' si " '. v- " ? t. ?1 ra , ffM J M f EVENING LEDGERPflmAKELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21; 1917 .. " i i. 3lr f -y -' ' U ', r Y.W.C. A. SUBSCRIPTION NOW STANDS $2,160,000 Drive Here Lags Owing to Allot ment Having Already Been Oversubscribed CHAIN LETTER BRINGS WOMEN DOCTORS ARE INSTRUCTS RED CROSS W0RKERSIN HOME DUTY FLOOD OF QUARTERS Started to Help Wounded, It Has Swept Country, Despite Red Cross Protest NEEDED FOR ARMY WORK Perry's Certainly Have the Clothes! Twelve Physicians Called for to Go to Front, Says Prominent New York Physician Field Director Advises a Need of "Patching Up" Soldiers' Family Affairs IjQ&fl'W'i' 'W$pftj.fi &?m is 1,-itest figures In tho tabulation of sub scription to ttie $33,000,000 national dr!o of tho Young Men's Christian Association wero announced today ns follows: rlill.idclphla district, $2,100,000. rcnnslvnnla, JS.SI.'.OIT The uWrlitlons from the entire coun try still aro below tlio $50,000 000 mark. Pittsburgh lead the State with $2,218,380, but appeals utrcady Wive been launched In Philadelphia for response to tho 111,000 rsmass letter In ordr to bring the l'lilW delphla dlitrlct ngaln Into llrnt plice Walter M. Wood, general Hecrotary of the Y M O. A. In thh clt. said todiy tint rhllidclphla certalnlv ought to tns Pitt- burgh He explained that PhlladelphlmM, lcnonlnff the allotment already hid been oversubscribed, csldently had shut down on further donations. "This Im a mistake." he said, "as the mere glxen now, tho better It will give the Association Wnr Council enough to work with until next fill and put off an other drlc until that time" About SO0 contributions were received at Drexel & Co. treasurer of the Phil idelphli district, today. They totaled apprcxlniatety 18000 The National War Work Council of the Young Men's ChrlMI in Association an nounced In New York that the grind totil of the mtlon-wldo war fund umpilgn Is 141201411. This exceeds bv nearly $15, (100,000 the $35 000,000 go il set at the be ginning of the rimp ilgu on November 12. President WIKnn, on being Informed tint tho fund was great! v oversubscribed, tele graphed congratul itlons to Dr John It. Mott. giieral secretary of tho council ".My heartfe t congratulations on the re markable and gratlflns results," tho President's telegram renl ' I think It Is a nation il blessing." The llastern Depirtnient, with heidqmr ters In New York, collected $20 ll.CGI Its quota was llxed at $1. 1, 000.000. The Central Department, with headqu irlcrs at Chicago, iccordlnp to Incomplete returns, was second with $18,380,733, as compared with a quota of JIJ.500.000 Tho totals nnd tho quotas Jor the other departments aro as follows- Northeastern, Boston, $G.JCS,923, quotl. $.".000,000: West ern, 'an I'ranclico, $1,773,300, quota, $1, 250,000; Southwestern, 111t, $1,187,000. quota. $1,000,000: Southeastern, At auta, $1 207,588, quota, $l,ri00,000 UnoflloUl returns from tho counties gave a parti il contribution of $1100 from Huoks Countv, $114,750 from Montgomery Cciutitj. $134, 1J I from Chester County and $10S, 103 09 from Delaware County It was an nounced ehterday that tho figures from Montgomery County did not Iniludo the subscription takn by the Merlon 15oy Scouts and several other notable subscrip tions which were given In through the Phil i de'plila executive committee and included in the team reports It was announced that the Merlon Boy Scouts will utilize a portion of their $30 000 fund to place a hut "bomewhern In Krance," and tho remainder will bo ued in building a cjinnu&luin "t tho Phllidclphl i Navy Yard A flood of twcntv-flve cent pieces Ins been sweeping the country It Is doing so now despite efforts nf tho lie artment of Justice, the lied Cross diplomatic and other officials to slop It It was started bv n Hum letter sent out for qmrter contrlbu tlona to care for wounded soldiers The flood stnrted when a phvslclin In Keittle, Wash, sent nut the first letter with tho sanction nf the Trench mnstil In thit city. Tho tnesgo spnko of the work planned and asked the receiver to send out six copies of tho letter This started the machinery going -The first letter to retch Philadelphia i imp lite J.estcrdij Through a misunderstanding, the letter nnile It nppeir tint tho nl m lud the smc tlon of the Itcil