? I i . mr f : ri I 'J ?. J ,1 t'.U f t i -N, SLAIN IN ACTION Former City Trooper and Captain Duncan Killed by One Shell BURIED SIDE BY SIDE Major Lloyd's Letter Coin mends Ex-Princetonian Edi tor as Glean and Noble Man Lleutent Banjnmln Bullock, 3d, has been killed In action In France. 'The same, until that killed Captain Joseph Gray Duncan, of Cynuyd. .xhose death was announced yesterday, struck down Lieutenant Bullock. Death came In- iBtantly to both. x It wan l wan throuirh a letter from Major Francla Lloyd, of Newtown Square, tell In of Captain Duncan's deAth, that th news of Lieutenant Bullock s was also divulged. Lieutenant Bullock was the onlv on of Mr. and Mr3. Benjamin Bullock, of Edsre wood road, Ardmore. lie Is a graduate of Princeton, class of 1916, and was editor of the Dally Prlncetonlan, the university paper. In his senior year. He wag a member of the First City Troop and was prominent socially In thli city and along the Main Line. After leaving college he entered the employ of the Curtis Publishing Company, and soon won for himself an Important executive position. When the United States declared war on Germany, Lieutenant Bullock applied for the first officers' training camp at Fort Niagara, and his name was high In the list of graduates. He was order ed to Camp Meade and assigned to the 315th Regiment, a unit composed largely of drafted men from Philadelphia. He made an excellent officer and was In line for promotion whcn'hc was killed. His father, Benjamin Bullock, 2d, Is a member of the wool firm of Bullock Brothers, and is Federal wool appraiser Itr tno Philadelphia district. Lieutenant Bullock and (Captain Dun. can were killed on September 29 during the drive west of the Meuse. They hae been buried side by side in the little village of Nantlllois, which Ameilcan troops took from the bodies. Major Lloyd's letter follows: "He was killed while on his way back from the firing line to regimental head quarters. Captain Duncan, of the ma chine gun company of our regiment (the 315th Infantry), was with him and was also killed by the same shell. "It was on the afternoon of jhe fourth day of our drive, which started at dawn on the morning of the 26th, and we had advanced through Malancourt, Montfau con and Nantlllois, and had reached the woods on the Farm de la Madeleine. Ben had been In the whole drive right at the front, doing the work of several and always able to anticipate my needs. The whole reglmeift realizes that it has lost a brilliant and capable officer, and his promotion was assured. He was killed Instantly and, fortunately, escaped suffering. "I know of none w ho had led a clean er or nobler life. We buried him in 'a little yard which was laid out for our troops on the Nantlllols-Montfaucon road. Ifls grave Is In the .center, beside that of Captain Duncan, under a small cherry tree. I had a stone placed at the head, which will bo marked at the- first opportunity. One of our mechanics made" a cross, which was also placed at the head, on which was printed his name and regiment and on which was nailed his Identification card." ANOTHER FARM FOR POOR . Justice Simpson Gives Plot, as Re ' treat for Children Justice Alexander Simpson, Jr., of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, has presented the Methodist Episcopal Church with a fresh-air farm for poor children. Children of the city's courts and alleys will be taken -to the farm for outings during the summer, and it will also be used, as a rest home fcr working girls. The farm, which will be under direc tion of the City Missionary and Church Extension Society, will cost about 120, 000. Bishop Joseph F. Berry, who has been commissioned by