iragfeT u-ww V I '-V r fcomJKitry. eswlboard itt-40 Columbia avtnuo, arHV flcltanublied their nn- i tnftruunmem.. voims 10 ;tho Tie Croai the money SfMtlt lor inw purpose, inn RCltt 'MM nco wm vu n.v iit X4i Uu Tcmpio wmorrow hMwu dtcldad unanimously Jwm .their duty to 1ve tbo.inoney UWUl nuuiinw ' nlnf was Iauu toaury Dy j. nan Jr.. Tice cnurman 01 Croii Pennsylvania divi- I GhrUtmas membership committee, using UKhtea canaim in con- with tlio Ilea urom service ony Christmas Eve, following no inn fmm lliu National Board fit i .Underwriters that use of lighted Involves lire nin. Christmas Kve observance can rled through by raisin window and lettlmr tlio llahta of the .Illuminate the sen Ice lla In the statement by Mr. urosman i 'th cart: "Or an electlro flash- ;; as suuestcd on the flag, could mwIm fintrK. tvlilrlt nr lo he In windows of hons-H of lied i members Christmas F.va, have blue era and white fields. In which are ((crosses denotlne the number or bers ox me nousenoia wmi nac the lledjuross. He womenu campaign teams went f work with renewed energy today, fol- ng the women s mass meeting at the opolltan Opera House late yestcr- L afternoon. . l)il'wnUEN- AT MAKS.Ml.KTI.W. pre tnau 4uuu women, represenuns city's- most .prominent women atuncieu tne mass-meeting, ch was addressed by Ilnblil Stephen of New York, u noted spokesman rithe Jewish race: 11 T. Stolosbury, airman of the Southeastern Pennsyl- nla Chapter! lr Charles 1). Hart, npalfn chairman, and Mrs. Jonn Mf riMPV ami Mrn Josemi llur. frjf 'men's leaders In the campaign. 'VeU ,. fprkhiTtnA Mnnth. t- i K ' , . VTtTt . 7 - ii V . ' ' -fli Is 'onty one pnase of the many n&INllles inaugurated by the women of Merlon. At Bouih Highland avenue and Jdris road thcro has been established a pcrmancrlt Ited Cross house under the direction of the Merlon section of tho American Ited Cros and the Merlon Chic Association, Tills house contains a completely equipped flrat-ald room, w Ith bed and n full complement of sur gical Instruments, In charge ot Dr. Ous tavo A. Van lnnep. A permanent community nurre resides at the Ited Cross House ana is in com plete charge of all thetwork. She ti at the call of eery household In Merlon, free of charge. In case of family emer gency or accident. The house contains twelve .rooms and Is open every day ex cept Sunday from 9 u. in. to 6 p. m with workers and Instructors always In attendance. Plea of Bohheviki C'nnllnnrd from 1'sse One and the majority Socialists are 'the lackeys of the Government. 'TEUTONS 'ADMIT PLAN OF WORLD DOMINATION Or.NllVA. Dec. 20. l'ati-Ceriimtis have thrown nlT their mask and nre now boldly admitting that Oerninny has plotted to rule the entire world nnd Is fighting with thRt object In lew. A dispatch from Uerlln today quoted the Deutsche TngeaielluiiB as saying; ."Wc.nie not making nil this sncrlllcc f blood to obtain it transitory peace. What we desire Is lwncn of long dura tion. ve declare with Hlndenburs thai i.gf. rrt Vm lnrnHiianL ,Vw. Trlsh alnffer. wll give u big lied Cross benefit con- t at tne ."iieiropouinn upe. hou lght thV Is baclfd by many prom- persons connected wmi me ueu The performance Is part of the ed tenor's iersonai effort to raise 0,900 for the lied crons. tERION WOMEN DOING SPLENDID SERVICE The Instructors are needed for four Ite.1 Cross rllsses. one of which Is study ing a course In the home oare of the this happy pemo with j-otniiletn vict&rv sick, from .which twenty-one luivn al- j Is iwsslble. 