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EVENING LEDGEl'PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 191?
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LUTHERANS END
BIG CONVENTION
Meeting Celebrated Luther's
Break With Established
Church in 1517
PHILADELPHIAN DIES IN TEXAS CAMP
OTHER CITY NEWS BRIEFS
Italian Organizations to Hold
Big Meeting Planning Aid
to Native Land
Two b:r Lutheran mass-meetlnRS. nt tho
Academy of Music and the Baptist Temple
last night, ended the thirty-sixth national
convention of thcfchurch commemorating
the 40fh anniversary ot the Ue of All
Balnts, 1S17, when Martin Luther nailed
his nlncty-flvc theses' to the cathedral door
at Wittenberg.
The spirit of democracy and Its parallel
with the history of the Information were
outlined at the Academy meeting by tho
fiMtev. J. A. V. Haas, president of Muhlen
berg College, and a plea for more zeal was
made by the llev. Dr. S. I. Long, of Mans
field, O. The meeting, which was presided
over by tho llev. Dr. Stanley BUhclmer,
president of tho Philadelphia Conference,
as attended by ,3000 persons.
Tho Temple meeting, where 1000 persons
assembled, was presided over by the Rev
Dr. 11 P. Pfattelcher, president of the I'hll
adelphla English Confer jnce. Addresses
were delivered by the Itev. Dr. Henry vv ei-
ent of the Ministerial of I'cnn-
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HER HUSBAND DRAFTED,
LIFE NOT WORTH LIVING
Angelin, Only 16, but a Wife,
Takes Poison Because Frank
Went to Camp
ler, president"
eylvanla, and the Itev. Dr. M
tine, of Gettysburg College.
H. Valen-
Lieutenant unl Mrs. G. Walter tl. Conrtiu. L.ieiut!iiant Com nil lived
at 34G2 North Eighth street, died at the aviation camp, San Antonio,
Texas, where he was stationed as a member of tho Army Medical
Reserve Corps. Mrs. Conrad, formerly Miss Edith Elizabeth Gilchrist,
is n graduate nurse of Hahnemann Hospital, where her husband was n
member of the staff. Their marriage followed n romance which began
tVo years ago when Doctor Conrad was nursed through an illness
by the woman who later became his wife.
Angelin Bertllfho attempted suicide thin
morning because life without her drafted
husband mas worse than death. Angelin
Is only sixteen years old nnd' she was
born to loo a inan and bo his wife.
Perhaps had she been born In nnother
enlronment she might havo sold Liberty
Bonds and made brae speeches nnd
marched In patriotic parades nnd cried out
to tho world, "I, Angelin, I rIvo my man
to his country 1"
But she did nono of these things. She
doesn't know so much about patriotism.
She knows how to lovo her man and loe
him so passionately, and bo to tho exclusion
of all else In tho world even her country
nnd his that sho doesn't want tJ llvo
without him nnd cannot bear tho terror of
das nnd nights without him, wondering If
ho Is nllvo or dead, hoping for the best,
fearing tho worst.
They were married only n few months
ngo, sho and Frank, and went to llvo In n
house nt "14 Washington avenuo. Two
weeks ngo Frank, drafted, went to Camp
Meade This morning Joe, Frank's brother,
who remained to keep up the home, wont
down to breakfast, but there was no break-
iusi. uig-cun naa not got up. Joo went
up to her room and found her unconscious,
a half-emptied bottle of poison tablets
beside her
At tho Mount Slnal Hospital they sty she
will llc
CITY'S LIBMTY LOAN
TOTAL DUE TOMORROW
Sum Already Has Reached $370,-
000,000, Federal Bank Officials
Announce
Italians Plan to Aid Native Country
Measures to help Italy In Its crisis will
bo taken at a mass-meeting of 250 Italian
organizations of Philadelphia tomorrow
night, at 1145 South Broad street, under
the auspices of the Italian Ileconstruction
r .Committee. Other organizations not al
lied with tho committee also are expeced
to take steps to aid the native land.
Women Join Vice' Crusade
Women agents have been Imported Into
this city by tho Department of Justice In
the campaign to protect enlisted men
within n radius of fle miles from tho
Navy Yard. Mrs. II. J. Jcntier, one of tho
agents, caused tho arrest of three alleged
proprietors of disorderly houses, one of
them at Twelfth nnd Spruce streets. It
was testified that a cnptaln In the navy
had been seen to go to tho Spruce, street
- house.