Mr. Simpson to purchase the property, has three farm cites under consideration, each within twenty-five miles of the city. In addition to the farm buildings, a number of bungalows will be erected to house the children and working girls. For many years, Mr. Simpson has been giving liberally to church work and benevolence. Six years ago, Mr. Simpson erected the Mary A. Simpson Methodist Epis copal Church, Sixty-first and Jefferson streets, as a memorial to his mother. The church cost upward of S50,000. Only One Store Becker Clothes Look Well and Wear Well and Are Rightly Priced ,B$9Ffs3 I I TV MjfflM..s,BH M I I JsV BlBlBM VVV TUv BlBlH"s3 Suits & Oyercoats 117.50, 22,50, 27.50, 32.50 & 35 1 When you consider that we tailor our garments ourselves buying the fabrics, cutting the model nd tailoring them from collar to hem you can readily wmm We.Mae the Clothes We' Sell K&yfevlijsM ksBBBBBlfcsBBW AfvJJksBBBBBlB saBsasa . ;isff ' . JSSSSM LssssBslssHBrlIvlP bbbbbWJbFY j-i'i4,-i.' ""ABfcC BV'JtWltll IHiB;3BHrfvl LkISbkIU - i LIEUT. BENJAMIN BULLOCK, id Well-known Philadelphia!!, who was killed in action west of the Meuse on September 29 DARBY ENSIGN DIES ABROAD Pneumonia Victim Was First From That Section to Enlist Knslen James McMeekln, U, 9. " the first oung man to enlist from Darby when the United States declared war and the first to olunteer for service on the Mexican border after Villa shot up Columbus, N. M died In Paris of pneumonia, October 10. Word was re ceded officially bv his mother. Mrs. Marv McMeekln, S71 Main street. Darby, and bv hli ung wife, who was Miss Helen Mqwhrav. No details were gln. Knslgn' McMeekln olunteerd In the naw as a machinist's mate, and within a snort time was made machinist, and son afterward recehed his commis sion. He sailed for foreign serlce "sev eral months ago. wljero he remained until taken ill with the disease which ended In his death. Ensign McMeekln when the National Guard went to the Mexican border en listed In the Second Infantry, N. O. P., which was changed to field artillery on the border. He maiJe several trips on supply trains Into Mexico from F,l Paso to General Pershing's troops in the In terior because of his knowledge of au tomobiles CANT KEEP UP WITH FOE Germans' Retreat Makes Fighting Secondary, Writes Soldier "The fighting is secondary ; the great est difficulty we experience Is to keep in back of the 'flying Dutchman' as fast a he retreats." writes Charles Fa gan, 1008 Dakota street, from France. Faean was a ma clerk before he was drafted In October. 1917. He trained at Camp Meade. He Is now- with Com pany D, headquar ters battalion, gen eral headquarters. In France. "We are In a rest camp." he writes, "after taking part in the &t Mlhiel affair. We were fli-if In (t from th beginning, and it CHARLES FAGAN waa some advance. "The birds (the Germans) are some 'homers,' and I'll bet that every one that 'goes west" was shot in the back "Peace Is only a auestlon of a few months : In fact, it might beat this let ter. That would be going too fast though, I guess, but leave it to us We'll bring home the bacon." 'Woman Crushed by Elevator Dies Wllhelmlna Kowanalskt, scrubwoman in the Land Title and Trust Company Building, died today In Hahnemann Hos pital of injuries received last night when she was crushed by an elevator while at work. The cause of the acci dent has not been determined. She was found when her screams attracted other employes of the building. She was forty years old, and lived at 906 North Alder street. TO MANUFACTURERS and r CAPITALISTS A new essential article now ready for marketing. Materials, labor, sales assured. Address B 331, Ledger Office. Warner Truck Trailers Two