1,,-t us be like strong men ready graduated, There Is n tlnns hi j who know what tliey want. Let us home dietetics, with fourteen graduates, resume the traditions uf the 'l.'pocli t.t Still another Is n.cla In surgical. di ess. iron,' when lllsmank dlctattil IiIh hwh Ings, with twelo graduates. In which to the unit erso. This road and no other ten of Its members are so far advanced , ttm iellU (fruny ttlnrd happiness nnd ns to be fitted soon for the work of In- I p,.., jt , lhe j,lfiRment nf ,-, structoro. There Is another cla?M In the U)U.C f lipMnii thnt 0lllN t!prilmn. , teachlr.-f of first aid, I iul, but rule beneficently oxer all iho Slore than SSiflOO curglcai dressings, nations of ihe universe. ' garments and knitted nrtlulei have been i sent to the American ilea uross oy nm Merlon ectlon nlone. nnd tho present output Is more than 1000 bandages and dressings a week, with sixty Merlon women working every da) to further this splendid work. So well Is the Merlon l.e.t cron" work n,. .inn,, thnt it is no longer subjected to Inspection at headquarters before Its output Is transmitted abroad, a privilege Meade Boys Coming Home at Christmas mai mm roblem and Wove in the rela' Uvea of the selected 'men' that everything Is being done at Camp -Meade toward promoting the happiness of the men. The first men to leave camp for a holi day at homo will depart at noon Satur day, nnd by 2 o'clock nearly, 60 per cent of the camp's population will be home ward bound. STORIES OF SHORTAGE OF CLOTHES CALLED LIES llu a Utaff Currttpomlent CAMP MIIADH, Md.. Dec. SO. The stories of alleged shortage of overcoats nnd heavy underwear among the National Army men lure wero branded today by (Icneml W. 11. N'lchol son, commander of the cantonment, ns "German lies." Any story, dealing with tlio soaalled fhortnge ot clothing at Camp Meada Is pmc uml unadulterated Cieimah piopa ganda, he dcclarul. "We will have n division lev lew oil Satunlav In honor of Secrcturv linker and nenrly Su.iioo men will bo supplud with heavy clothing and give Milking evldeme that them Is no suffering at Camp Meade." said flenernl Nlihnlson. "Cellaln limit who aro slackers and oth ers who lane Herman nnnies arc writ lug foolish Utters to the papers In which the relate storlea of hardships. "'Ihu niu lies, and wiltten elthei for the purpose of aiding the Individual or to create dissension In tlio ranks. Any Meat Prlci ' Raised by Armour Bluff - Continued from Pse One Palmer wrote nnd you signed was an attempt at evasion?" nsked Hcncy. "I didn't ghe It much thought," said Pegram. lleney's 'questioning brought out the fnct Hint Pagrnm. two" years treasurer of the Stock Yards Company, was for twent)-slx ycara a. bookkeeper with V, H. Prince & Co. Pressed on the point that ho Is merely a dummy In the torn- piny, he conresseii. JII3 WIM. SIC1N ANYTHING. "Ves, I'll sign anything they put In front of me." "The.v," It developed, were the other I oinelnls of the company. l Ileney iiIfo showed that communlcn. tlons from tho Federal Trade Commls slon to Pegrnm were not nnswercd by' him, but thut he merely "went throutli , tho motions" of icplylng, tho answers being dictated by others, Letters nib dieted to the company at Chicago were i found In the Prince ofllces at Iloston I llenc charged The late lllihaid Olney, of liostoii, former Seen tin y of State, was one of i tho organizers of the Chicago Stock Yards Company to take over the stock of the packers' trui when the trutt, was oidered dissolved by the Federal! Courts. Papers produced by AtlorncJ' Heney showed the plan for organizing tho