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Perekop New Objective of
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forces That Seized
X Kherson
BOLSHEVISM "CROWING
Japanese, Returned From
Harbin to Tokip, Say Teu
tons Fear Its Influence
Copfnhngcu, JIartli ::.
German forces that seized the
Ukrainian port !lty Of "Kherson, are
moing' In tho direction of lcrckoi,
according to an unconfirmed report re
ceh ed hero today.
Perekop Is on the border of Crimea.
It -was recently reported thtt the great
er part. It not all. of the llajsfans' mack
Sea fleet took refuse In tho Crimean
port of Sebastopol, w.ien Odessa was
occupied by the Orm.ltis
Toklo, March 22. Thit DoIsheisni Is
gaining strength In Itussla, but tho ery
gain "la likely to cause changes In the
political leaders, was the word broug.it
here today from Harbin by .Inpinew
oflkials. The doctrine of the Dolshevlkl
they said, Is not being killed but Is In."
oculatlng enemy prisoners of war who
may carry the principles homo when they
leave Russia
Germany fears (ht Influence of the Bol
shevlkl, they declared, and therefore is
not making an attempt to drle to the
Far Kast. Germany has no Intention of
crushing Russia, but Is relying on two
main alms the concentration of forces
In the west, and the procuring of food
In the Ukraine
These returning officials urged Japi
nese sympathy for Ilussla Iteports of
Japanese Intervention,- they declared,
hae caused ill feeling.
Unguarded prisoners of ar were reen
all along the Trans-Siberian Railway.
A Crown Council to discuss the 'ques
tion of Intervention probably will bo
held next week. It was learned today
on good authority. The Mikado will re
turn to Toklo on Monday from the
Hajayama winter palace Jt .Is reported
that members of the Cabinet hold diver
gent opinions on tho matter, although
nono.of them will discuss It for publica
tion. The newspaper Nlchlnlchl states
that Great Britain and Trance have tent
a Joint note giving full consent to
Japanese intervention In Siberia, but this
news has retched no otllclal. confirma
tion. ST A TEMENT BY FRANCIS
RENEWS OPTIMISM HERE
Wahlncton, March 22
There Is more optimism In Washing
ton Just now regarding Russia than for
many weeks past The fact that Am
bassador Francis, at Vologda, has fol
lowed up President Wilson's telegram to
the congress of. Soviets with an address
to the'Russlan -people assuring them that
the United States would be glad to lend
Its support to any government In Russia.
that will effer a Fincero and organized
resistance to tho German Invasion, Indl
cates to the authorities here tint there
still must be many helpful signs In thc
situation.
The great regnt of the Administration
Is that the United States Is not In a
position to render Immediate and effec
tive aid. The task of reconstructing
Russia may not be disposed of for gen
erations to come, but President Wilson
and other members of his Administration
believe that words of sympathy and en
couragement extended at this time may
go far to make the task easier for those
upon whom the burden Is Imposed at the
moment.
rnbassador Trancls's address to the
Russian people was made without any
consultation with Washington It never
theless expresses the views of the Ad
ministration, the text, as, telegraphed
here, being received with much satisfac
tion. The War Department knew nothing
of Trotsky's request that ten Amer
ican army officers bo detailed to assist
him in organizing an army to resist
the ever-advancing Qerman forces, but
they accepted the press dispatches on
the subject.
With each day that Japan delays
definite action therels hope In Wash
ington that President Wilson's views
opposing Japanese Intervention In Si
beria will gain sufficient ground possibly
i? Z2Z!& fn l.ta wav of thlnkinc
at least part y to his way of thinking.
There are evidences of Increasing sym-
to bring some of the uuropean Allies
pathy to the President's attitude In, i,.,...i,. i....
Kngland. France, of course, has com- ., "" ,)',,n"" '"V
,r",ikfh- mtln direct or nersonal In-, T1,e Germans have defensive purpoteb
parattveiy tno " .P"1" '" tnseive, howiver. by their attempted ad.
terest In rtussla. but would follow nny,Hn,e -y,,,, Hlndenburg mav well I.e.
lead suggested from Great Ilrltalu mve tint the capture of Cambral will bo
Arrival of Jimes u. liaiiej, a secre-
lary of the American embassy in Petro
grad, and thlrty-threo other Americans
at Ilarbln vvs reported to the State
Department by Ambassador Francis,
who also reported the detention ot four
Americans at BJorneborg, Finland. Tho
ambassador said he was trying to ob
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BRITISH HOLD ENTIRE FRONT LINE,
DRIVE HUNS OVT OF MANY POINTS
Conllnnrd from Fate On
Komo points, tho soldiers looking llko
flRUre'' tTom "omo oth,r worId ns ,hey
'wrestled nnd sward In tho smoko
and turmoil, their facei hidden by
grotesquo gas masks. ,
There amid tho fitful glare of tho
shells anil thn tthtfn flrn which
Biicus ami mo wmto llro which.
spurted from numberless muzzles of
........o Kuna uiiu riucs wio urilisii
nouucrs lougnt like, heroes, upholding
tho brnest tladltlons cjf their army.