and Four Wheal Types M Ton to 7 Tost Capacity 1VRTANT DKMVBRY JOHN W. ADAMS, Distributer 1427 Melon Street And Clothes Only Becker Clothes are in a class by themselves. They have more real smartness and individ-' ' uality this fall, than ever before, exhibitiqg a quality of tailoring and design rarely found in ready-for- service clothes at econ omy prices. see why Becker Clothes are offi cers and not privates in the ranks of ready for - service clothes at popular prices. Bl. -J3ib1bV -31BBBBBW v BBSBBV ksBim bIbibibV bHk ''.bIbIbIbIbIH EzMHibVnx'-'bIbIbIbIbI Open Friday till 9 p.m. Saturday till 10 p. m. RELATIVE HfeRE MADE CAPTAIN Philadelphia Lawyer Becomes Captain in Army Service Corps Kdgar J, Pershing, a relative of Gen eral Pershing, commander of American forces In France, has been awarded a commljslon as captain In the army serv ice corps. Announcement of his appoint ment has been made by the War Depait ment al Washington. Captain Pershing is an attorney and nts hofcie Is at 1311 Walnut street. Among others from Philadelphia to get commissions Is rienry W Ellison, Jr, of J. B. KUIson & Sons, 24 South Sixth street', He has been commissioned a captain In the quartermaster's corps. John Slnnott, the distiller, 232 South Front street, has bben commissioned a1 first lieutenant in the motor transport corps. Others from Philadelphia commis. sloned follow. Motor transport corps First Lieu tenants, Edwin M. Eans, 41 North Fif tieth street. Philadelphia; Charles 1), Grimn, 4627 Sansom street. Philadel phia. Second lieutenant, tttchaid A. Wiley. 620 North Sixty-fourth street, Philadelphia. Air service (production) Second lieu tenant, John .P. Hauch, Philadelphia. Sanitary corps Second lieutenants Edwin F. Volgt, 222 North Thirty-second street, Camden, N. .1. Transportation corps Second lieuten- I ants, Hobert H. Chew, 712 Rowlen street. Camden, N. J ; Samuel R. Harper, 6119 Spruce street. Philadelphia: Francis K. Marker, 910 North Fallon street, Phila delphia. Navy Yaril Mechanic Killed While working on a plpe-hendlng "ma chine at the navy jnrd, where he was employed as a mecnanlc, Thomas A. Martin, thlrty-stx ears old. of 2444 East Clearfield street, was caught In the fly wheel of the machine. He was dashed rcn to the cement floor and suffered In juries that resulted In his death a few minutes later. kl d&VELISKS HRn P SILYERSIAmiS SlVftlQRERS U Water Goblets Dessert, Glasses Finger Bowls Nearly one hundred patterns all different for the selection of Bridal Gifts of Utility Expensive Rock Crystal Engravings Moderately Priced Ocold Borders Very Inexpensive Etchings .. Business Hours - Nine to Five Thirty Hiiidi& "The jBMff repeat sold us JHfPi gifei-sWgjm gMiBMwnBBBwWroMBBBBl!BBBIsifc. z ijMMHHTTHE GENUINE HPH EDISON DICTATING MACHINE v3BBBt "" aWk k 'Fiye of our stenographers, transcrib ing dictated cylinders with The Transophone, which includes the electric repeat, did 30.2? 'more finished typewriting in the same time than they did using the old type of dictating machine. "They transcribed 13 more dictated cylinders a day on an average, ex clusive of all direct copy work. "I think the result obtained is remark-' able. It proves by actual demon- - stration that The Transophone will greatly increase the transcript and efficiency of the stenographic department." , ( Qu ; IfAoiM and Quoted from the statement of one wands of Ediphone business in our PROVIDE FOR THOSE WHO FIGHT FOR YOU-BUY W. S. S. tntUllw) by G. M. AUSTIN Th Edtfthon 10341 CItBUt SteMt Jtk ot Hiiuon't BtitT Lttim iafaiin$ . JVITfl E3s IRWIN I. T. CATHARINE COMMISSIONED Son of Joseph W. Catharine Made Lieutenant , , Irwin T, Catharine, 5040 Walnut street, an architect, has Just been awarded a commission as a second lieu, tenant In the Motor Transport Corps and will leae In a few davs foi Camp Joseph Johnson, Jacksonville, Fii, He Is the son of Joseph W Catharine, the Is the son of Joseph W. Catharine, an in atorney and member of tho Hoard of Education. -!. ..I f. .1 ..... I..