 99, 40, 41, 43, 4( and 51 Among the earliest to, leave, around I o'clock, were those from atouulard. Tha butter will ha 4M kTum nWWiWr kewe. V LDJ?trlctfl ' " n' : TCX m oUowt1 by Districts 6, 20, 23, 27, 32 and 4 at 9 o'clock and a little after. Ten o'clock was the scheduled leaving time for Districts 6, 8 and 9. while Districts 1, 7, 19. 40 and 41 went away at noon. District 22 was off at 2 o'clock; the others left at intervening hours either Just before or after noon, A contingent of 250 men, most of them Italians, marched away from tho Second district at 7:30 this morning, after having assembled at the Seventh and Carpenter streets police station. Crowds of relatives and friends had been assembling around the station house all night long. Fully 1000 were there this morning, and the ex citement of the leavetaklng waa so great that a detail of policemen had to be called out to keep, tho" croud back. Chevalier C. .. A. ualdl and other promi nent members of the Italian colony marched at the head of the line, as the drafted men left. Beforo they started for the railroad station the men marched around the dis trict, headed by a police band and a squad of policemen under Police Lleutenant'Cur rena. Whltmore C. Chambers, chairman of the draft board ; Harry C. Iloehlflnd, secre tary, and Dr, Michael Levitt accompanied thera. LEAVE AT 7 O'CLOCK Eighty-two men of the Third Registration District assembled at the Second District police station, at Second and Christian streets, at 7 o'clock, ready to leave for Camp Made. T;he men went tp the Balti more and Ohio Railroad Station,, at Twenty. fourth and Chestnut streets, for entrain ment Moro than one-half of the 121 men from the Fifth District, taking In Wards Six, Eleven and Twelve, did not speak English, being aliens nnd not subject to the draft, according to Government regulations. Individual lunches wero given to the seventy drafted men from District No, 6 by the local board. Tobacco and chocolate were Included. Tho lloutenants In charge of the soveral groups making up tho unit were William J. McMlchael, nephew of Judge McMlchael; S. Fred Neeper, 322 South Eleventh street; James A. Sheelian, Jr., 705 Walnut street; Henlg W. S'undstrom, 1012 Spruce street, nnd S. G. Woodbury, 218 South Sixteenth street One-half of the Seventh District's quota of 111 men awoke this morning In tho Young Men's Christian Association; the remainder came from home to answer tho rollcall at 5:30 n. m. Breakfact was ob tained for all at a neighboring restaurant. The contingent was commanded on the march to the station by Joseph B. Furman nnd Webster J. Lack, who will turn the party over to the commanding officer at Camp Meade. Tho Lancaster Avenue Business Men's Association hired a band to escort tho con tingents of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Local Districts. The Twentieth District party of 104 young men were also accompanied by their draft board. Coleman Sellers, Jr., chairman ; Ross E. Williams and Dr. T. J. d'Apery They marched from the station house nt Thirty-ninth street and Lancaster avenue to tho Baltimore and Ohio station. Noon marked tho departure of the Nine teenth District party of 103 soldiers. Their line of march, starting at the station house at Thirty-ninth street, led down Lancaster avenue to Thirty-second street, thence down Chestnut street to the Baltimore and Ohio depot. Stnccy H. White, chairman of tho draft board ; Hugo F. ucyier, clerK, ana Dr. W. W. Hammer headed the column. Another large contingent left the B. & O. station nt 2 o'clock. These men repre sented Ward Twenty-six In District No. 22. They had luncheon at tha station house at Fifteenth street and Snyder avenue nnd assembled in tlmo to march to their point of entratnmont. Tho Twenty-third District sent off eighty one of Its young men this morning from tho station house at Thirty-second