Tho Herman bombardment which
preceded tho first of tho hranrt as- '
s lulls covered slightly more than for-(
ty miles of front, but when tho In-
fantry lolled forward tho fighting zone1
wits lengthened to about fifty miles.
Hugo Austrlan-Hungirlan Bkodt guns
Were used by tho Germans In their
preliminary cinnonndo and so torrl
lie was the gunfire that the deton
ations could bo heard ono hundred
miles away.
This was tho first time that Austro
nungarlin artillery hid been used
on the western fiont. It was repotted
that tho Germans used tanks, also
Picked German shock troops were
used In tho Mist waves of tho assiult
lng forces, followed up by lingo
masses of reserves,
Tho attacks sperad nil along tho
British salllent llng between tho
Scarpo River and Vcndheull, but tho
strongest pressure was tlelheied
south of Cambral, where tho Germms
claim to have made thero gains. This
Is tho cxticme southern end of thc
Urltlsh front.
I.ngland Calm as Hounded Came
Urltlsh wounded began arriving from
tho front todiy. but the whole nation re.
mains c-ilm There Is a feeling of tho
utmost confidence that the British lines
will hold, and that tho Germans will
Ming themselves In vain against the
rock-bound defense of the gallant sol
diers of old Kngland
Wlillo the Girmans were pounding the
British front, they kept up powerful
pressure against the French, nnd the
violent bombirdments between Rhelms
nnu wie .vieuse utver indicated that a
IHe "n'm'e1 MM "r Ch"n ""' Yt th. Brlttai taunchil their
on the oZ?KK?,i.nt.,,1T.Gnrm?,iS ?Se offensive In the spring of 191B.
r'Vi "S" ":' ' ' Zr 'J. " lhen thc Kngllsl, bombardment attained
lng with battle When the Infantry
forces are not at grips In their savago
struggle tho glint guns are thundering
night nnd dav
The German offensive did not conio ns
any surprise It found the Brtt'-h reidv.
as the Trend am ready to repav anv
drive against their lines. Not only had
tho Germans advertised their Intentions
but ccret Information had been received
by the Allied War Council as to the
very hour of the attack.
Tho Germans had timed their assault
FRENCH REPULSE STRONG GERMAN
ATTACKS ALONG A WIDE FRONT
rarls, March 22
Strong German raids over a wide area
of tho Trench front were repulsed, the
Ifrench War Office reported todav. At
one point the Trench drove the enemv
from advanced osltions where they had
obtained a temporary foothold
South of Jllvlnrnurt. four miles east
of Craonno, In the Chemln-des-Dames
sector, where American troops are traln-
lng In the trenches, nnd in the Godat
GERMANS WOULD GAIN
LITTLE BY AN ADVANCE
fw otk, March 22.
If the German forward movement west
of Cambral Is meant by Von Hlndenburg
to be a major offensive the German gen
eral staff has selected tho very area
along the west front where a break
through the Allies' lines would count
least for Germans
The district behind the British posi
tions was voluntarllj abandoned bj Von
Hlndenburg exactly a jear ago, because
lift i!M nnt nrtnsMpr It unrdi tli Inn-,.
number of men Its defense required
The Germans at that time moved back
to the Hlndenburg line, part of which
thev lost to the British last November
If Von Hlndenburg is now seriously de
termined to regain the territory he sur
rendered without a blow last year, he
has become the severest crltlo of his own
strategy.
