Er '""yWB -fT-fTT i rn p ir'rTTTrr" ' i h i n ' "i i -n i i JLw m n - m - ; "-;tv$&f J- 1 EVENING PUL;0 - EEHJGER- PHiibELPHIPHJJESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1918 " t ri T IJMj - ' ' wanamakerHI MEWS OF THE MEN IN SHIPYARDS WANAMAKER'S store opens at io DOWN STAIRS STORE Store Closes nt 4.30 H9ff r V I E r .j -). n y to; K. '-v !' V 1. SHIPYARD HAS LAWYER TO AID ALL EMPLOYES Merchants' Company Legal Department Will Try to Prevent Divorces Any ahlpworltor nt tho Merchants' yard at Hnrrlmnn who wants to bo to court or krep out of court herenfter, will b Accommodated clthrr wny free of cost. The company has Installed n Wal de partment for Its employe', J, C. Dunn a lawyer, has been put In rharpe. If a man at this plant still Insists upon feeing his own lawyer he mny do so, hut there Is Mr. Dunn Blttnyi ready to serve the shlpworkers and, If h can have his way, soltlo as many of the men's dis putes as possible out of court If It should happen to bo a divorce a fhlpworker wants, his counel will do hl bQt In aattln U ........ .. . . U .. ,... . '..n- lllf ll-t- Wild n IIU HUM kiss, and he will obliRe hy turning:' urouna nnti lookinp nt the frescoes or counting the stripes In the wall paper while It Is on., If a man will have his dlvorcn In eplte of his lawyer, well, he may have to get another pleader, fur this one be lieves In dHorce only ns the last re sort. If It ihould happen that the mm Is the, one who does not want the di vorce, but his wife Is Insistent and wants alimony, the defendant will find Mr. Dunn right on the Job. Ho every man In this shipyard now hag a perfect light lo puff himself nil Up with pride In having a lawyer of his own nt hlM beck nnd call The new department n located In the adjustment illusion's liendnunr era on the ground floor of the new employment and service building, HOLD CORN ROAST TONIGHT Rendezvous for Forest Feast No Longer a Secret Somebody "split the beans," and it will Toe a mighty d(rk night If the boys from the Hog Island offices don't go hunting for the girls lrom ihe same place nnd rush In on them Just as they Rre tearlnit the hot liusk from their corn nt the roast scheduled for this evening near Kast Lansdowne. The girls were afraid to tell Just where they wete going to roost their corn, hut on1 J, .1. Kltzgernld hutted In and let the cnt out of the bug The Willows, wherever that is. that's the place, and now the girls admit It, but console themselves with the hope th.it the willows ore not so easy to Ilnd, after all. The girls will take turns as sentries to warn of the approach of enemles Any persons In male uttlre will certainly be challenged Miss Murjorle Kny'e, a stenographer, will dance In costume ninund the fit e Mrs. Klsle Carver, of the nelfure de partment, will "doll up" like a gypsy and tell the glr's' fortunes Miss Mc Laren, nlso of the welfare department, will rr3d a few poems and Miss Mae Albcrtson, In charge of one of the atenographlc rooms and president of the Girls' Club of Hog Island, w'lll close with a few' thrillers from "Love Letters of a Bookie." "8MOKK t'l'" IS TIIK (lIlDHIt for Sun day. HeDtrmbrr 15. for tho blacksmiths at the Merchant' shipyard, llurrlirun. on that date the strong men from the forges and their holptrs will lette tlirlr old clay pipes In their walBtcoit lmrkets sod ion (relate nt Hllwrlan Hnll, Mouth Dlujii street, Trenton. . -TIIK FOI.I.OWIM1 from the Sun Dial, thr 8nn shipyard's weeklj, l.lla It's own sad story: Foil SALE One tin Lizzie modrl II f" . fully equipped with lndhled and a mortsaite, a-unranteed not to run morr than ten miles per hour: reason for selling, no good. Apply to Joe Morris, hull toolroom TIIIRTV YEARS IN Tilt: MlirV.WUW and still at It to beat the Kaiser! Mike Murray, leader of bull No ti. at the Klin shipyard Chester, la the moh. and one only has to look opr Mike's hull to that he Is still In the rlnic. On hull Nn B In the Sun ard Is a man named