street and Woodland avenue. On the march to their train the men were led by Colonel Hylvester Bonnaffon, a veteran of tho Civil War, former colonel of the Third Regiment nnd chairman of the local draft board and three other. Civil 'War Witerans, State Sen ator Edward W. Pntton, John Lambert and Jesse llolton; B. Gordon Bromley nnd Dr. 1). Howard Johnston the other members ot the board. SCENE OF BUSY DEPARTURE The main farewell was given last night at the Overbrook Club, when former Gov ernor Edwjn 3. Stuart, W. R. Nicholson, chairman of the local draft board, No. 32 ; Its secretary, John P. Dwyer, and the other member, Dr. F. B. Hancock, addressed the men. The largest contingent leaving any sec tion today Is that Including tho 220 men from Ward Thirty-six In the Thirty-fifth Draft District. It was also one of the flr-3t to leave the city, getting away from the station house on Twentieth street below Federal at 7 o'clock. Souvenirs were given to the ISO soldier representatives of the western part of Ward Thlrty-ntno, embraced by Draft District No. 40. These men were treated to a hearty luncheon In the old Tabernacle on the southwest corner of Broad am) Shunk btreets before they left. They marched up Broad to Chestnut street, thence out Chestnut to the Baltimore and Ohio station, where they entrained at noon. The teachers of the S. Weir Mitchell School, at Fifty-eighth street and King Besslng avenue, under the direction of Mrs. Emma 13. Tidal, served a luncheon to the 124 men going from the Forty-first Draft District. This party boarded its train about noon. The draft board, including Theodore Shenohan, chairman ; Frederick Gourlay, secretary, and Dr. George Johnson, accom panied the men on the march, Comfort bags Were given to the forty men sent away by the Forty-second District Board a little after 7 o'clock this morning. Grand Army men and a Boy Scout bond escorted tho ninety candidates for the new army at Camp Meade who left the head quarters of local draft board for District No. 46 at 8 o'clock. They presented a rather Imposing array as they marched down Lancaster avenue to Thirty-second street and thence down Chestnut to the Baltimore & Ohio station. PROVIDED WITH AUTOMOBILES Tho ninety-seven members of the draft unit from tho Fifty-first District were pro vided with automobiles to take them to their point of entrainment at Twenty fourth and Chestnut streets. The ma chines left Dorrance street and Snyder avenue In a long procession, and received a vlgprous'Sare.vvell from the' residents of the Forty-elghth Ward. The Twenty-eighth" District "was scheduled to, send US. quota today, but It will not get oft until tomorrow morning. So many men asked to go with, this initial detachment that the 45 per cent detail of nlnety-nlne men has been Increased to 120. They report for rbUcall and final Instructions this after, noon at the Parish House, Collins and East Cumberland streets, and again at 7 o'clock tomorrow.' INDEPENDENTS, HEADS SOON TO BE ANNOUNCED Name Expected to Be Given Out Today Following Conferences of New Party's Leaders The chairman of the new Anti-Contractors party Is expected to be announced today, following conferences of theunen who nre active In promoting tho fight against the Vnre-Smlth Organization ticket at the general election on November 0. The committee of prominent men who are acting as sponsors of tho nntl-Vnro-Smlth movement met yesterday afternoon, but failed to come to any agreement on tho chairman. The names of Howard R. Shep pard, former Councilman Thomas II. Arm strong, of tho Thirty-eighth Ward, and Charles L. McKeehan havo been mentioned and are being considered by the committee. The increased registration of the Phila delphia Textile School, which has given rise to the belief that tho freshman class I this year will be 20 per cent larger than Wsuat, reflects the widening ot