mmmmmmmm -Wt'M-- -.5 - .1 u rr . rT -r EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEK PHILADELPHIA, 1?I?UAY, JANUARY 3, 1019 ' MEETINGSINaTY ! ' WILL CROWD 1919 , Scores of Big Conventions Are Scheduled to Be Held Here- ' WOOL OVERSEERS WON' I nkl- mH I STATE'S DIVISION clo wn prince sA w himself I IN THICK OF FIGHT IN HIS owndugout mo vies PHILADELPHIA GUNNER WINS VALOR CITATION .22,384 Replacements What 28th's Men Did for Countrv .Story o Edith Cavcll and Belgian Horrors Sot Among Those Pro- gergPanl Arthur Somcrs Dc SllOW jectcd in Theatte Found by Reading Soldicr-lt Was f,C(l Fire Coolly, but Took No Captives 1 Prettv foft for the Clown Trlnce I . veil, horrors perpetrated on Belgian I r. .... . women and children, 'Tho Meant of Her- I ICl.J BW.l A in.iA. . tUnm ... 4li. I'vi-KIKrl It.., - ..MM... 1.....IHH r..-. v--. ' ,nr, .., ...,....,.-, ... tjiii iu.,n,nllrn', n11et nn had a .'...-. .... '-.. ... ... . .,. I'lMii.ir l.nnnEn fur n "nlorv" nbout him ' -V t rTiTrvV A T r,TTATr TTVtTC .........- - - OI inl ngiu iuuil mr me i iown : nit i - .-Y IlUllALj bUAnU L'iM 15 "movie" theatre, nil Ills own, In a dug- tauten would run to Kultur subJcctH. and aml till three brothera who are In tno nut rleht tin at the front that Is, Just retnt in tlie Mionliifr or numerous i Bcrvc. ,. i,ec receleil from Her- After 42 Years in New Eng land Organization Chooses 'Workshop of World" DurlnK Its forty-two years' existence. the National Orsanlzatlon of Woolen and Worsteds Overseers has not met outside of Xew Knsland. This cnr, however, the semiannual meeting of tills organization will be held here so that lti members may become better acquainted with the "world's greatest workshop," This Is one of many conventions sched tiled to meet here this year. The Chamber of Commerce records ihow that last year there were 189 con ".fntlons, exhibitions nnd assemblies held In Philadelphia, with a total estimated attendance of 2Bt.068 In 1017 there were 14" slmllnr gatherings, with an at tendance of 139,805, showing nil Incrense for 1918 In assemblages of forty-two and In attendance of 1H,:03. The number of associations listed up to the present to hold comentlons or exhibitions In Philadelphia docs not In rtlcato the total that will bo here, be enuso a large number of associations do not decide on meeting places until a i month or six weeks before the time set . for the meeting. t onvf ntlonn Already Scheduled Conventions, exhibitions and events so far scheduled for 1919 are: I January Philadelphia I.ehlgh Club. Pennsylvania Trade Secretaries' Asso ciation; 28th to 30tli. Eastern Ketail Implement nnd A'ehlcle Dealers' Asso ciation: Cth to 8th, Salesmen's Conven tion, Harrlman Safety Boiler Works; 13th, Military Order of Foreign Wars, Pennsylvania Commander): 13th to Hth, National Convention. (Irand Cir cuit' Stewards: 17th, Medical Club of Philadelphia: 21st to 23d, Master House Painters nnd Decorators' Association of Pennsylvania; 22d to 23d. Pennsylvania State Lumbermen's Association: 22d to 23d, Conference of Indiana Friends; 28th, Pennaylanln State Association, Klectrlcal Contractors and Dealers. February Pennsyhanla W o m e n's I Suffrage Association; 12th. Military, Order of Ioyal Legion State Com manders; 12th, Oroup No. 2 Pennsyl vania Bankers' Association; 18th, Phila delphia Boston Terrier Show, March Jewish Publication Society of America: Gospel Illustrators' Conven tion; 4th, Aitlsans Order of Mutual Protection. April Pennsjlvanla Institute of Cer tified rubllc Accountants; 25th to 2Cth. American Academy of Political and ' Social Science; 26th to 28th, American - Oriental Society. May Soenteenth National Assocla- J- St. George Joyce, author, poet and i,0,nvfJY.c:!c7, ?.?.nrs,ted Pvr'r8 ; raconteur. Is seventy-three cars old to- 1st, Neeolewr.rlt Guild of America: Itoyal , ' ...... Blnck Knights of Ireland, State branch; da' nd the present year marks his flftl- Mllltary Order of Loyal Legions, State eth nnnl-crsary in the newspaper busi- Commandery; 