Chi-! cago Stockards Company was warked ' out In llostun on Septenlher 27, 1911, by a iiiuiiiilttie of sU men shortly nfter t'ontlniiril frum I'nffr Our n lit stnteil that tho order Issued u few ,1'ivs nir.i flint tin tmM-a tliid n. a .... ' accorded to very few tuitions or uuxil-, ,.t,,lt f tle ,nM, llt tin cntnis should be lailes and very eloquent of the quality furloughed over chrlstinan would st-iml, of Menion work. Xo explanation was given by Secrelary Not lonter.t with this lemarkabte Ilaker for his change of mind, but It In Hhowlng, an appeal has Just been sent fair to assume that It w is brought out for ever woman In Merlon to pledgo about by tne Hood of telegrams whlrh herself to work at lrast one Hour a week came to tho War Department protesting ng.ilnsi the pioposed fullurc to allow the men to spend Christinas at home. (Jeiiernl Nicholson got wmd of the change of mind among 'the ir (hlofs this morning man in need of extra clothing can oh- tllg ,, ,.,.,,, trust was ordered dissolved tain ii o imtKiiiK ail iiipeui io jus coin compnii commander. "We have nn abundance of underwear, overcoatM and other articles that are made to weat nnd not to look at, anil If any commander refuses lo Issue them to Ills men I would like to know It " 252 Carloads of Coal Arrive in City Today Continued from rose One teo he sent out the following order to all locat coal dealers: To the coal dealers of Philadelphia: First. You will not deliver coal to any building of any kind unless tho supply on hand In thnt building Is In- sulllclent to last fifteen (IB) days. Second. In no caso will you de liver a quantity more than will bo sufficient to least thirty (30) days. Third. You will report to me In writing prior lo December 27 n list of bulldlsgs to which, slnco December 1, you have delivered more than fouf (4) tons of conl of domestic sizes, stating the number of tons In each Fourth Dealers will deliver coal In the following order of priority: First. To houses In which se rious illness prevails, nnd In which there Is no coal. Irrespective .of whether the householder Is a cus tomer or not, provided' (n) Your vnrd Is the nearest coal ynid to the point of delivery having coal on hand. (b) Not more than two (2) tons Is to bo delivered 111 any ten days. (c) It Is tw be paid foi In nil vunco If you so request. Second. To houses nf customers , having a supply of less than fifteen (IB) days on hand. Fifth. I am directed by the Fed eral fuel administration lit Washing ton to report to them any failure upon the part of dealers to follow these Instructions In all such cases the supplv of the dealer will bo tut oir. WmfnPMmffWWM V- ..''. ' ' ' -?l' - ' s S.'-Y- ogle for his stlsitr of coal ter Mty patients. In the reply to the. telegram from Mr. (larfleld reprimanding him for li action, which Mr. Potter 'de scribed vis "close to anarchy," Director Krusen today sent the following tele gram to Mr, Garfield: "In reply to your telegrani re ceived, will send you full detnlls by mall. Signed), Wllmer Krusen, Di rector 6f Publlo Health nnd Charities." "1 am preparing this statement now, and expect It to cover the situation fully," said Director Krusen, "Mr. Onr field is too fair n man to pass on any ense until tho case Is lomplete." Director Krusen, It Is expected, vvllf tnke up with Mr. Lewis today the Immediate "needs for coal for the var ious city Institution:!. "The orlglnnl suggestion at tho con ference was to have the fifteen thousand tons shipped direct to me, but we soon saw that such method would 1 un