A purpnso such as this would suggest
that Von Hlndenburg has become fatally
erratic in his Judgments. There Is no
major objective In the line of the pres
ent German movement The direction
I taken sw toward Paris and It is .,ulte
outsido tne reBlon ot tne dtrcct r0ad to
I Calais.
attempted u tne iintisn wnen inej Hi
irln lhtir own m.t1or offensive thlR vear
Cambral's fall would seriously mon.ice
an Important part cf the German lines
of communication If the Urltlsh went
a comparatively small distance bevond
Cambral they might even compel a large
Tho Urltlsh retain strong positions for
a Cambral offensive as the result of
their tankxvlctory last November. It
Is very probable, thereroro, that Von
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to bcKln on thp first day of spring,
and It was carried out according to
schedule. Tho operation was tho first
formidable offensive moemcnt that the
Hermans had made on the western front
slnco their drlo against Verdun, which
opened In February, 191C That often
site continued until late In tho summer,
and If the Teutons plan a drlo on cwn
greaier scale in mo present instance
there ,, no tcllnK hott. many wecks nnd
cen months tills campaign will last.
flermany IU. stuked
All
Germinv Is evidently staklnc all nnnn
I her western-front offensive, but If the
"sult? nro no ,"tlcr tna" ,ho"0 of thc
iTiire .ureuoomcu 10
Notwithstanding the Intensity of the
bombardment the heaviest ever known
n liHtorj and thc terrific nature of the
iiituiiu j nj-aauiin, IVIU ! "Him iltll
reports that the Germans now hero
at.
talned their objectives,
Tho field-gray hordes wore flung for
wtrd with the utmost recklessness and
w Ith absolutely no regard for human
life. They w'ero favored bv wind from
tho east, whlih cirrled off the fumes
of their poisonous gas shells, and by a
smoko tcreen which hud been projected
from their trenches but were met b
smh a storm of machine. gun bullets and
shells that tnev were tent reeling Inck
when they tried to break Into the ling.
Ilsh positions
There was Mostly fighting west of
St Quentln where the Germins tried
to break the Briton s grip on their posl
tlons along the Somme River ,ThIs strug
gle wss duplicated further north nil
along the front west of Cambral, espe
cially on the Arras-Cambral roid Tho
German losses In those sectors we.-o
tremendous
lllndenbiirg Commands In reraon
A dispatch from Amsterdam fS s thit
although the army group engsged In
the attack sgalnst the Hrltlfch between
the Scarpo River and Vendhetiil, on tho
western front, Is under command of
frown Prince Rupprecht of Bivarla, It
was reported from 1 German source to
daj tint the Gernnn operations were
reallv helng directed by Von Hlndenburg
and Von l.udcndorft In person
"We have entered the decisive battle
for a general peace " Is tho declaration
of the Ticgllohe Rundschau, a German
newspaper, copies of which were recelvtd
In Copenhagen tod ty 'Thls'slngle com
bat between Germany and Kngland will
deride our future position In the world "
The scene of the strugglo Ins wit
nessed some of the hardest fighting of
the present war It was upon this ter
an Intensity unknown up to that time
It was nlso In that district tint the
German ritreat occurred In 1917, when
thn Teutons evacuated more than 1200
Miuare miles of Trench soil
It vi as tho scene nKo of the great
Arras offtnslve nnd the battle of Cam- ttrir n i rr i nrrt r Tin i ,mn
hral last e,ar. when the British lrocBULGARIANS IN FRANCE ,
forward In a surprl"0 assault, all but I rr c .ir.iv nK'fT AltK1 W A T
capturing the German stronghold of i u' lUiX 1 UUKjijiXKE, lit.
Cambral Later the Gennans succeeded
in winning back tho greater part of the
ground they had Iot.
scctors strong enemy raids were re
pulsed, the statement said
After sharp fighting the French threw
out German troops from advanced
tienches In the Couriy and Alsne sec
tors punishing them severely
West of Cnrnllett an attempted Ger
man raid fell down
Strong artlllerylng Is under way In
the Monts region, along the right of the
Meuso and in the Woevrc region,
Hlndenburg wants to regain these posl.
tions. because he fears their menace to
Cambral. Cambral's Jeopardy would be
a sufficient reason for a. German advance
In force But such an ndvance would
have no objective bejond a defensive
one If that were attained tho advance
would stop before determined enemy
resistance.
"May Trote Hun Slaughters
While thus taking the Initiative to de-
fend Cambral. Von Hlndenburc mlcht
well ileslru for sentimental reasons and
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More Than .600,000 Men Now
Locked in Gigantic Struggle
Moro than half n million men and 10,000 pieces of nrtlllcry arc
engaged in the mighty battle In France, where tho Germans launched
their offensive ngainst tho British over n flfty-milo front, it was
estimated today.
These figures, of course, include reserve troops and artillery, as
well as those engaged in actual fighting.
Counting tho active nnd reserve artillerists nnd thc aviators, tho
total number of men taking part Is between 000,000 and 700,000.