Cross, and tint the lied Cross would give $1000 for cver $2000 raised bv the elnlti letter sstem Since the stsrt mnne h is been pouring Into tho nllk'os of the Trench consul at Spittle- federal Investigation Ins been made The P.ed Cross Ins Issued n pro test The monev, It was slid, probiblv will bo turned over to tint orginlzitlon BOARD TO CHECK HIGH PLAY IN GRAIN MARKET ChieaKo Governors Fromisc Tcilcrnl Officer.s to Eliminate Specula te o Kvils CIIICAiifi nv 21 Directors of the Mill igo ltoird of 'I ride It Is le imed ill thorlt itlve'v hive agreed with the Altai tie Cenerils nfflrc to piss tlie following drastic mles the moment n big operator starts a drive, either "up or down, In the kr.iln in irket Placing a limit itlon upon the amount of griln i tndei inn trade In during a slnglo d ly PI icing a limit upon the breadth of ftmtu-Uinn ulilcli gt iln prices in iv tike either 'up or down ' In i single il i Actlvltv of lite in December corn bis resulted in sevei il big traders being sum moned before Itubert W Chllds. spcclil asslvtnnt to Attornej Uener il firegorv He outlined to them whit might lnppcn If their trides assumed unwarranted propor tions It c in be sild authoritatively tint tho P,o ml of Trade will not be closed as Ins been hinted The food administration be'leves tint In order to provide an open mirkit for grain dining tlin w ir the boird must bo kept going and expects tho boird of directors to turn any speculative ivlls, which m i cibtsln, without ,m action being tikcu bj tho lioviinment WOMAN DETECTIVE OUTFIGHTS SHOPLIFTER Meets His Swing on Jaw With Counter to Head and Conquers Him After Lively Scrimmage When George Holt, twentj-threo e.irs old, of Heading, was pliiccl under nrrest this afternoon In front of a Market street depirtment store by Miss Mary Prague, a store detective, on a charge of shop lifting, ho showed a totil disregard of all tho canons of pollto society In turn ing and swinging on tho lacl's J ivv. Miss Prague, however, proved that she I not to bo discouraged in the performance of her duty by a llttlo thing like a wallop from a mero man, for she countered with i left to the head and fell Into a clinch. Thero was a. lively llttlo scrimmage for a few minutes, which camo to an end when Detectlvo McOravv, also of tho store force, re-enforced his partner and took tho culprit In charge Miss Prague had seen Holt whllo In the tore slip a handbag under n. newspaper that he was carrying and followed him Into the street, vvhero thu encounter took place When he wis searched 1 iter lnsldo tho store b. number of articles believed to hive been stolen from other stores was found Also a bottlo of drugs was taken from the man. Later, at tho Centiul Pollco Station, Holt was asked for an explanation of his con duct. 'Dope did It," was his reply. He was held In $500 bond by Magistrate Pennock when given a hearing liter in the day. THINK HOY S'lOI.H TO KNLIST Parents .of Uun.ivv.iy Iieliove He Took $150 to Join the Colors The desire to seive his i ountrv on tho high seas or on the b ittlellelds of Trailer Is believed tc, hivo led foul tecn-v ear-old John N.iniisln, nf Tiitl Uilgr.ido street, to steal $lln In Kll,i which his p irents hid been saving for in my months mid which was secreted In theli lesldence John is the sou of An.itello Xamlslo, Il baker, and looks older th m his ears About a veir ago h sought tn enlist in the navv and was successful In pissing the phjsicil ex i mill it Ion. but owing to his jnuth his father would not glvn his per mission, and tho lid was forced to in ike tho best of tho homo lifo to which he was sentenced He clnfcd under tho restraint, however, and fiequentlv thtiiiUneil to run away and join the colors Yestenl.iv piperh ingers wiro at work In tho .Wimlslo hniiic- mid John helped llieni at their work It is believed that at this time he learned of tho $110 In gold tint was In tho houso and ascertained Its hiding place At alt cvenU, when tho fainll) arose this morning John was gone and so was tho money A few davs ago ho had asked for long trousers and h id been refused His parents bellevo tint tho first expendi ture that ho m.ido out of tho money tint ho took was to get trousers wherewith to lamoullagu his Jouthful appeannce, and thc hive hid u close watch put on all re. irultlng stations