12th National Association, Greeting Card Manufacturers; Musical nt,s'. Alliance of the United States: 12th to Ho obsened his birthday and golden 17th. National Association of Hosiery1..,,. . . , ... ... ... , - .... and Underwear Manufacturers: Inter- J"oee ai ins ucsn in mo inn oi .iNniionai union i-iobpei Hussion; -tin, j'.vrxiNO j'L iii.it j,i:i'uiit'. i.nmuauisni, ReuTnofnourbr(l. Conferel,Ce 0t thc optimism, a sunny disposition and keen June General Alumni Society of tlio and ready wit aro tno elements mac 'University of Pennsjlvanla; 6th. Na : tlonal Women's Trade Union League of ( America; National Association of Build- ilng owners ana managers; American Gtiltd of Banjolsts, Mandollnlsts and 'Guitarists: American Press Humorists; L17th to 19th, Americnn Jledlco-l'scliolog-Ical Association: 4th. Holsteln-Frieslan I Association of America: 16th to 21st. Order of Sons of Tcinperanco National Tlurlv liousan ,. , ,.. . . M-hr-rr. scenes of himself getting I ll Soldiers " cl0SC BS th , , Z automobile-, drinking wt ii uiiiicis ,. t.i,rtA nitchbnvfi wprfl making life i .. i.n. i.u ...i ...i Started Campaign of Six Months Against Germans PMiit Ai-Mnit Qnm,r tinll nf Mr. nild i-,ra "i -!-" automobile", ilrlnlting water out or a " , the Yankee doughboys were making life Rln!l, w,,ne flfin nd machine-gun bill- Mrs. Nathan Someis, 820 South street, j it and out of er out of The Tenty-elghtli Pennsyhanla dl- mlscrablo for his sauareheads. lets fell thick some two or three miles An Kvusinci 1'i-m.ir I.Ktinr.n of No. , Bugler W.BIchard Wagner, a Beading raVeTS'fo"' "' """""" h f0Uml soldier, was one of the men who found cB1,relt0 tioldpr. Its way to Sergeant Somcrs In the nnd explored this 'movlo snow ueneatn Wagner savs the dugout theatre was trenches, nnd he dlscoered one mistake tho ground. Nngner is spenainB a i.ir- . fltl d , .ecfte illlln lslon. made up of Nntlon.il Guard units . lough of ten days at tho home of his electric lights nnd other accommodations parent" Mr. and Mrs. 1). Klmer Wag- Wagner alio says tnat Herman sol ner lie has been Invalided home to dlers did not starve. ccn though the recover from gns and wounds lecehed peoplo nt homo raav have gone hungry. from this State, hns had a larger num ber of replacements than any other di vision In overseas service. Corporal James A. Mutrln, writing to a Franklin, Pa., newspaper, gives fig- t tires to show that 22.384 new men had while, serving with Company Machine Gun Battalion. C, 321st He says that packs of German sol diers were opened after they were killed Although Bugler Wagner did not say and were found to contain butter. Jam n. It fs certain that photoplass liown nt the Llown ITince a piume movjf to be used In n division that numbered Old not Include the story of Kdlth Ca nnd other delicacies In ciuantltlrs, In nddltlon to the ordinary fare of thc toldler In tho field Ills 'SERGEANT WALTER T. I1RUNER A survivor of the olil Tliiril Regi ment, Camden, which was nearly annihilalcil in the taking; of Sedan. Sergeant Itruner is a member of thc 11 lth Marhinc-Gun Battery, Twen tv -ninth Division. He was badly pasted in October and is still in the ho'pital. He received thc Trench bravery cross NEWSPAPER VETERAN FIFTY YEARS AT DESK 30,000 men when It went overseas article follows: "With the 112th Infantry In France. Buxlcrcs. The Twenty-eighth Division has reason to feet proud that during tho six months that It saw continuous active service at the front It estab lished a real record. "Of the outfits which had been overseas long enough to have men entitled to the first service stripe, It leads the ll't In number of replacements. And figures. In this case, do not lie ; they show to what an extent a division was 'hit' In fighting. And be It known that the 22,384 new men assigned to the Twenty eighth division In thc Blx-month period speak louder than mere words of praise. When the Twenty-eighth camo overseas It had some 30,000 men on the rolls of Its Infantry, artillery, engineers nnd other