Since thc collapse of Russia and tho removal of vast bodies of
troops from tho eastern to tho western front, it has been estimated
that the German army in the west now contains probably 3,000,000 men.-
reisons of mornlo to win back nt the nature of a surprise nbout the attack"
sani" tlmo the lost pirt of tho Hlnden-I , , T, ,i,i,i .i, umtso
burg line This line lies but a short I Mr Bonar Tjlw reminded tho House
dlstanco west of tho Cambral front. Its ho lud given warning a week ago that
very "mueff 'to" "SB, toLffi ' lf such n" a"a" " tho att(lcK"
strength, besides flattering Von Hlnden- lng party would gain a certain amount
bu,r?- , lk.,, ,,,,,' ground nnd the Government's Infor-
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considerations of strategy and Von Hln- mitlon so far did not lead to the belief
denburgs anltv are foTclng the Ger- lhlt lnJthlng bciond that had hap
mans into an engagement that already "'" , n,u"nl1 ocjona inai nai uoi
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GERMANS TAKE FIRST 'beforchmd of what has happened In
LINES, SAYS RERUN lmllar """e nu clther sIde" eon"
tlnued Mr Bonar Law, 'the House nnd
..... ... ,,, Mnrv, " country will not be unnecessarily
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Ing RERUN TAKES NEWS
OF RATTLE QUIETLY
llfrlln ivli Copenhagen), March 2J
News that the haltlo had begun on
tin wctt front was rccilvcd quietly here
Hcrr von Ktclner tho Austrian War
Minister who In In Berlin, Is reported to
have agreid thnt the Austrlans will hold
thc fast front and at the fame time fur
nish Austrlnn troops and many guns for
thc webt front A few Kulgais also ate
on the west front
FIGHTING INCREASES
ALONG ITALIAN FRONT
Itnme, March 22.
There is markei) activity In the light
ing along the entire front with the artll
Iei flro more Intense on the riave, ac
cording to the official War Oltke state
ment American aviation students now In
Itnlv will co-operato with Italians in
aerlil defense. It was annourced today.
Ytnhtngtnn, March 22
Berlin ndvlces today that Bulgars are
now fighting on tho west front along
side tho Germans nnd some Austrlans
aroused immediate speculation as to the
probability of the United States declar
ing vi ar against Bulgaria
Government authorities said n deci
sion would nwalt further facts as to the
extent of Bulgarl i's participation and
whether they are facing only British or
also Americans
if Bulgars participate In tho west
drive to such an extent an to Insure
their operation against Americans u dec
laration of war is held Inevitable Bul
gars here thought thc dispatch might
refer to Magjars Instead of Bulgars
GERMAN ARMY MAKING
GREATEST WAR ATTACK
London, March 22
Tho Germans are making tho great
est onslaught of the war, Bonar Law,
spokesman of the Government, told tho
House of Commons
'Our outpost troops," he added, 'have
been withdrawn on ono part of tho lino
which wis very lightly held I
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POPE BENEDICT LONGS
FOR AN ENDURING PEACE
Easter Message of Holy Father
Voices Hope That World
Strife May End
rtnme, March 22 Fcpo Benedict In
his Kastcr messago to the United States
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peace Ills Holiness savs:
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AMERICANS AGAIN
GO OVER THE TOP
Raid German Trenches
and Find Them De
serted by Enemy
COOL UNDER HOT FIRE
With the American Army In l'rance,
March 22.
American troops jesterday went over
the top In a wooded and fog-shrouded
sec'or for the second time within twclvo
houts, entering tho German second-lino
trenches. They wcro accompanied by
French units They found no enemy
troops nnd returned to their lines In
twcntv-flvo minutes, after cleaning up
tho Germ in trenches
The troops who participated In tho
raid had withstood tho hardest artillery
bombardment of .any Americans In tho
west front lines
They swept forwnrd behind a perfect
barrage, passing tho first lino of German
trenches nnd entering tho second
As in teveral previous raids It was
discovered tho enemy had found their
positions untiiiablo and had withdrawn,
The German wlro entanglements,
trenches nnd dugouts wcro completely
bhattored
Wednesday night's spectacular artll
lerjlng followed a night raid by the
Americans and French. Volunteers
wero called for and even cooks and
teamsters asked to go.