necessarily cumbrous," .Mr, Lewis ex plained, The coal Is now to bo consigned direct 16 tie dealers. In 'W jWe4oriion nated br Mr. MW-f-i-aTM wnoie.OBHS!, bf yesterday' conference wa wttjro red tape and get the coal into' the. dean ' era' yards by the shortest posslbl . route, according to Mr. Lewis. ft The fuil administration In Washing. ' ton Is now awaiting information front Mr. I.ewls. whlih the latter yesterday promised to furnish. ' "Mr. Lewis, the fuel administrator for Philadelphia," Doctor (larfleld said In Washington today, "promised us vvhll hero yesterday that ne would supply us this morning with figures showing th exact amounts of coal It was necessary for each of the coal shipping companies to bring Into Philadelphia to supply th full demands thrrV. We are still watting for those figures before we can turn an- other wheel here. , s "Uefore we ran nrrange to get th!, conl to Philadelphia we must know whal proportion of 16.000 tons must be given over to the coal shipping companies) nbout fifteen In number, for distribution to tlie dealers. That's the Information we are waiting on Mr. Lewis to supply, at the lied Cross house. This Is urged in order that the largest output may be possible and the greatest contribution be made to the expeditionary forces in Franco and to the American Ambulnnce Corps there. An almost unanimous response has been made to this appeal, which Include. every girl nnd woman III tho commu nity. Tho work Is being done under the di rection of the committee, which Is com posed of Mrs. T. Dun Uelfleld. Mrs. 1M .rr,i link. Mrs. Van Court Carvvlthen. Mrs. Itoss C. Cornish, Mrs. c.eorge K. i F.rbcn. Mrs. William I). Montgomery nnd i-Mis. I.mest A. Searing, chairman. Four Persons Die From Gas Fumes ,.i..i. v,n l.tii, ,.r i e.l euros nv Die six men were lllchard Olney, ,,,,' i- i, discontinued from this Samuel Cnrr, Huy Norman, S. L. Schoon Uate maker, 11. V 11 Thayer nnd F. It. Ilnrt. Seventh. You""wlll post this notice At this meeting the scheme for pur- n soma conspicuous place In your ihaslug stock of tho old packets' trust olllce. for Jl.oon.nni) In cash was formulated FP.ANCIS A. i.l;vvis, The entire trniisnitloii was carried out Chairman. In the name of r. K. I.'cgrani. , Touching upon the 15,000 tor.s of coal LL OFI'H'IALS 1CMMII.? I to bT shipped to this ilty, Mr. Lewis Pegrnm has been the treai.urer of the I said: Chicago Stodoards 1'omp.uiv for the, ci,. .iinusand tono of coal, or nbout inl two vearn lie k.uu on me t'laild Cnntifiunl from Pace One ... . , . ..... five feet seven lni bet- In height nnd "I a. glad to nnno-ime." the .cncral , ,.,, .,uu.,d ,, wrhn wl)tp as quoted as saying, "that every man I ,,. u, d ',, llltrh COilt, rn enjoy a little Aulethle Joy in his own , relatives In Pleasantvllle, N. J , who heme "The War Department has put the pass pioposltlon up lo me, and I shall see to 11 that every good soldier gels tine, i if coui.e. It will be ImposMhlc to let nil the boyr off on Christinas Day, but 1 shall solve the piolilem by citend Ing the iasses over the entire week. That means that n eertaln percentage of the men will bo released each day, but upon no day will the number bo so Kutir. that, while he was li on" the plan, he understood little of what It nil meant nnd and the only sol vice required of him w is to sign v annus pupeis without read ing fheni. Ollleers nf th" Stockyardn Company elected when Ihc roipnrntlon vvaj foiuied. also were "iluinniv" olllclalH, Pegram forty-seven iBlal,u ""' ..i-oik- r imneriy. IV le'.iitin, ui'i! prer- .Macfiafllti. secrctar nnd William M Wadden, treasurer All of them were unploves of the bankers who lontmlled the corporation. lTh. women of Merion started out GOETHALS TAKES NEW POST !S"iiVnirenofilv Monday to obtain more i tih-vtoX. N" .1. Dec. 20. (5oernor ornit m tn pniise contrestlon nn the mil. ..ir "-- . -. . .; ........ ' ........ , -- -. ,,.--- - - - JBt their snore oi me iu.uuii.uuu mem- i .. ...., . ...,r today from den- roads I nm sure that this arrangement ito-'awhlps for tno American i.eu tross. - ; , , i,iwlll please the men and the folks back r.Jfcd sa far they have succeeded beyond crai viccinais, i-um """ i' " IlomP . fehAtr vneetatlonS. lins tieeenteil the nosltton of t'nltCll !.,,.rnl VleluiU'im n:.rte,l tli.it lnu fefeilYesterday at noon Mrs. Krnest A. .states (Juartennastcr (leneral, nnd add- dtntt-ment would dispose of the c hrlst ;Xirlnr. chairman of the Merion lied (n ho ou,i meet shortly with tho State . .'WOas.v.ommiiiee. reyocu ... . .y ,v,m-ion to arrange plans M obtaineu ,tu ra mm . .. -, "-""',",., lh. J15.000.000 Tiia.Rnv ntiii u rn lrNimv nn i,. it ..,......-. -- have been notified V1r l.'.itlii.rlnti . ..ru ..1,1 ,.t 'hi& k'unaimririB nvntm. president:! areiie :. ... , .'1 .i.,n.i i ii, bit..!,?.. .., I,..! Ident Norman J lu.,nn Tlie Imtlv vt ii u rl Isen V et ett l.i liei 1' v " --.-. ..j .. . husband on his return from work The I gas innge had been llghttd, but only part of the Jets vcre binning and tlio others were discharging gns Into the room. The police aro puzzled to under stand bow sulllclent gas escaped Into the room to nsphj slate Mrs. lluter with out lighting the other Jets or causing 1111 explosion The body was removed to the l.pls eopal Hospital 10 per cent nf the expected 16,000. will come via the Pennsylvania Ilallroad nnd will be e-onslgned to such dealers as 1 designate. I am rrgaged today In tho preparation ot n list which will be In Washington lomonow morning nnd the Instructions fiom the Federal fuel ad mlnltrntor will Immediately follow. The lomalnder 9000 tore will come by the Philadelphia and P.eadlng " Dlree-tor Krusen Is making no npol- OHFIDEHTIAIA I loHVEHIENTl Ktui 'I I irl 1 'W ms sm it: K3 VfM m Ira I te f ! S Bi t I Ml. ' 1 U MUlipr the ( 1) MiirkrrN fl Monf llnK jfl llii Moil." ml lTiamcmais?nMimim . ini THE EASY, EGONOMIGAJ. WAY TO BUY XMAS JEWELRY Our Confidential, fouvenivnt Credit System offers YOU Kenerous credit - williout extra charges or interest. Our b terms -arc so liberal that the nlost i, humhlc worker may enjoy the benefit of extended crcdjft ' The first payment Rives you immedi- ATy nle possession of the article vnu ne. '1 leet, and the balance is extended over such a long period that ou never miss the money. I HOLLANDER & FLEISHMAN CO. 808 Chestnut Street OPKN' KAKUV r.W.MMI OntMiMonn .Vrroiiuts Arrentrd Liberty llonds Accepted Same as Cash m Jtondar, 'mtU the drive ends Merlon's feminine , State highway system. "JWldents. matron and maid alike, have' After this floethals vv-il proba "s3ltd and will visit every homo in , tire from .H' Jert-eys service. robnbly r. eft f f y 15! imam Hires W&tmftattd Sfes1 wnace' SERVE it with the Christmas dinner. Champanale an unf ermented, non - 'alcoholic beverage with all the sparkling tang and tingle of genuine extra-dry champagne. QUARfS PINTS SPLITS Finley Acker Co. Mitchell, Fletcher Co. Showell, Fryer & Co. E. Bradford Clarke Co, Thos. C. Fluke Co. Henry 'Rohner Co. J. J. Pletcher, Gernrantown Chas. Y. Scully, German-town Other Leading Grocer and Drugs"ts THE CHARLES E. HIRES CO. 40 1 S. .Mtli St., Philadelphia . R rW BONWIT TELLER. &CO. Individual 'j&igerie Shop THIKTEENTHSANSOM STS. FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Christmas Gift Suggestions in Small Wear, Lingerie and Hosiery Silk Hosiery Negligees and Matinees, very ' special values. 