organizations composing the Kev stone fighters. "Tho Second. First nnd Third Divisions of the regular nnny, which were over I seas for a full bK months before tho I Twcnty-elgHh arrived, saw much action. ! but it Is to be noted that the Twenty eighth, In number of replacements, leads even the famous Halnbow (Forty-second) Division, the Thirty-second and Twent Rixth Divisions, other hard-fighting units. I Here Is the official table that tells the tale nnd shows the standing: SUNDAY VAUDEVILLE FOR SOLDIERS ENDED War Camp Community Service Injured Man, Found Far From Drops Entertainment When Ministers Protest Plaiidlri 1 . J. St. George Joyce, Dean of Philadelphia Writers, Still Busv at Sevcntv-thrce s. II . 10 11. t)llon ecnml Kim . . Third . . Twcittv-elahth .'I hlrtv-wnunt" . Kourth . . . . . . .Forti -,ccond . . Firtfi . .Tnent)-smh . N'lnm-flrat ... Thlrt) -sixth . Kenlnce tnent . S.1.117 .'11,77 . . -1 No more Sunday night vaudeville shows for men In the service Thev have been discontinued bv tho i War Camp Community Service, follow ing protests by ministers and lav men, who declared the entertainments to be Sabbath "desecrations." A committee is now at work figuring out some form of, mibstltuto entertainments for the "hoys." Calvin 1,. Lewis, director of the war camp service, declared today that the Sunday night shows were the best meanR of keeping thousands of mm off the central stteets "But several ministers nnd la) men havo thought otherwise," he continued. "They say that the shows, which wero alvvn)H provided patriotically 1 theat rical people, were a violation of thn law. In addition, they criticized the fact that many of tho uniformed men brought gill friends with them. As a matter of fact, only 25 per cent of tho men camo with girls. Many of tlicso in the story S.i he wrote to have it corrected "There un one thing In tint write up," he writes, 'that was not due me. You said I captured twenty-one prison ers. 1 am an nrtlllerynuin and never go over the toil or capture prisoners." He closes with n rctiuest for a correc tion of the error Sergeant Somers may not have cap tured nnv prisoners, but he so distin guished hlmelf In action that he nnd the others of his outfit, the 307th Trench Mortnr Battery, were cited for bravery by the brigade cominandpr. The citation follows. 'Thn 307th Trench Mortal Batter), on September 13. fired n barrage from tho most extreme fiont-llnt- salient of the tntlre zone of tho First Arm), less than foil meteis from the enemv ma chine guns nnd under n most terrific bombardment finm n rlmntniitlnc nnsl- A burglar who attempted to rob the tnn of his batteries, controlled b) enemy BURGLAR, WOUNDED, FLEES AFTER DUEL Scent- of Shooting. Under Suspicion home nf Wllllum WHrner, Bulst avenue nnd Island road, early today was com pelled to abandon the tnsk after a four cornered revolver duel with Warner and three policemen. The burglar was shot during the fight, but managed to escape In the d.ukne- About two hours after the duel, n man suffering from a gunshot wound of tho aliphuies. Tho perfect self-possession of tho olllcets anil men during tho bom bardment, as well us tho orderly with drawal under seveie flru of guns nnd personnel from the trenches nfter tho completion nf tho barrage, was highly creditable. That no casualties occurred was largely duo to the cool example of I- ,.,. J; i n , f i, i ii,.iir "" "Weri " " nnp discipline which fee's38!.'0 c npa'ed'w ae'scr iplon --! ',; " , H'Sii mQn brought their wives Hl.K'K m.'iM 1 11.04 in.