Girl's Auto Injures Man
Kdgnr Penny. 214 North Sixteenth street,
U In the Jefferson Hospital today with a
broken thigh, suffered when he was struck
by a motorcar driven by Miss Gertrude C.
Ehret, of IMgewater Park. N. J., at Thir
teenth and Chestnut streets. Miss Khret
Was released on her oivn recognizance to
await the result of Penny's Injuries.
Autoist Acts As Own Detective
An nutomoblllst It. M. Donovan, 1830
"South Itlttenhouse square followed Hlmer
Lloyd, 1326 Slgel street, and caued his
nrrest. accusing him of stealing two auto
mobile tires. Lloyd was held In C00 ball
for court.
False Key Nets $250
by use of a false key thieves entered
the home of Mrs. Morse Brandes, 1953
Diamond street, and stole Jewelry nlucd
at $250. Three automobiles also wero
stolen yesterday.
'
, Accuse Gas Inspector of Theft
James Dwyer, of Bodlne street near
Fourth, -ho"rms been employed by tho
U. O. I. Company as a me,er Inspector
for the last' eight years, was arrested yes
terday, charged with embezzling upward
of J HOC. which ho had cJllectetl from slot
meters.
Bayard Bowie Returns Wounded
It. Hs.Bayard Bowie, Jr, son of It. II.
Bayard Bowie. 1710 Walnu'. sjreet, has re
turned to Philadelphia after being wounded
In tho nrm while In tho service of the Amer
ican Ambulance Unit In France. He will
return to Princeton
Falls Off His Coal Wagon
Isaac S Cannon, driver of a coal wagon
for McCuskey Brothers, toppled on the
tilted up end of a load that he was deliv
ering at Third and Hamilton streets and
landed on his chest. St. Joseph's Hospital,
where he was taken, reports two ribs
broken and possible Internal Injuries. He
Is forty-nine years old and lives at 2032
North Tenth street.
Club Has 124 Men in Service
The Philadelphia Club's restricted mem
bership of 550 men has been depleted by
124 members rntertng the armed forces of
the nation. Brigadier General W. W. At
terbury, !ce president of the Pennsyhanla
Itallroad, is the highest ofllcer among the
club members In the sen Ice.
WIDOW BRINGING HOME
BODY OF LIEUT, CONRAD
City's First Loss in Army Med
ical Corps Wife Went With
Him as Nurse
The body of Lieutenant G. Walter H
Conrad Philadelphia's flrRt loss in the
army medical corps who died at the army
base hoopltal at San Antonio. Tex., Is being
brought back, to this city by his wife. a.
graduate nurse of the Hahnemann Hos
pital, where her husband was a member
of the staff
Tho sad Journey ends a romance which
began more than two j'cars ago when Doc
tor Conrad was nursed through n slight
Illness by Edith Elizabeth ailchrlst at the
hospital. Tho ctuplo wero married and
went to Ile at 3452 North Eighth street,
but when war wns declared Doctor Conrad
answered tho call to duty among the first
of his profession, nnd his wife gave up her
home nnd went with him.
While he attended to tho wants of the
soldiers In camp, Mrs, Conrad engaged in
lied Cross work near him and wns at his
bedside when ho died, according to Mrs
William Conrnd, his mother Death was
duo to overwork superinduced by an old
Injury which caused an abscess of tho
brain
Lieutenant Conrad, who was twenty-nine
years old, was well known as an ec, car.
throat and noso specialist Ho received his
preliminary education In tho public schools
nnd Temple College, nnd graduated from
Hahnemann Medical Collego In 1913 At
nrlous times he was connected with the
staffs of the Womon's Homeopathic Hos
pital, tho Children's Hospital nnd the
Hahnemann Hopltal. He was a. Mason and
a member of many fraternal and profes
sional societies
When war was declared he offered his
services and was ordered to report at Fort
Benjamin Harrison. On August 27 ho was
transferred to the Aeronautical School nt
Austin, Tex, where ho was taken HI
Beforo entering the army Lieutenant
Conrad underwent an operation for
mastoiditis, nnd apparently was In fine
health when he reported for duty. Tho
strain of exhaustive examinations made of
applicants for admittance to the sen-Ice
uggraatcd his Injury and ho became sick
Army Supplies From Firms Here
Philadelphia firms are represented In last
week's awards by the Surgeon Gencrnl for
army medical supplies They Include Wil
liam Aires & Son. blankets, J5500; Bern
stein Manufacturing Company, wheel
stretchers, $2931 50, nnd Georgo P Pilling
& Son. nrtery forcps, linen, hemostatic
rases, hone plates and screws and beeswax.
JC2.588 10.