-. nil... .. I viil nut lilt: nun made two oilier at rommlsslnn, mice in tempts to get ground work for the aviation and an other time for another technical branch Both times he took the irescrlbcd courses and passed examinations, hut before his turn came to be ''ailed the branches had been filled He began trying for a commission flftom months ago Catharine wast at one time "a member of the old Second CltyTroop as one of the youngest privates. He enlisted. In 1 304 anil left the tioop In 1.107 follow ing an operation for appendicitis. electric ne of the by name I 1ILITY.") users listed book "STABILITY. lMfcMM ii JUm Hkv i 'V " oi I I I SM V SvPftvWV bbbbbV '" T. CATHARINE WEDXmSDXY. ' 1l ' " i BIG EXPRESS THEFTS CAUSE FIVE ARRESTS Employes of Company and Alleged Receivers of $15,000 Booty Held A series of thefts from the American Hallway Express Company, which ex tended over a period of seeral months, resulted In the arrest of five men, who, It Is alleged, operated a sJstem which brought quick sales for the stolen goods. f. Colter, who gave an address at Third and Market streets, and Ben Fo gel, of Fourth and Balnbrldge stvect3, directed the system, the police sat-, and reaped big profits. Goods alucd at '15,000 were stolen during the opera tions of the quintet, It Is alleged Colter and Fogel were held In J1000 ball each for a further hearing today by Magistrate Watson. Three others In the employ of the company were ar lalgncd on Monday. Thej are I.eon Simpson, Harlan street and Susquthin na aenue; John Hicks, Woodstock and Herks stieets, and Max Alexander, Fourth and Titan streets 'Colter con ducted a "fence" under tho guise- nf a business concern near Third and Mar ket strrets, according to the police, and sold a large amount of the goods rtolen from the express company, Detecties Franklin, of the Twentieth nnd Berks streets police station and Brooke, of the express comp.ins, who nrresled the men, said that suspicion was first attached to Hicks, who w.is found to bo selling considerable rood ,-- . . l .... """ alul. . ""rough statenitnts made by I licks. tTlGURE how long it took you to put your business oh its present foot ing. What it cost! Isn't during-the-war advertising an extremely low premium to pay on insuring your pres tige and good-will? HERBERT M. MORRIS Advertising Agency Every Phate ot Sales Promotion 4QO Cheitnut Street. Philadelphii WHEN YOU'RE OUT WEAR Underdown's $1.50 Shirt THEN YOU'RE IN In montv" whi- vnn Vmv Tou'r inrMi unueraown anirts. Xhv nrp s lor 54. uooa ouantv: nerfect fit. Ouffi Attaxhaa or Detached A. R. Underdown's Sons Kubbrr Gonds end Mn' Fnrnlalilncn 202-204 Market St. -..-vii.i.- mnrK i in, Have You Seen the Great Bargains in This Linde Warehouse Clearance Sale Trust the thrifty housewives of Philadelphia to pick out real values. Since last Monday morning our store has been crowded with eager buyers anxious to take ad vantage of the wonderful saving opportunities this sale offers in Furniture and Floor Coverings. JIB From Sit, Anne Table , mahoear.y , shaped legs Queen antique h ea y ?!2 From tltf. S " !5$iy'Jy ' From i. W d' v?y feats and back This handsome Louis XVI Sofa. Rocker and Arm Chair Library Suite. L'.t: neatly fluted and molded frame, covered in Tapestry or Viiour. SIM From S12S. Suite In walnut J25; Chiffonier, ? i T$W ' fr This four-piece Adam Bed Room ir nuartered golden oak Bureau, M; Bed. $19; Toilet Table. J20. !13 Fmm J3S. In Walnut, Buffet. 