In Philadelphia and M-Unity Twelve women physicians are needed at once to go to the front with tho American nnnv, according to Dr. Kinllv Dunning Bar ringer, of New York, vice chairman of the Medical Women's National Association. Six women phslclans already have re sponded to tho call, she said, and two are serving In Serbia The spenker Slid there never has been a time when the responsi bility of women phjslclans Ins been 8i great Tho women who aro to go must be fit both phslcnlly and mentally for tho strain, Doctor Uarrlngcr said Besides, they, must be able to speak Trench (.KM-CKUSTED POTTERY Prehistoric Relics Found Near Zuni, New Mexico I.vldenccs nf a pre-pueblo culturo thou finds of cars old were discovered by Dr Hrvon Cuiiimlngs, of the University of Ailzoni, In cxc'av.itlons Just completed In Arlzou i and New Mexico according to word received b the School of American IUse irch On Navajo Mountain on the Navajo leservitlon neir the New Mexlco-Arlzoni bound iry, Dr Cummlngs broke Into caves of tho ancestors of the Sniko mid Ante lope clans of the Hopl, and secured inan priceless relics Dr Frederick W Hodge of the Bureiu of Ameilcin lUlinnlogv, here recently after completing extensive exc'ivatlons at the ancle nt pueblo of Havv.ilkuh, near Zunl, N M. reports rem irkahle discoveries as to the ancient i ulture of tho 'Seven Cities of Clbol i, ' tho llrst towns seen by the Spm Ish conquerors Hvldeiico was found of cremation and dismemberment of bodies on burial, and Dr Hodge secured n lirge qu inttty of stono utensils, gem-studded pottery of r ire design, weapons, cotton clothing, looms, corn and bems estimated to be 1000 jeirs old Bene tth the ruins of Hiwiiikuh were found those of an older city, tho age of which cm only be guessed at Clevelind 11 i 111 Deiler DENIES POLICE PUNISHMENT Superintendent Robinson Says Dismis sals for Political Reasons Aro Not Planned Superintendent of Police James Koblnson today denied published reports said to have originated with members of the Patrolmen's Benevolent and Protective Association, to the effect that policemen who failed to pay their political assessments or to work for the Vara organization In tho last campaign Would be punished by dismissal or by being transferred to less desirable posts than those which they now hold. Superintendent Koblnson would not com ment on the report further than to say that It was not true. No shake up of the force lll bo made, ho said, nor nre any transfers In sontemplatlon. Ho denied that politics will play any part In tho management of the force. KING'S PORTRAIT FOR HOOVER WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. An auto rraphed portrait of himself was sent by Klne Albert of Belgium to Herbert Hoover n the monarch's birthday, In appreciation the work tho Belgian Relief Commis sion, of which the Kood Administrator Is "III chairman, Is dolmr for the ravished k'HEdom. Odd Fellows Elect Officers TnnNTON, Nov. 21. With 270 delegates Present from all parts of tho State, the ew Jersey Grand Lodge r. O. O. V. com menced Us eighty-fourth annual session In . M. C. A. Auditorium today. The con vention will close tomorrow, when olllcers wll be elected. The only contest Is for tho Siice ' Kran1 warden. There are live can didates, but Assemblyman George Dal ryniple, of Passaic, appears to bo In the New Panel in Murder Jury rOTTSVILLU. Pa, Nov. 21. It was necessary for Judge Koch to order the arawlns of a special panel of Jurors Jl5rd.'r to try Patrick Donahue, the Shen andoah barber, who Is charged with kill ing his wife and Dr. If. K Kilty In a m of Jealous rage. Donahue's plea of the unwritten law as justification for the shoot in caused wide Interest, and It was im possible to find twelve members of tho ' Iff r panel wll were satisfactory to both New Advertising Agency William TTnnnnrV "PnvnA. fnrmerlv ndver- tlslng manager for tile firms of Wanamuker crown and William II. wanamaKer, nas At""""" an uoveruaing agency unucr ino turns of Hancock-Payne Advertising at If I? Real Estate Trust Building. Mr. Payne vriHoriy nignc eauor oi me i-nuauei- INDICTED IN CKUGER CASE Six New York Policemen and Civilian Held by Grand Jury NIUV YOIIK, Nov .