Final official figures on the Liberty Loan
subscription will not be available until some
time tomorrow, as the banks have up to the
close of business, November 1, to get in
subscriptions to tho Federal Iteservo Bank.
Announcement has been mado by officials
of tho Feaeral Itesere Bank for this dis
trict that the total already has reached
J370 000.000, and the books as jet are not
closed. More subscrlptlor are reported
pouring Into many of the district banks
Iteports also aro due from several banks
which may swell the grand total on hand
considerably
Of the J370.000.000 already recorded, the
share of the city Itself was $2:2,000,000,
npproxlnutely. Philadelphia stands a good
chance of carrying off several records. Tho
schools mndo a flno showing, it wns said.
The Philadelphia Navy Yard contributed
more, than $225,000 and mado ns good a
showing as the Boston Navy Yard, which
ranked unusually high.
WASHINGTON. Nov 1 The Treasury
Department adheres to Its policy of waiting
until all tho reserve districts have reported
bofore making further announce of Liberty
Loan totals Soeral ot the districts aro
ct to bo heard from.
Subscription books for the latest Issue
of treasury certificates of Indebtedness of
Indefinite amount hao been closed, the
Treisury nnnounccd, with total subscrip
tions received In five days since the
Issue was opened, amounting to $684,631,
000 Of the total $254,637,000 was reported
during tho last day. The certificates are
pa able December 15, and may be converted
into Liberty Bonds
Yesterday subscriptions brought tho total
of certlllcatc"of Indebtedness to bo retired
from proceeds of tho Becond Liberty Loan
up to $2,319,056,000.
Memorial to Doctor Ferris
Former Mayor Blankenburg. Dr. W. W.
Keen, Xtabbl Joseph Kgtuskopf nnd other
prominent Phlladelphlans will speak to
night at memorial services at the First
Baptist Church" for the Itev. Dr. George
Hooper Ferris, who died a few months ngo
after a long pastorate. "
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FOUJVnt AND JjUlESTNUT STREETS
The iiinitt phenomenal honing ever seen In
Philadelphia. j:ery smart style, every flna
leather uliawn today at exclunlTe Philadelphia
KliopaareUuplIcatrU liernTIIIH VtKKKnt S3 to IS
below tne.r prices, we uem
onutrate our dovrnatalr
economies with shoes made
by America's best nhoe
makers shoes that won't
take their hats off to the
finest custom made. Koko calf, mahogany calf, black Royal calf,
In every new 8, , 10 t)le, here tliU week at 0.
Act! Save $3 to $5
Tomorrow, bat not later than Saturday Krenlng
Wear the Mntft hoes you ever had on your feet and keep
3 to (5 of your good money In YOUR pocket.
But like every good opportunity you must act and act
quickly to iake full advantage of it. You have got to get in
ahead of the hundreds of men these phenomenal values will
attract to get yours this week but not later than Saturday
evening! Pick 'em out first and play safe. Let your feet
walk you in here quick.
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Ulster with belt snuc at
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convertible collar; deep vent,
full skirt permitting plenty of
room for athletlo walking.
Perry's
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Two-pleca belt fastenlns; at
each side and buttoning In the
middle. Double-breanted front.
Perry'B Convertible Storm Col
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November Finds Splendid
Overcoat Stocks, Splendid- ,
' Stocks of Suits at Perry's!
Cf No other November has ever found the cloth
ing situation so acute, or Perry's so well pre
pared! By a long look ahead we bought and
bought and kept on buying fabrics against the
lean times that threatened. We have, conse
quently, more Suits, more Overcoats than we can
pile on our tables, secured at prices that they can't
be secured at today!
&And YOU are the gainer!
$ The time may be coming when NOBODY can
make and sell such Overcoats and Suits as these
that are here in abundance at Perry's! NOW is
the right time to fall to and buy!
CJAt $20 Overcoats double - breasters, back
belts and pleats, outside patch pockets welted
and put on aslant, roll-up convertible collars
Cambridge gray mixtures, dark Oxfords.
C At $20 Overcoats, single - breasters button
through fronts, fly fronts, velvet collars or cloth
collars, plain backs, box backs conservative
mixtures and stockinette fabrics of dark olive and
heather browns.
CflAt $22.50 Overcoats Double breasters and
single breasters small dark check pattern,
plaid back fabrics, loose back belts with two but
tons; full belt with buckle in dark and novelty
mixtures.
If At $25 Overcoats belters and plain backs
iridescent silk linings in shoulders and sleeves
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colors and novelty patterns belters, singl
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