54 Inches lon; China Closet. 46 inches; Servlne Table, 33 Inches; Ext enslon Table, 48-inch top Big Rug and Linoleum Values in This Sale Guaranteed savings of 30 to 40 per cent for the same reasons enumerated in connection with the Furniture Sale. Don't miss this wonderful opportunity to get great bargains in floor coverings as well as Furniture. ' Wilton Rugs 9x12 ft.; highest grade..,. $97.50 8.3x10.6' ft; highest grade.' 87,50 6x9 ft.; highest grade 56.00 36 in. x 63 in.; highest grade 16.00 Seamless Wilton Rugs 36 in. x 63 in.; wool $9.50 8.3x10.6 feet; wool 50.00 36 in. x 63 in.; worsted. . . . 11.50 8.3x10.6 feet: worsted 60.00 Wool-Fiber Rugs 36x72 in.; heavy grade $3.00 6x9 ft.; heavy grade. 8.50 8.3x10.6 ft,; heavy grade, , . .11.50 9x12 ft. ; heavy grade 12.75 Select now, pay a r'-r: 1 Alexander and Simpson wr arrested. Simpson Is alleged to have mads a con fession Implicating Colter. According to Detective Brooke, goods billed from railroad stations to the com pany express office. Eighteenth and Mar ket streets, were dropped Into the cellar of Colter's establishment, on Third street, and later sold Fogel, It la said, acted s Colter's assistant In carrying out the plans for the robberies DOWNS THREE ENEMFHERS Lieutenant Owens Gets Only One Officially, However Lieutenant John Sidney Ow ens, grand son of Mrs. S. F Pre'ntiel, 131 East Washington Lane, has shot down three German airplanes, according to word re ceived from him by i,ls grandmother Lieutenant Owens Is only twenty years old. Only one victory Is nfflclallv con firmed, he writes. The other two were shot down so far Inside the German lines that they were not onsen ed. He won his official victory on Septemher .1, when he sent a hoche filer crashing to earth In flames Just Inside the Amerl can first lines. Lieutenant Owens Is from Baltimore, hut he made Ills home for a' time In (,',f,rInan,?wn ,,e enlisted In Januarv, 1917, and went to Ohio Stnte Unlersltv. inen in ranatia and then to Kellv Field, Tex, - nun i I'liuup m .feiiruary. OCTOBER SO, 1P18 " JEWELERS-SILVERSMITHS t Engraved Christmas Greeting Cards New, Original Designs And Exceptional Treat- ment. The Quantity Of Each Design Is Limit ed, Insuring Exclusive selection. BUSINESS HOURS, NINE It is a sweeping clearance of all odd suits and single pieces and all discontinued styles in order to make room for enormous purchases of new goods ordered six months ago. Hundreds of splendid bargains await your se lection. Every 'piece is up to the usual high Linde standard of quality. Some of them are reduced a full half. Save on your Christmas gifts by se lecting practical things in this sale. Three neat! Urholstertd in Brown full spring feats. E12 From S18S. Room Suit In Antique Afahopan; "Walnut nrweer. ?3S ; Chlfforobe, DrciSinc Table, J30. SM Fro-n 8135. Buffet. 64 in. lonr; China Closet. S3 In hlh, 44 In. wide; Server, 34 In. lonr; Exten sion Table, 4S in. top and 6 feet lonr. Axminster Rugs 9x12 ft.; best seamles $45.00 8.3x10.6 ft; best seamless. 41.00 6x9 ft; best seamless 25.00 8.3x10.6 ft; heavy seamless 31.50 6x9 ft; heavy seamless... 21.Q0J Velvet ana Tapestry nugs 9x12 ft; Wilton velvet.... $61.00 8.3x10.6 ft.; Wilton velvet. 53.75 9x12 ft; seamless velvet,. 45.00 8.3x10.6 It.; 10-wire Tapestry 28.00 9x12 ft.; seamless Tapestry 22.50 small deposit. Goods delivered when wanted &- ST KfETSOUKltlllKI Sergeant Langdon Encounter Boyhood Friend at Hospital Another proof of the old saying that .!, M.nrlil is a small place, inaeeq. in efiniined in a recent letter from Sergeant Alfred T. I,angdon, .of Base Hospital Vnlt No 3. American ex rifclltlonary forces. 