-1 si members of tho police forcn and one civ III in were to. day Indicted bv ail extraordinary gt md Jury which has been Investigating for sev. eral mouths police lixitv In connection with the murder of Itmh Crugn, liiBn school gill Those Indicted um Lieutenant Alonzo Cooper, Detectives John I.sgcrenno and 1'iank McOiec, eh irged with neglect of duty: Thomas Kerrigan, James Haggcrty and Wlllard Helm, inotorcjclo policemen, charged with extortion and briber.v, and Charles Hacker, connected with mi auto supply company, accused of perjury. HANNA MaveUsCareforYourFeet lallilJn One treatment a month . . will prevent foot l!l anil rhirnnnfiiet maks you banpy and able to UlirupoaiSI enjoy life. Manicuring. 35o. ralnlesN AntUeptlc Inexpensive S. E. lor. JJth unci sanvoui (Oitr Irane'i) AIko HO ItifKtmit Stand Behind the Government LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE Tlllltl) I ISAM I VI, DISTUK T lUX M. KHKTll ST., l'IIH..V. WE ADVANCE MONEY TO JIOUM-KKKI'HIS qulcklr. prhntely. in the pifrlclebt rontlcltnrr on tlielr prrMimil note AT A l.httVl. ltTK (If INThlthST Arrange term lo autt. ('all write or phono. CENTRAL LOAN CO. 1020 Chcittnut St. ICoom 11 2d floor. VMn nMr Hell phone, Wat M tK Lkpimed amt bonded LUNCH 30c AITIKNOOV TEA '.'3e 1721 CHESTNUT ST. D"llelous homemade cakra. rlea, aoupa and aamlttlchea. A la carte I unrh room for men ami women conducted by The Woman fjuffraea Tarty. Fountain Pen? We fit the Point, to your Hand -.w umn KErAIREtl Allaifinr. an old pan i AirTnrWalermon's Pern lUlUCHESTNUT im Tho nan who rec ognizes value knouiM Underdown QHIDTQ V uiiutiu 3 for $4 $1.50 Each th Thr tlifr the moat particular with "r L,5A.'t.eh.,d'"ii D.tUrf A. R. Underdownfs Sons va.av " " t:,T" i avi Silencers Xcedccl for Airplane Lngincj Silencers aro needed on airplane engines to eliminate tho noise of approach, which Is tho onl thing that warns the enemy of of the appio idling warplines at night The Kllencirs must do their work thoroughly, eliminating tho cxhmst t-onnds entire)), because tho antiaircraft units havo ver) powerful microphones tint magnify the wllghtest sound Licking Bllcncers for no other reason than the added weight and slight loss of power rildlng airplanes are forced to tly at high altitudes In an attempt to escape detection. 'I he weight of tho fuel needed and the horsepower and time spent In evading detection this way represent really a greater loss of efllcleney thin the loss caused by tho silencers. TI)ing. ' Patching up" soldiers' fniulh affairs Is an Importnnt part of Red Cross home serv leo work, according to Charles J 1'errln. Jr., field director of camp service at Camp Meade, Md , who was tho principal speaker at this morning's session of the round-table conference of tho Penns)lvanla and Ucli ware divisions of tho American Jted Cros, nt tho City Club Mr Kerrln described the work conducted nt a Ik nth In tho training cantonment One hundred and tvv cut) -live lied Cross workers representing sevent)-live counties In this Mate and I'elaware attended Some of them cinic from obscure up-State rural districts .Max Kastman Pleads Nat Guilty Ni:V YOIIK. Nov :i Mux I.astm.in erltor of tho Mascs, who with tho pub lishing comp-iny and scleral other person" was Indicted on a charge if cnusplriii) to vlolite the esplon ige law- and the postal regulations appeared before I'oileral ludgo Maver bore today and pleaded not gtilltv to the Indictment The other Indicted men entered similar pleas Vitieland Laundry Plant Hums VIVI LAND V J Nov 'Jl The Tro Laundry Compinv's pi int was burned out and thotismils of dollars' worth of m i ihlner) was destroved Th building w is a new structure of concrete blocks 'I he oinmendition ML! "-"-K vj3i.,'s.vX ipt For BabysWelfare teT3L J 3 loch fje ftaby Carriage qs the 77atton SUPERIOR In QUALITY, DE SIGN and WORKMANSHIP. DLOCH Carriages i- made In Philadelphia and aold by leading furniture and department atores SgUDgHS) J E CALDWELL 8f Q. A .UNIQUE DISPLAY OF OSTRICH FEATHER FANS Only 3 more days of the great Linde Furniture Sale Price records have been shattered completely by this astound ing clearance. Only an institution of our magnitude could have presented such a striking opportunity for anything like these enormous savings, running as high as 40 to 60 per cent. ii our protest against the inflation of prices all oier the coun try. Hundreds joined us by taking advantage of the sweeping reduc tions. This sale has given us the biggest Fall business we ever had, uhile all the other stores have been very dull. The values are simply phenomenal, as comparison will show. Get your share of the big savings by making your selection at once, mere are only tnree more days of these bargains. vfe m( IJV Oak or Mahnganv Library Tuble. 