opportunity jfor skilled men in textile fields. War conditions, with mills running full blast on Government work nnd civilian busi ness increasing, have greatly emphasized the need for developing a greater 'number ot skilled men for executive positions. Added to this is the growing appreciation ot the value to manufacturing establishment of scientifically trained men, In contrast with those who have risen through tho ap prentice system. More than a hundred graduates and un dergraduates of tho school aro now In the service of the Government, the majority in tho quartermaster and ordnance depart ments. Students and former students of the school have been In great demand for Gov ernment posts as Inspectors of materials. Alint Production of Coins The Philadelphia Mint Is working day and night In an effort to turn out a suffi cient number of small silver coins to re lievo tho abnormal scarcity. John B. Evans. Assistant United States Treasurer, explained the condition aa being normal nt this time, duo to moving crops. Tho scarcity of tho silver, ho said, was due to the entrance of this country Into tho war and because of the payments made to soldiers. Gets Contract for Gun Forginga The Tioga Steel and Iron Company, Fifty second Btreet and Gray's avenue, has re ceived n contract from the United States Bureau of Ordnnnce covering a heavy ton nage of rough machined and heat-treated fcrglngB for four-Inch naval guns. Hugh shops to take caro of tho contracts are being erected at their plant. Mrs. J. Fred Zimmerman, Sr., Recovers Mrs. J. Fred Zimmerman, Sr., hits left the Jefferson Hospital and returned to her country home, Villa Vesta, nt Olenslde. Mrs. Zimmerman was taken to the hospital sev eral weeks ago to undergo an operation for appendicitis. Pitteburgher Chosen to Aid Baruch WASHINGTON. Sept. 22 Joseph F. Guffey, of Pittsburgh, president of the Natural Gas Association of America and prominent In the petroleum Industry of Pennsylvania, has become associated with the National Defense Council war Indus tries board, It wns officially announced to day. Guffey will assist Bernard Baruch in oil purchasing. HIGHWAYMAN ROBS WOMAN Suspected Assailant of Eaglesmcre Guest Found by Posso in Pigpen EAGLESMERE. Pa Sept. 22. Miss Elizabeth Prlckett, of Atlantic City, a guest at tho Ingham Cottage, was nttacked by a highwayman ob she was walking along the lake shoro and, after being struck on tho head with a heavy club, was robbed ot 355. Miss Prlckett did not lose consciousness nnd wan able to glvo a good description of her assailant. A posse was organized and, after an hour's search, arrested a. man who gave his namo as William Harris and who was found In a pigpen on a farm a mile from the town. ,, f.( CHANGES ASSI INTRANSITU Radical Alteratirvno a. Certain as Result of wraay-B Hearing CITV WTT.T. Annn nadlcal changes in .,. 1 the Smith -Mitten trat J" i tnln n , ... " art . uuiwoie or vl..i ' lie hearing before Council V' Street Railway. Joint" Con, 1 raiMu-,, auack upon tn. lMJT ' former Transit nir.,.fn. . .. "' W assisted by six ot the city's la ? forced Finance commute, ney to appeal for definite m. ,..., ' how the lease eouM I,. .- """ J "v iivuvea b of tho defects remedied, ' air. Ta.yior likewise drew frm J Draper Lewis, tho Mayor's li ."" visor, the admission that chanitiJJr to bo made in the document b.f. proved ny Counc Is. At the nni. " hearing Mr. Lewis that ffi.t willing to accent some n ,! .M ommended by tho firm of Fort ft1?1" Davis, consulting engineers Tho biggest surprise of yesterd.V. J Blon came when Mr. Taylor ben ;iH a statement signed by the nunaHH attorneys In sunnort J ,?,T ".M of the lease made In his several' BUwfll The attorneys who Joined in mmJ tt opinion fellow: Charles l"W H Parker D. Williams. Th,L.Mc vvtuto, William A. Glasgow r7 ii"1 ThompSon, Jr., and Owen J. Itob!rtL"8S i.T rI g. tne,r "Pinions tiki duty and received no remuneration. The opinion of th i.. '. tho contention of Mr. Taylor that tSrffl as now written does guarantee u,Vt, fe that tho leaso provides for the b2 of tho eight-cent exchange tlckS? ,2 ,. TlHI.J.I.ll. -..