'He tells of a chanc meeting be hind the lines with a friend of his boy hood days in Scran ton, when together thev carried lunches to waiting fathers, who worked at the same plant. Not since that time did their paths cross until the other boy. Bay AL1'RF.I) I.ANU1JUN TiKni wan i hell shocked and brought to the hospital where langdon was stationed. Sergeant Langdon has a brother In the service, Lieutenant Ilov L. Langdon, of the medical corps. They are sons ot Mrs. William H. Langdon, 623 East Cheltcn avenue, Germnntown, Man of Seventj-elglit Ends Hi Life Uaphael lanul, seventy-eight years old. 1176 South Darlen street, shot him self to death in his home early today. The body was found by his son, Incent, Who heard the shot. The family could gle no teason for the suicide. iv 5, -ejjBBB CO-OPEKATING WITH THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, WE URGE IMMEDIATE CHRIST MAS SHOPPING. UNTIL FIVE-THIRTY SI 1.30 From $15.00. Mahoganv Tea Wapon. Rubber tired wheels and re movable) trays. - piece suite, as illustrated, - - fluted mahopanv finished sprir.r frames. Spanish Imperial Leather. This hlrh-grade four-piece Bed and American $30; Bed, $30; Colonial Rag Rugs 9x12 ft; plain and cretonne. $12.75 8.3x10 ft; plain and cretonne.11.50 6x9 ft; plain and cretonne.. 7.25 36x72 in.; plain and cretonne 2.50 24x36 in.; plain and cretonne 1,00 30x36 in.; plated oval 2.75 Standard Linoleums $3.00 Inlaid, sq. yd $2.00 2.00 Inlaid, sq. yd 1.25 1.50 Cork, sq. yd 95 ,95 Rug Border, 36 inches wide, yd 50 TrpWfWVl y . j - 'Ak $ 'a-fj iiUj "Regular" ire i,. Short Regulars' "Stouts" "Short Stouts" "Longs" "Extra Stouts" in Fall and Winter Suits at Perry's m ' 41 - SThe above is- scale of the ways in which we. grade our Suit Sizes. q Take a "38," for ex ample meaning the size for a Man who measures thirty-eight inches-- across the chest; if he is built in proportion and reg isters a "perfect 38," he will be fitted in a "regular" size. $ But, supppse he's not as tall as the gen- cmi avciagc ui men with the same chest ' measurement or suppose he has lesstj trunk but more limbs or has begun to put on weight or has good square shoul ders, little or no waist, but-plenty of avoirdupois, then it is evident that the regu lar size will not ac tV commodate his regularities. ir- s m f For such deviations "ti e(il i we have provided in between sizes that will meet his require ments exactly. w 9 Moreover ' Mi 1$ Our sizes are scaled not only ac cording to the above system they are further modified by being cut on different models on conserv ative models t h a tn favor roominess and comfort on fashion able models that fol- J low closer lines on -youthful models' made for slim and '" slender figures on a Military patterns of ff the paper-on-the-wall persuasion, course, on and, ofjv "Junior - special' models that i- have all the pujpvw-ji.- tions of Eighteen. macwi-fnl'ifi.fv. - wi i$ So that- MV. . i ijf No matter now,i t- Ma. " you rc uuui, ui wvr--ui i.:--A nil,Ji.H: uuucu, juu.wwi:'! in inc miner fji clothes, we can Ml1 both your body tmm'i your mind at Perryi $25, $28, $30 to Fall & Winter Suit? PERRY&G v swfvW "N. B. T.d Mis Xi" $X 2i ;;. ! -fit ) J .'i- St i i:a ,f ?" 11 !'.! ' 4 a-a y ? 5 a. BE W'1 Si?r. 1 m m 6i.: W! ', &A .rti v M1AUTY CLOTHES MA-iaMA.SKET.ST. HENRY LINDE Open Friday Evening i Until 8:30 23d, Columbia amd RMf t Atm. IT- Call up Walnut 3 135, My: 16th ft CI Hit&99m t$tt$v IA JEaltoAcBMV mv,1 mm, i""- -" w w - - '-. ,.; fLi . ' " y1 S i& j, i-. ,n. Y .jVUK-iH s 1 h !, M.3lklriJx,.i?t. ' itiMiiiiitf1"- "tt-'fls& --.- j.'.y - 'v. -tfE i, rtjiK - ft 'tii. tmSxnHk.
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