Tim Logan, and one stance Is enouich to show who's boss on this Job. There's no doubt It's Mike, for he has lost ten pounds Hettlnu teady to send No. 5 on on Labor ruv. 40KKRS AUK MAKING I.ITR pretty miserable for Wilbur Horner quarter man driller st Cramps'. The straw that all but broke his back was sn emelnne that made him dance around with glee and shout. "I got mlnel" He thought It was his bark Say. Just what It did envelop the victim Id not say and the perpetrators are afraid to epeak. NEWARK YARD SETS PACE Submarine Corporation Promises Three Fabricated Ships n Week The Submarine Boat Corporation, nt Newark nay, N'. .1., tlio first Atlnnllc coast fabricated shipyard to launch n rssel, will launch two ships each week beginning Saturday. This program Is to be Increased to three a week within a short time. Director General Schwab, of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, who vis ited the Newark Hay shipyard last, night on his way to Inspect the yards through out New Knsl.ind. declined the jnrd there Is setting the pace for all the Atlantic coast shipyards, Charles Plez, general mnnnger of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, who I ni companylng Mr. Schwnb un the Inspec tion tour, said tho news was the best he had heard since the establishment of the fleet corporation PRICES LOW AT CURB MARKET Live Chirken Sell nt 40 Cents a Pound Other Attractions The fciirth curb market, which opened today nt North College a"nue and the Midge, was nttended by large crowds, who were nttractcd by the surrounding neighborhoods by prices 20 per cent lower thnn elrewhcre in the city. Live chickens selling nt forty cents a pound were a new feature ftT today. on Saturday a cnangn will ue maae 'n Hid organization Thirty stalls will be for hucksters nnd the rest for faim ers The reason for limiting the hutk lcrs' stalls has been partly to give the farmers nn equal opportunity to sell their wares, since the hticklers have been coming In In such numbers that the farmers have not been able to Ilnd room, and pattly to keep the huckster ftom flocking to one part of the city and en leaving others hucksterless. n Today's prices folltrt . lotiitos, nine ty cents per basket ; sugar corn, fort. nnd sixty cents per tloren : tomatoes, iifty nnd sixty cents per basket ; onions, $1.25 per basket: salad, three heads for ten cents; cabhngo, five cents per head, apples, seventy-live cents per basket ; pears, Jl to $125 per basket; peaches, eighty cents per half bushel ; eggplant, three for twenty-five cents ; squash,, four for ten cents; cantaloupe, three to eight for twent-nve cents; celery, two bunches for five cents; green peppers, twelve cents a doren. WOMEN IN FIST FIGHT Buttle Results After Alleged pis courteous Remark About Soldiers Criticism of Ameilcan soldiers, alleged to hnvo been made by Mrs. Lena Majot, - r e 1T..1....-1 uMnA pnallltsfl In II OSt fight between her nnd Mrs. Catharine Afitnhnii 7iR9 t'nlnrnt street. today at Thltty-e'lghth and Market streets. T7nl. ehmi'Dil m fl fl V HOnTS Of battlC. when they were separated by Constable unrvcy ot .Magistrate iiiim-io '""'' The light was preceded by a lleiy I !.. I.. !.. ...n-lnfrnla'a nlirt. Airs IfMIIIlK 111 lilt iiiftniotm.. ..v.-... .Major appeared against Martin Lonncll. ico r..in.i t,.nA .ihapvlnir litm with malicious mischief In the course of her testimony, It Is alleged, sue ueciareu an Americans can go to hell." Mrs Mitchell reproved her for the re mark after the hearing nnd the HghP re- Utlllojl Mis. Major was arrested nnd ent to jail in (terauit ot iun uhii PINNED UNDER AUTO; UNHURT Passengers From Passing Trolley fescue Motorist .lohn .1 Mlssar, 7S05 Lvons avenue, was pinned under nn overturned auto mobile for more than fifteen minutes this morning without being hurt. Drllng south on Woodland avenue, he swerved abruptly at Sixtieth street to avoid it collts'on. The front wheels f the machine struck the