-cit 1S..IIM ii. tin i "Officers, commenting on the list, are of the opinion that perhaps no other division In France has seen so much "During Week-days and nights ample provision has been made for tho many enlisted men til this clt). No city In the country takes better cate of Its soldier and sailor visitors than does Philadelphia. On Sundas, however. It Is different , Any one walking1 through, Arch, Market nnd other downtown , real active service during the hottest i streets on Sunday must be impressed mako Mr. Joyce forget thc passing years. As a matter of fact ho Is usually too buty to bother about them. Since his entrance Into newspaper work his life has been crowded with action. A. great part of his newspaper training part of thc war game, s-acrlflclng periods of relief in order to play the game with the same war spirit on another sector. "The official losses of the 112th Regi ment during Its activity In the Chateau Thierry fighting, along the Veslo and in the Argonno and hi tho Thlaucourt sec tor of tho Wocvre total 2213, according to thc figures Just made public. This regiment comes from the northwestern part of the State. "Total enlisted men lost were: Killed, 328: wounded, 1SC8; mlsfing, 263. "Total officers lost were: Killed, II; wounded, 26; missing, 4. "Total losses: Killed, 342; wounded, 1601 ; missing, 267 " CITY LEGISLATORS TO MEET with tho great number of men in uni form that no meets men strolling aim lessly, ti)Ing to find something to do. Isn't It better to get the men off the streets, Into a theatre or c'ub, watch ing a decent show until bedtlmo than to leave them to their own devices or to tho ministrations of street-walkers or bootleggerB?" Warner home. He refuses to tell how lie was shot The man gave his name as Charles Grlf fenburg nnd was taken to the Samaritan Ilosp.tlnl. Warner will go to the hos pital' today with District Detectives Prlntz nnd Qulgley to pee If the wounded man Is tho one who attempted to rob the Warner residence. Prlntz. and Qulgley, together wl trolman llr)nn, .were looking for nn automobile thief In the neighborhood of Wnrner's house when they heard a shot. A moment later they saw a man Jump from the rear porch. All three gave chase Br) an caught the man as h was about to Jump over a fence. Thn stranger drew n revolver nnd fired, but Bryan dropped In tlmo to escape tho bullet. . Warner then opened fire on the in truder from a second story window, and tho three policemen blazed away nt hhu at thn Bime time from dlffeient direc tions. The burglar evldentlv had a good sup plj of nmmfunltlon. Ho fired nt least a dozen shots at the. police as he dodged from tree to treo In tho neighborhood A slight cry of pain was heard from the man, but when tho poltco ran to the spot where he wan last seen he hail disappeared. tho war In the Argonne forest fight. Six of tho unit were wounded tlu-ie, the II rst to fnll during thc time the bat tery was fighting. The) were not setl ously hurt. " ,' ' 0U may have been A justified before the! war or during the war but today, you'll have to pre-1 sent strong arguments to) convince yourself that adver-1 tising isn't the key to your merchandising problems. I HERBERT M. MORRIS '. Advertiiing Agency Every Phate of Saltt Promotion 400 Chettnut Street Philadelphia WILL OFFER JUBILEE PLANS TWO MOTHERS END LIVES Women Commit Suicide, Grieving Over Deaths of Children When a postman arrived at tho honi of Mrs. .Mary Sprlgglns, 3037 North Orkney street, beating n letter saving her son, a soldier in Frnncv, was coming irenasing geilia i iiiut-iciiuciiL unicr l.'lurf. 1st to Gth. National Association l.v I 3 Letter Carriers; 1st to 6th. National ( ..'s-cl.itlnn of Letter Carriers. Ladles Will Name Slate Committee and Select ScaU ' IJIMSlOn. ..... .... t...i I., T-lo.! nii.l . llnirnl I July American Klectro-Plnters Assc- " -'iul,u " " - - elation; 3d to 4th, Descendants of the In many history-making events. Shortly Republicans Signers ot me i-ecinrauon oi inaepena-j ... ,. wm,nl, . rrnnrler nn the Galwnv ti ence. i" - " .. . '. Keptemncr national association ni i;xpre.3 in ist. no oecame micrcsieu in ; Members of tho Senate and House . the home-rute movement and subsequent- fi"in Philadelphia, win meet this after- uuon in mo ncuuiiuui hth ti me lu-puo-llcan city committee-, I'leventh and Chestnut streets, to pick members of the legislative slate committee and select their Heats In the coining Legislatmc. The Philadelphia delegation Is en titled to sK members, one