The raiders waited coolly In tho
trenches whllo their artillery roared its
ovtrturc. Then they went over tho top
and cleaned up the deserted enemy
trenches. '
An Amerjcnn lieutenant traversed the
?one of shell fire for somo distance, and
picking up u wounded Frenchman
brought him In
A heavy German counter-barrage. In
cluding gas, followed tho raiders' re
turn. Their machine-guns whipped the
American Jlnes A counter-attack ap
parently was planned, but It was stop
ped by our artillery nnd machine-gun
fire.
REICHSTAG COMMITTEE
APPROVES PEACE PACT
Calls on Government to Get Russian
Guarantee for German
Financial Terms
Berlin, Match 2.'. The r.clclistag
main committee Jesterday approved tho
German-Itussiaii peace and conmcrcl il
treaties. A res-olutlon calling upon tho
Government to obtain a guarantco for
German flnanclil clnlms In return for
reciprocal action on tho part of Ger
many was adopted
The committee votei) 12 to 10 against
a motion of the independent Soc-al Dem
ocrats to evacuate the Aland Islands.
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ADAMS WINS FOUL
THROWING CONTEST
Former West Philadelphia High
Athlete Scores 13 Points.
Surgespn Second
Chick Adams, tho former West Phil
adelphia High .School star center, won
(ho second annual foul goal shooting
contest conducted by Professor Phil
Lewis nt Germantown High School this
afternoon by dropping thirteen through
the net In thirteen attempts.
Hobby Surgeson, tho former German
town High forward, won second place
and a silver medal by dropping tho ball
through tho biiskct eleven times In thir
teen attempts. Gcndall Beeves of
Northeast, was third, with nine. Adams
was awarded a gold medal, while
Beeves won a bronze. This event was
for members of tho Intcrscholastlo Bas
ketball League.
In the contest for other high school
plajers, McICann, of St. Joseph Trep.
won tho gold medal bv hcorlng 12 In
thirteen attempts, beating Dickie, of
Nnrberth, bv one point Mocky Bunnln.
who won this event last jear, wan onlv
able to Mioro 10. but In the thoot-off
for tho medal ho scored 11, while Kerns,
of Trenton High, scored 7.
Piiti-ADiiU'iiiA man .schools
1. Adams. Writ I'hlln 11
- surifpunn, Oermantmvn II
I llfniB. North"ast I)
I I'ngsnn, South 1'hlla K
" rvr-nnnn Irarlrs 7
II .IV,iitt, Trndii .... 7
7 Hnmmacn urmantcmn ,.,, , 7
x I irk. West I'hlln . . ... 7
!. Ullmorc Northiaat u
Mrl nnn st JntrMi . , . 12
Dlcklo, .N'nrl-rlh . .11
Hunnln lVtMI. ... in
KcrnH, Trenton 10
I pwls Norrlitnn . i
Kauftman, Trmplo u
STATE GIVES $50,000
MORE TO BUY TRACTORS
Call From Farms Demands Appro
priation, Snys Sccictary of Agii
culture Patton
Harrlahurg, Vn , March 22 Upon the
request of Secretary of Agriculture Pat
ton todav the State Commission of Pub-
I lie Safety and Defenso appropriated an
other 130,000 for the purchnse of trac-
i tors to assist the farmers of the State
In their spring plowing and other work,
designed to Increase crops tho coming
I season Mr Patton reported that the
first appropriation has been expended
I and the call for more tractors is so In-
siMent tint lie felt more money from
the deft nso fund should ho put Into them
The purchases will be mido bv a com
mittee of which Lieutenant Governor
Trank B McCIaln Is the chairman.
D H. Wntts of Kenmoor, and Mrs G
13 Benn, Wllllamsport, were added to
the commission's list of farm ndvlseis at
todav 's meeting nnd they will work In
tho farming regions from April to Oc
tober Tho commission approved b'lls
for thc destruction of eight tons of dv
namlto nhamloncd near Pittsburgh,
which could not bo used or sold
Strawbridge
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An Unrivaled Stock of
Men's Clothing for Spring
Many Clothing merchants are
the Clothinp market the rising prices, and the shipping situationiJ'
complaining of the failure of Clothing manufacturers to deliver fatii.
spring goods; the manufacturer,
from thc woolen mills. We anticipated all these
difficulties. Our spring-deliveries arc complete,
anil c hae A LARGER STOCK Or NEW
SPRING CLOTHING THAN AT ANY TIME
LAST SPRING OR ANY TORMER SPRING.