curb and the mtomoblle turned upside down. Ah Mlar lav under the mnchlne the en gine continued running, the wheels re ollng rapidly In the air. Passengers from a trolley car had to ft the machine on its side to slop the opglne bctore they could ettrlcate MIs $250,000 BACK PAY FOR SHIPBUILDERS Puscy & Jones Men nt Glouces ter Will Lend Same to U. S. Moro than K50.000 In back wages was distributed today to employes of the Pennsylvania nrd of the Pusey ft Jones Shipbuilding Company nt Glou cester City, N. J. Thtee thousand work ers shared In the distribution In amounts rnnglng from $1 to $400. The money was accumulated In ar rears under decisions of the Wage Ad justment Burtau of the F.mergency Fleet Corporation last February rnlslng the j scale of pay for sh!pnrd workers and making It effective back to No ember, 1917 Most of the Pusey (t Jones employes will Invest a largo portion of their back pay In war savings stamps MANY FLEEAPARTMENT FIRE Sherwood Tenants Leave Break fast to Fight Flames Occupants of the Sherwood Apart ments. Thirty-eighth nnd Ludlow streets, left their breakfast and fled when fire broke out In the rear of the building this morning Others ran to tho street In their night clothes Dnmage estimated at $:oon resulted Thn (Ire, starting In the kitchen of the first floor, when grease In a frjlng pan Ignited, spread rapidly up tho rear wall to the third floor. Ilieakfnsters. with flro extinguishers, fought the flames until the nrrlfal of the llremen. Persons sleeping on the upper floors were aroused hy smoke nnd left the building with such effects as they could carry. Qolng to the scene of the blaze n Are engine stalled on the grade nt Thirty sixth nnd Market streets, tying up traffic. GnatlKSale $7 White Buck Pumps & Oxfords Military Model Final Sale Price Oj&fl Engagement mSgUj RnBs WGSMIB'U' 3 diamonds of fln I SSTiPpr qua Illy In creen sold 1 SSS end platinum ring of new T jf1"'8- $155 H C.R. Smith & Son I Vy Market St. at 18th AM $0.90 Thurs., 1:1 Frt. : ' and Sat. K ore ' the P A last P A Daus $ Av . '' JV ....,....:' ? '.'.I' jy This is your last opportunity to obtain this rich and beau tiful White Bud; Footwear at final sacrifice price. Buy not later than Saturday, or say "good-bye" to them, for your chance will be gone. Royally Boot Shop 2nd FioorPSaves$2 1206-8 -io Chestnut St i SK V V r TO BE SOLD BY THE ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN The Property of Orenstein-Arthur Koppel Company Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, A. Mitchell Palmer, Alien Property Custodian, has revised the terms of sale and has postponed, until September 12th, 1918, the sale of the property of the Orenstein-Arthur Koppel Company, and will offer for sale to the highest bidder, at public sale, on the premises at the front door of the central office building of the Orenstein-Arthur Koppel Company, at Koppel, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, at. 3 o'clock, P. M., on Thursday, the 12th day of September, nineteen hundred and eighteen, all the property and assets of every kind and description be longing to Orenstein & Koppel-Arthur Koppel Aktiengesellschaft, regis tered under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as Orenstein Arthur Koppel Company, as a going concern, including all the real estate, buildings, machinery, modern plant for the manufacture of mine and indus trial cars and portable railway equipment, patents, good will, supplies, finished and unfinished material of said Company; and also all the real estate, property and assets of the Koppel Land Company, Beaver Connect ing Railroad Company, Koppel Water Company, Pennsylvania Car and Manufacturing Company, Orenstein-Arthur Koppel Company, a corpora tion of Pennsylvania, Universal Railway Products Company, and Koppel Sales Company, together with all the capital stock of said companies which said capital stock is owned by Orenstein & Koppel-Arthur