from each congressional district, on the hlatc com mittee which will dlstributo the legis lative patronage. William S. Leib. resident clerk of the House, will attend the meeting and allot seats to the membeis of the House. As a courtesj It is more tlinn likely that Senator-elect William J. MoNlehol established the Vindicator, the first home-rule paper founded In Ireland. He I !,,af. h.p.rnn n.lltr., nf tl,A f'tfitA .Iniimnl Auxiliary ; 2d to Gth American Chemical ., jildian(1 Tribune, tho first Nationalist Society annual mmwi . ""Pr""e organ In the midlands of Ireland, and &Ue".CLWNatto " -"-"" -" -h0 tlon cf the United States of America: ' Lelnster Leader. ' 17th to 19th." Knights Templar Grand Mr. Joyco shared largely In bringing Kncampment of the Lnlted States of about tho election to Parliament of i America: General Agents' Association rr,"iris Stewart Parnell, nnd until the of the Provident Life Insurance Com- iattcr.H death was the great Irish leader's ferWriffl cy. many )ear. Building Supply Men's Association. 0S? Ills quick grasp of events or moment and ability to write well on a large variety of subjects soon won him recog nition. Ho became assistant city editor, news editor, foreign editor nnd editorial writer, and remained with the paper un til It ceased publication. He then Joined Art Associations' Council Ready ' to Advise Mayor's Committee Tho ndvisory council of the Alt As sociations of Philadelphia will submit plans for a thiee-dny pageant as the feature, of the neaee Jubilee in Alav to tlie .Muors committee, on the celebra- i home, no lounti per tie.ni. tlon, of which Joseph K. Wldener is Mrs. Sprlgglns Is one of two women chairman. who committed suicide because of grief The plans were discussed and defi- over the deaths of daughters, nltely approved at a meeting of the l'n tho second anniversary of the council in the Sketch Club. In the nh- death of her only daughter. Helen. Mrs. sence of Wilson K)re, chairman of the John Davis, Jr., twenty-six years old, uncll, v, F. Grev, president of the went to tho grave of bor child In Green- hki-tch Club, presided. mong those who attended tho con ference vvcro Miss Violet Oakley, Jo seph Penncll, J. MacLuro Hamilton, Paul King, Charles Orally nnd II. 11. Fetter olf Tho art associations lepresentod In cluded the Sketch Club, tho Fellow ship of tho Pennsylvania Academy of thc Flno Arts, tho T-Squaro Club, tho Art Vlllance nnd tho American Institute nf Architects, under whose auspices the council was fornifd will receive the scat In the Senate which , d-nnitc cute mis ocei sec or c it was occupied for many )oirs by his celebration, which will be give u lis soon nator James i .mc- as mt iiu.te-o ucmj o u.u. n...v... .. GREETING FROM SPAIN "We Send You Our Best Glad ness," a Correspondent Writes rim Commercial Museum today re- t reived from n correspondent In Spain tno taff of the Public Ledger, and later i Found this greeting ior wiu nt: jeui. oceanic toreigu cunui oi uic.uuii.tinci- "Just we get know that has been can, jje returned to the Ledger Coin signed the peace, and with the hearth .,.,.. some timo ngo. full of gladlless we would say our big jjr, jojee can reel off a poem on most satisfaction by tho Allied cause, nnd I nn. BUbJect as quick as a wink and has moro than since tho U. S. A. nre under tl)8 comniendable trait of getting to the father, the late Senat Niehol. The city committee will convene after the legislator.