48 In. ci rr lone. iS In wide .. " jmmm $11 Reel C'liair. any Iln- lib. Coverel til cretonne .xtra lurso S8.75 slza $18 bturdy Oak Itocker , e a t h r -,,1-777-71 (ovpreJ ntat ti I Uj i eya UTXTE tt - - a Jl Mahnicany i' vvi 1'vtltliallmi 'Pjhla lain and Mary Dcalgn CI tn Jacobean Oak.. Jl M a h o e a n y China O I " a e t. ji2nm.B: S2 t', Utaullful Adam htvle Iluftct, lianJaomely s40 y,., nfiT I. .- $33 Walnut or MatioB any Bureau, Adam B2f Uealgn. 4J In. long- " JIO Adam Cnlf. fonler In lenulna mahoeany or Wal nut. Hand- !C27 carved .... i3dt ltd Chlfforobe.' Oolilen Quartered Oak or Wal nut. Completa S27 with lianjera .. "" Select now.' We will hold your purchase until wanted. Open Monday and Friday Evening HENRY LINDE UrMt, CttkmWft ami Ridg A '23rd Str4t. CttkntW ami Ride AvtmuM . y sik I '' '-SUB ilk f j" 'f k! : WWWl Wftl LA LI 1 A Style in an Overcoat or Suit of Clothes is the product of hard work of head-work and hand-work. If Genius is the capacity for taking pains, then these Perry Garments are the Offspring of Genius. We took our time in making them and we had the time to take) because we purchased the fabrics, the linings, the trim mings all the materials in them hot from the looms. And it was well' that we did, not only because it enabled us to tailor them painstakingly, but because we can now sell them to you at Prices away below the Present Market Value of every stitch of them! Bigger stocks than e ever had and glad of it! Wonderful variety of beautiful Fabrics some that we can't replace! A double reason why you should Buy today for Present and Future Needs! Evening Dress Suits Tuxedo Suits J Two paramount things to think of in getting Dress Clothes the Cloth and the Tailoring. There's one right kind of fabric for the subdued light of the foyer, the dance floor, the Ban quet Room, and that's the Bird's-eye coating. Then, the Tailoring. Our Dress Clothes are the work of specialists. They are worn by men who used to pay about twice our prices. To day, these same men have Cor rectness, Comfort, Distinction and Economy in their Clothes for formal occasions. Finest of silk or satin linings, facings, pip ings and a kid-glove fit in col lar, shoulders, waistlines. $25 to $50 for Tuxedo Coat & Trou sers; $28 to $50 for Evening Dress Coat and Trousers. Sep arate Vests, up to $7. Winter Overcoats I Conservative Models for Eve ning Wear over your Dress Clothes, and Big, Comfy Over coats to wear on the same occa sions and oh all occasions from Breakfast to Dawn! Single Breasters with Velvet Collars or Cloth Collars, fly fronts or button-through fronts; plain backs or Belters; Regular Shoulders, Raglan Shoulders or Kimono Sleeve Models. Double-Breast-ers of soft, fleece-like fabrics in Grays, Browns, Oxfords, heath er tones and rich November col orings. Some with extra Muff Pockets lined with Velvet most of them with the Perry Convertible Collar that folds comfortably up under the chin. A most varied and voluminous Overcoat Stock! $18, $20, $25, $30, $35 to $65. Fur-Trimmed Overcoats I The Finishing touch to Evening Elegance! Fur Col lars of close, rich, silken furs as full of life as a magnet! The coats are full lined with fine silk and interlined with flannel to the waist warmth where you want it! $55, $60, $65, $75, $85. & Fur-lined Coats and All-Fur Coats in a variety of skins carefully chosen and thoroughly tailored. $60, $75, $85, $100, $125, $150n$200. And SUITS Single-Breasted and Double-Breasted, plain backs and belters; with style touches that appeal to the widest tastes $18, $20, $22.50, $25;$30 to $48. PERRY & CO.,"N.3;il ' If 16th and Chestnut Stress t - - . .. ii ijjiiiiMjai A m Mt M -m "H w ?.. M 1 " vV .CVW . 1 ". x r '. 5 .. V3 ftnd before tht a member or in tv -v' ffft.i,f 4,- i v K && , . .A It o " teiflfc'"1.'-- l,R'V.- SC J "j"& . .... " f. , , r- ; s -l- 'S w ST?? -' 'flifw : , av " .-fr .. " -cm.-
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