Of equal importance is the fact that our fore
handedness SAVED OUR CUSTOMERS THOU
SANDS OF DOLLARS, as well as insuring deliv
ery in ample time for the Enster season. It is an
incontestable fact that we own this vast stock of
Clothing at lower prices than it could have been
bought for at the usual time of placing orders for
spring goods. And we own our REGULAR
LINES as well as many SPECIAL LOTS at far
below piesent market value.
Spring Suits at $15.00
Spring Top Coats at $18.00
Those aio the staiting pi ices. Our' $15.00
Suits arc lemarkable tit this price styles for
young men especially attractive. Among the finer
Suits are the new Stein-Bloch and Hart, Schaff
ner & Marx models a complete line of beautiful
worsteds, the smart flannels in the new "Persh
ing" model, and the new shepherd-check velours.
A great showing of Spring Top Coats, from
$18.00 to $45.00. The Thexton & Wright London
Coats aro also here.
And Now Take
Wonderful Under-price Lots j,
First, a truly remarkable collection of nearly FIFTEEN'HljN
DRED SUITS in medium weight and light weight, for spring-new
Suits, the kind jou'll wear from right now un to mid.summen Wc-
oidcrcd them nearly a ear ago, from the STEIN-BLOCH CO., from!
HLIM CO. three of this countiy's
conservatively stated
san on. $35 nn sjn
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now $23.50, $28.50,$33.50 arid $36.50 i
' In the groups' at $28.50, $33.50 and $36.50 -arc many SILK-;
LINED SUITS, of very fine smooth and imflnlnhpH wftrstPffs.' Youtlw
ful nnd conservative styles. All
snori. many oi inese ouus cannot be duplicated at any prxct) aaa
none of the same grades could be bought at prices nearly as lowjjl
we paiu.
Men?s $20 and $25 Suits, $16.50 and ,$21,
Six hundred Suits, in neat worste'd effeqts, light and dark color-
ni(jo. Hiira jt,u ecu mese you win naraiy realize tnat tno prices v.
woolen fabrics have doubled in theslast two veors. t x
Men's $30 Black and
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ST-.EP,'11d80.me,y toUored; all regular, stout, slim and short lis
SPECIAL Hart, Schaffner & i SPECIAL Black" and Oxford
Marx Llirht-Weishr. Ovxrcnntn. T.IrV,t-W;,vV,f . nrSAt an
tweeds nnd cheviots at $23.50. I
$5.00 to $8.50 Trousers at $3.85 and $5.7jv
Also a Remarkable Lnt'tit M.7K n Pnir At
". About 500 pairs of Trousers in
could bo sold at tho price if we had
Closing Out Winter, Suits and OvercoM
$18,00 to $35,00 values $14:50 and.$Mm
,. a iew,, wis oniy -ia.ou to $20.00. values at $14.50, and ?3yn
it . at Vw,vu, HUl
: Long -Trousers Suits for: Youths
Our department for he rW
and for the youth of 10 to 20'yeira, is all ready for a large-Ear
business. Here does tho hard-ti-fit boy find dpthes which areW i1
uib jiKing una wnicn give mm the stylej which he admires in,in
older young men. Prices start at $15.00. .At $15.00. aa $16.60 Mi
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STMWBRIDfiE
SALOON MAN ACCUSfeiHP
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OF HAVING STOLEN SILK1
A sntit est I ah fa! .1-. .. v I
n"u,lu "" """""cc ot Par Held
for Theft From Wf
Wagon ,'tf
James Drlscoll, a saloonkeeper, At 1
Slxty-secontl street below Olrard ,vnnV f'
was arrested today on charges of h.SBe' 1
In his possession silk that tTie pilfceVJ 1
was stolen from a wagon en mm..r
the factory of T. P. MeCutcheSnaili.
tie manufacturer, of Kiev enth'UM
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ball" for va father hearing"?.'? '&
trato Watson. Two other mmj-Vt"
Polsnlck nnc Lovils Clnrl, $!&
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0111" "' "" avenue went ; -rested
In connection with the cm. V
Tuesday. Thev nsserted that thT? 5 i
celved the silk from Drlscoll ty " J
About
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your children
and music. Ar&!
you fostering
refining influenced
Good music raises they
standard of a Iiome.$j
rossession ot
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NEW EDISON.-'!
"The Phonoaraph With a Saf
makes for genuine culture. '
Children quickly react 'to ,
good music. They select
more desirable playmates; bVt;
come better mannered. OfteiMi
their interest in it molds tKeir,
entire careers. And from their tut' 5,
for good music they gain, a deep iiilfj'
lasting pleasure. N 4 , ,' ,J.
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