3.75 5.9S 9.75 formerly 5.95 9.75 1C.50 Nerliirees of crepe de chine, 1 empire deep collars and cuffs 1 of chiffon. " j Silk Hosiery, in novety open- Formerly 13.75 7.95 Pure Silk Hosiery, in black, wljite, street and evening shades. 1.18. to S.75 Houge coats of Meteor, in j directoire style, with collars and cuffs of wide swansdowne. I Formerly 29.50 19.75 'Evening Petticoats of soft satin, flounces of chiffon and lace. (Special) 3.85 'Boudoir Accessories rim 1 Kfl tn 22.50 fgvai.ni i en . 1 en .Garters .....l!00 to 6.75 . Trousseaux Bands, ' 1.25 to 6.78 ' Hand Embroidered Pillow l-C-sveru 1.95 to 37.50 V .Crepe de Chine and A Georgette Under- i .i. u. (Biuictiie Gwbs 3.98 to 29.80 CiMadae ....1.98 to 22.50 jtoekera. 1,95 to 18.80 SKce of crepe de chine, band of form' file t and ton shoulder straps. (Special) .98 of crepe de .'iwire effect, trimmed ' soft ersam lace. rly , 5.95 3.98 i i. ''V work design, in black, white, street and evening shades, 1.95 to 4.50 Silk Hoiiery, heavy silk, in whjte, black and shoe shades. 1.95 Women's Woolen Hosiery, black, white and colors, for sport or (Mufti) wear. 1.50 & 1.95 "Bontell" Silk Undergarments Camisoles, hemstitched or lace trimmed, ribbon shoul der straps. " . 1.50 to 6.75 Chemise, plain and laco trim med, fibbon shoulder straps. 2.95 to 6.75 Bockers, Plain. 2.25, 2.98 & 3.75 Lace trimmed, , ' 3.75, 3.95 & 4.50 Yeits, plain, embroidered and lace trimmed. 1.98 to 6.78 'Union Suits, untrimmed, in flesh and white, 3.78 AH purchase- neatly boxed for gift giving H HI m skum!sfmesSitss u2i i r U Records for Christmas S'tVwl. ia-'r-"t-ui7J,-.gV'3I.rtJf.lK.a- The Gift That Everybody Will Enjoy Use "Our Christmas Certificate," and give the recipients the joy of selecting their own preference of Victrola or Records. These Christmas Certificates can be bought and will be honored at any of our four stores. I HI! 9 i Hi llih litiitM.lii.ll itiiihliiiiliilitiiiiliMlLU11 1 1 1 1 SilP0'0' If..!! I Hear John McCormack at the Metropolitan f "The Singing Prophet of Victory" Will Sing Tonight for the Red Cross Talking' Machine Co. Victrola Dietributort 143 South Broad Street Two Doors Above Walnut iH? BBBBs! 1-4 All Four Oppn Evening Broad & Columbia Ave. 52d and Chestnut Su. 4124 Lancaster Ave. 3fcg3S3fga .ii"H'-"i.ijri--nnr:'a""r" " lr" i OTi M m I Bgg i u iii i i H i i irrir ri ! : T-ra-riva if i , i 1 1 i i h - MINCEMEAT I I Mince Pie I B9 PE i&9. 111. MM E KsHLv. 2T ffl s anl0US Atmore recipe is two-thirds fruit. No I IliJipKr v3 ' other flavor approaches Atmore's. Hr! Xi T Mad light hei'e in PhiladelPhia since 1842 IHjXf JV Every grocer sells Atmore's Mince Meat. I Sy." .y A Most of them also, sell Atmore's Plum f.B5yv - "V.,", 1 ATMORE & SON . w!Mnll I k V Infill PHILADELPHIA W the King of Desserts for Christmas You are sure to please all the folks with mince pie for dessert. And right now it's an economy. Helps Hoover, too. . With Atmore's Mince Meat no sweetening is needed. That saves sugar. All ready for the crust. That saves time. It's the filling that makes mince pie delicious. i i . i . . S v-yfiV, lag v"i- u l?Z$t !..- T -T. K - - iit W f Mpj ,W BW . & A -.SaillSSSSBSSBBS i
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