-- I L:. .'J. ..!""" "?.p,a Transit Cocmil iviaea for lh- k, "" exchanfr tii,... ..TT provides for tho mn-M,... v.. .. "rU an the p. n t ;:z "'. r holds and franchlsTiV'p'rlce'S!: par value of tho stock outstanalcr a time of purchase, plus accumulate! j dends. Tho lawyers also agreed tht h. t knOW wHttATI la lH,.nl...J . .. . .;i-.-.i ; X""". "na ?wii ......... ...o.iu. v uio Earns unit Mr, Ti presented to Mr. Lewis a scrl.. n . questions upon tho intention and actoaTSl ..luuun ui various provitions of tk lease. These Mr. Lewis answered v.aj. yesterday, but he will prepare a wrlS reply to be presented at the next com' manic hearing two weeks from ytttttlifd Director Twining at the hearlnr mkiKJr a ftfty-ntne-page printed Vdlacuulon" titai' transit propositions. His analvt ot iv'r lease made It clear that the Smith Aambi? tratlon Is committed to a six-cent fiwtf the Joint system. V Baker Asks Passage of Civil RlghMBlJ WASHINGTON, Sept, 22. Secretin tfl War Baker, "went to the front" tctday to4 Americas iignung men wnn a vigorosi wl for prompt passage of the eoldltn' uT naltnrn nlvll rlt-htn htll. TTa nrir- 4kafl Senate Judiciary Subcommittee to mihrj favorable report on the measure at ,tM 1 earnest possible moment. rffKi fv I . Msa irJfu MAY CHANGE WHEAT RATES WASHINGTON, Sept 22 Readjustments in the differentials on wheat from tho north western States were promlied a delegation of wheat growere this afternoon by Food Administrator Hoover. The wheat growers complained that since their wheat did not go through Chicago, where the price waa fixed at J2.20, they were losing up to thirty cents a bushel under the differential scale worked out by tha food administration. Mf. Hoover'a promise today (a the first made by any ad ministration official looking to an alteration In the aoyernB4Rt-nd wheat scale. t. H Beginning Next Monday The Strawbridge & Clothier Autumn Fashion Expositions FORTY-NINE YEARS AGO we invited the mothers and grandmothers of the present generation to attend our first Autumn Opening! It was a fine, up-to-date, complete Store for that day and generation, but there have been marvelous developments since then constant growth and improvement right up to to-day, when the sons of the Founders take pride and pleasure in inviting you to the Store upon the occasion of the opening of Our Fiftieth Autumn Season! Many improvements nave been made during the past sum mer; selling space has been added to many departments, many new fixtures installed, the Store made better in various ways. Most important of all, however, is the great work we have done for our customers in the gathering of new merchandise. Here is where our EXPERIENCE, STRENGTH and PRESTIGE count for most in times of advancing costs and threatened scarcity. Our stocks are larger than ever, and we have anticipated demand to such a degree as to insure an UNQUESTIONABLE ADVANTAGE in the matter of VALUES as well as COM PLETE ASSORTMENTS. A wealth of new merchandise all through the Store! Varied and beautiful, and, as befits these stirring times, intensely PRACTICAL. See all these on Monday:" mmitmmmmmmammmmmmmmum Autumn Suits Afternoon Dresses Evening Gowns Coats and Wraps The New Waists New Millinery Girls Apparel Infants Wear Negligees, Lingerie Corsets, Petticoats Lovely New Silks Wool Dress Goods Beautiful Laces Robes, Tunics Neckwear, Ribbons Trimmings, Buttons Gloves, Hand Bags Shoes, Hosiery, etc. Strawbridge & Clothier MARKET STREET EIGHTH STREET FILBERT STREET mt i'ihi i i .JJ:m;llLrlr,lll,lJrfcftTJITTTT t xk: '.'J I .""M' .Jt 4 '" .. I , . ! h. Mi' KH20 EkJ
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