Koppel Aktien . ' gesellschaft. For full Jeerlption of, and Information concern' Arthur Koppel Company for the Alien Property t ing the property to be wold and the inepeetion Cuttodian. Farmer BanS Building, Pittsburgh, .. , j .. . . . . ...7 Pa., or Jo$eph F. Cuftey, Director of Salet for . thereof, andth.revued term, and cond.tion, of A,.n j,ropy Cuetodian, 110 We.t 42nd St. tale, tee T,. H, Given, Manager of the Orentteln- ffeu York City. A. MITCHELL PALMER, Alien Property Custodian SAMUEL M'CLAY, Attorney for T. H. Given J. E. MaeCLOSKEY, Jr., Attorney for tho AlUn Property Custodian. The Last of August Finds the Down Stairs Store A t Wanamaker's As Full of Fresh Merchandise as if the Summer with all its demands upon the Down Stairs Store hnd not been. The nir is ns refreshing and clean ns if it had been Springtime for the Inst few months instead of blood-heat weather That Is Because a carefully planned ventilating system is operating all the time, and clean, cool air is forever pouring in. The merchandise is fresh, clean and up-to-date be cause it moves so quickly! People are buying it all the time, and new things nre coming in each day. No Old Stocks of jobbers or of other merchandisers find their way into the Down Stairs Store! Everything is strictly new, and most of it is made especially for this business. When any of our own stock becomes slightly soiled from han dling we immediately sell it ofT at much reduced prices, so keeping everything always fresh. 200 Lyons Velvet Hats Special at $3.85 to $5.85 Lyons velvet is deep and soft, you know, nnd all of these hnts are black with colorful fac ings on three styles. The others arc black un derneath, as well as on top and blnck velvet is most becoming to fem inine beauty! X 2M i Mw Small shapes, larpc shapes, tarn shapes and sportive shape are all here all complete with linine; and trimminR, ready to wear to the shore over the week-end or with your new Au tumn frock at home. (Market) Special Junior Coats $7.50 and $10 They are Autumn-wricht coats of tweed, black-and-white checks, taffeta nnd poplin for c;irls of 10 years to 15. Only one or two of a kind are among them, but the lot offers unusual choosing. (Mnrkrt) 120 Autumn-Weight Coats Reduced for Final Clearaway In most cases their present selling prices arc much less than their original cost. They are made of poplin, gabardine, serge, velour, jersey nnd burclla, nnd many are fully lined with fine silks. $15 $19.75 $25 $29.75 At the prices of coats today these will last but a short time. (Mnrkrt) A Sample Lot of 450 Waists at $1.65 Unusually fine tailored models are among these in slip-over waists, as well as in those that button down the front. Voile in lustrous stripes, in cross-bar checks or in plainer weaves and white batiste are both used. The waists are made with soft Buster Brown collars, col lars that can be vorn high or low, and with plain necks. A few models arc prettied with lace. (Mnrkrt) Corsets at $1.25 Two Models They are both of fine white coutil. One has a medium buft and a re-enforced strap across the abdomen. It will take care of all average figures. The other is a topless model with insets of elastic about the top. Willow bones -the kind that bend easily are in both of them. (Ontral) Cotton Table Damasks A heavy satin-finished damask is in several pretty designs. It is 64 inches wide at 75c and 85c a vard. An unusually fine satin finished qualltv is 70 inches wjde at $1.25 a yard. Linen-Finished cotton damask of a heavy qual ity is in pretty floral designs and 70 inches wide at $1.50 and $2 a yard. (Chestnut) Women's Footwear Pumps of white leather that is much like buckskin are made with plain vamps, turned soles and covered heels. Many good siet. are in the lot at the special price of $2.50 a pair. Oxford Ties of black or tan calfskin are slen derly shaped, but are quite sensi ble for business or walking withal, as they have medium heels and sturdy welted soles. $4,75 a pair. (Chtstnnt) Fine Voile Special at 48c a Yard A late shipment of this fine mercerized voile has just arrived and brings flesh color, Quaker and nickel gray, heliotrope, wistaria, Copenhagen, navy and new blue, brown, gold, biscuit, chartreuse and reseda green. It is 44 inches wide, and at this price is only a little more than today's wholesale price! Central) Rugs A Large Choice at Less Than Regular Prices Today is a good time to take advantage of the low prices prevailing on almost all of our rugs rugs that are perfect and not damaged in any way. The 9 x 12 feet Rugs Wilton rugs are $57.60 to $77.50. Velvet rugs are $82.60 to $47. Axmlnster rugs are $27.50 to $55, i Wool-nnd-fiber ruga are $11.60 to $15. Other sizes are priced proportionately low. ' (Chr.tnut) Special! Bath Talcum Talcum powder a whole pound of it in a can can be used for all the talcum needs, but it is par ticularly good for after the bath, I ns it is so soothing and soft. ' There are five fragrances to i choose from: Violet Rose Carnation Arbutus . Corylopsis All are 20c a can. (Ontral) Pink Band-Top Vests Special at 40c Fine ribbed pink lisle vests have the plain band tops that women like. Both regular and extra sizes are at this special price. (Trntrul) Special! A Neat House Dress at $2.50 is of blue percale with the white collar and cuffs edged with pretty picot lace. The front of the waist is cut in points and trimmed with pearl buttons. It is pretty enough to wear outside the house as well. (Crntral) Hair Nets 50c a Dozen This is a special price, as every woman knows! There are both cap nnd fringe nets among them in various Miades of brown, as well as in auburn, black and blond. (Ontral) Special! A Pretty, White "Nightie" $1.50 It is a slip-over style of fine white nainsook, cut generously full. The square-cut nrck is trim med with pretty lace and em broidery, as aie also the sleeves. (Ontral) A Gathering of Dainty Neckwear at $1 Here are all the ptet ty things that women want to freshen up their Sum mer frocks or to a ti (1 i n d ividual touches of new ones." Among them are: Satin collars in flesh color and white (one sketched) ; Imitation filet lace collars; Many lovely organdie collars and sets; Georgette crepe collars; Jabots of net nnd of net trimmed with lace, hand em broidered or trimmed with satin. (Ontral) Special! Practical Petticoats 75c Sturdy blue - and - white and black-and-white percale is made into petticoats with deep ruffled flounces and tape through the tops. (Ontral) Good Cotton Stockings for Women Fine mercerized cotton stock ings in two shades of gray, 'two shades of tan, navy blue and bronze are 65c a pair. Thy are well made, being re-enforced and full-fashioned. The same quality in blck stock ings is 60c a pair. (Crntral) Something New: Service Talcum The boys use'plenty of it when they shave or after baths, and it is a comfort.W have a convenient can of talcuin with them in camp or on boarrf ship. It ib a talcum that is particu larly soofning and healing. The cans art neat and unobtrusive. 25c rch. tt (Onlrul) fk Smart Veil wiile not very 'much in itself will very often give the needed touch to finish a costume. Veilings in plain or fancy meshes, some dotted or scrolled, are in black, taupe, brown and navy blue at 35c lo 55c a yard. Veils in taupe, black or brown, are In circular or regular shapes, and are dotted or have scrolls. 60c. (Central) If a Man Wants a Wool Suit He Wants to Look These Over Special at $18 Three-piece suits that will do to wear through the Autumn are made of cassimere or cheviot in light, medium or dark mixtures. Many men who work indoors all Winter and wear overcoats when they go out will like to wear suits like these even in the cold weather. 6?oorf, Mannish Styles The coats are made in three-button or two-button single-breasted styles, and they have the plain backs that most men want. Consider: Three-piece wool suits at $18! (Onllfrj-, Mnrkrt) ton Good-Looking Shirts for a Man $2.35 It is a special lot of fine shirts of madras, mercerized cot- and silk-striped material. The shirts are in strinoa nt many kinds and colors, and every one is well made, with the comfortable soft cuffs and a five-button center pleat. A Collection of Good Neckties at 50c . . ,A11 B?od siIks in P,ain colors, stripes and figures of many kinds. All have lined neckbands. (Onllrrj-. Mnrkrt) The Last of the Summer Frocks 150 of Them Marked $3.85 in cpnH ttiom m,f in Li,..,., Wnw.. ...1.- i!i-,. . .J . ........ ......... ... mm;. ,,uiui:ii who are niieiy io need another Summer frock now or want one or two for next season will save quite a sum on any frock they choose. ' Among them nre white voiles, white and colored cotton crepes (made in many ways), figured voiles and ginghams. In most cases not many of one kind, but it is worth while to look for your size. Charming New Autumn Frocks are hustling in and taking their placet. all ready to be inspected and admired. Practical Serges I Lovely Silk Frocks are an old stand-by, but are here in many attractive tieu styles. They are in navy blue and black and have braiding, fancy stitch ing, pretty buttons and many other unusual touches for trim ming. Prices nre $16.50 to $29.75. (Murkrt) are made in many, many Ways, nun, juiucr simpie styles through the various stages to quite elaborate models. Of crepe de chine in navy, black and taupe, they are $23,25' to $47.50. Georgette crepes in navy blue, taupe and black are from $23.25 to $85. Satins are in navy blue, black, taupe, wistaria and green from $10.50 to $57.50. (Murkrt) Summer's White Cotton Skirts Are All Much Reduced About two hundred of the finer skirts that have been priced much higher are now marked $1.50. There are a number of good styles of cotton ramie, gabardine, cotton gros de londres and pique, made in many pretty styles, trim med with pretty buttons. In regular and extra sizes. Extra Sizes at $1 About one hundred white rep skirts, all made in ope style, are in extra sizes only 31-to-36-inch waistbands. (Markrt) An Excellent School Dress is the gingham dress that is sketched. It is in blue, pink or green, and the gingham is a sturdy fine weave. Notice the box pleats on the overskirt and on the waist. The sleeves are fully long, and the collar is of white pique. The frock is in sizes to fit girls of 10 years to 16. $4.50. $2.50 to $3.50 are the prices that other gingham school dresses are wearing. They are for girls of 6 years to 14 and are made of striped or checked gingham with pockets on the skirts. (Markrt) Mohair will make many serviceable skirts and frocks for Autumn and Win ter. A fine pin-stripe mohair in gray, dark green, dark blue, brown and black, 42 inches wide, is $1 a yard. Plain dark blue or black mo hair, 50 inches wide, is $1.25 a yard. (Ontral) Poplin will also make attractive frocks for Autumn. Silk - and - cotton poplin, 35 inches wide, in shades of gray, brown and blue, is 90c a yard. A better quality in many shades ot gray, tan, brown and blue, is 35 inches wide, at $1.25 a yard. .(Crntrnl) Soiled Gloves 25c to $1.25 a Pair Silk Gloves Fabric Gloves Capeskin. Gloves are all among these handled gloves with, of course, not all sizes )n each style of gloVe. The prices ore very much low er than the,. original ones in some, cases Jbut a fraction of the original price. 350 Pair of Silk Gloves at 65c a Pair ; This is a splendid collection of novelty silk gloves in white, gray and' pongee,- with -conr. trasting hems and embroidery on the backs. Each glove has' two clasps. All sizes, are Jf the lot, but not in each coWr.J; (Ontral) m i. ill i t , ' I .. I LtA ft -I-MMMMaMaaMMMHkBaMiHMHi r -y t-C& n;s3ft& J Sf. A'rafeifAbwjXifesffij;w& bv . . .'"IMjC ... "-Jrv - ,.&fc ZM ..,,,. ..&& Ji ,:,.t..-SV i 4 -T " mp VI ti&aitoft&a 'Bi H Kll :M SiWS
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