-- have finished their business. ,.n. 1 ,1.4. flit.. ...til Via annin tltttA rilli. Inc the latter part of May. so that the necessities of life. festivities can culminate on Decoration Dav. mount Cemetery, Second and Bristol streets, nnd ended her llfo with a bullet through tlie heart. Mrs. Davis was found l)ing across tho grave by persons attending n funeral, and they notified cemetery guartls. Although she was hur-; lied to the Jewish Hospital, sho was' dead when the ambulance arrived. , Mrs. Sprlcglns killed herself by In haling gas from a tube attached to a I stove. She was found liy Patrolman ' Schroeck lying on tho floor near tin stove Her body, extremely emaciated Indicates that what funds she possessed if any, did not permit her to have the Voitr choice of stylf and fabric in UNDERDOWN'S SHIRTS $1.50 Each 1u nluiiiN thc Mnif- flnr fit nntl inrkmiiiilili In rry mum. rufT Attiirhrd nnd Ilrtiirhnl A. R. Underdown's Sons 202-204 Market St. Ktahllnhnl Mnre lS.ln S) st 'm 3 for $4 MAN MYSTERIOUSLY SHOT Bullet OPEN CAMPAIGN FOR JOBS Mr. Wllson'3 presldcnce, they get In. In pont qi,cuiy whenever ho talks or action, and we do not doubt our hapines I writes. He Is an authority on the ques vvere already done. tlon 0 European politics and economics "We send you our best gladness and , an(1 nn3 acquired nn enviable reputa take sincerely part with the straight ' tlon ng a writer ot contemporary Irish wishes must be amongst you, nnd ns a verge s-ample of It In our buildings rises your , . nation's flag beside of the ours lovely 1 n,lI)T nitncr Tlicnuninf land's one. lUya trW I DUUUL I JIOUllUftiAl "NOW wo Bliau in Stable With Wound in Back - Charles Grlffcnburg. 2900 13 street was found at Fifth and Butler streets today with a bullet wound In his back by two residents of tho neighborhood. Orlffenburg said he had been shot by a strange man nt Sixth street nnd Hunt- PET ROOSTER SAVES LIVES Timely Crow Today Warned Fam ily of Fire in Home see our best wishes commercial erected turning to trade can free with you. and hoping so, we sincerely remain, etc." BRITISH HERO TO SPEAK Six Strong Boats Fail to Free Stranded Transport After a fleet of six of tho strongest" tugs in tho harbor ha'd labored In vain on two Incoming tides to float tho American steamship TJIsondarl, which Is stuck In the mud at the lower end of Pea Patch Shoal above Fort Delaware, I tnw tugs gave up hip ihsic uiuii uiiier Lieutenant Walker "Will Tell of Zee. brroee Achievement itmthr hern nf the famous British H.i.a nml nn pnst wind et In to aid them. .,.! attnrlc nn Zcebrilgt'e Will be heard Tit.. KAt-tmiKness nf thn situation was PTiJl' Philadelphlans todny when Lleuten- made apparent by a report tnat unless fl nnt II T. C, Walker, of the royal navy, Bhe Is floated this morning the work of if will speak at tho exhibit of British lightering part of her cargo will be un- t' . . 1 l.l lnl,l r 4lvA I .1 lt.-. n ni nnnmrratu h iiciul uriii nt liio t iii-i i urn. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, j The TJIsondarl was bringing army and Lieutenant vvamer was in e-iuiiKe ui ., ( nuvy iiiutt'iiui to jHnuy int.,u uiiu tictu i in nboard the Vindictive and his left i on board eighteen olllcers and seventy' Shattered ny n eierniail eueii. enusieti ine, injureii lie tne itnint- in Three men were killed uy tne same mis- t juiy. iney naa ueen irnnsieireci to tne i . u .1 nit ma ninai inniinipm in iiih ii;i - itii: mil iiiiciii-iii uiiii nric nciiL Eiin crew injured. through this city to a New York hospital, ! Bureau for Discharged Service "Men Registering Applicants The entetlng wedge of nn Intensive nmiulin to reinstate returneil service men in places In civilian llfo will be rooster was awakened earlier than driven today at noon, when the booth nt usual by the smell of smoke He tho Liberty Statuo will be. formally emitted an excited crow which awakened opened for registration of proposed em- the cook. Sho ran upstairs and aroused plojcrs of BOldlers and sailors. Mr. and Mrs. Halkln. With their two n-t.n atntntv which hnn been tha in. children nil fled to the street in their .. --."-- ,,,., w..- ,., ,. i lt ...... ...".-'--.- ----- ---" -..... ... ....- - tor some nine uniiciiouiK nam ni l-uuis n so many stirring tiemonsirations clur- "min tiouieo. out to get a drink or water. lie was th0 last year, will bo n silent spec tator to nnotner patriotic rally to be given In connection with the opening of the bureau. Hnrold Stone, of Vv ashlngton, national superintendent of employment bureaus for dlSCIiargeu buiuicih mm Bailors, will Two Die in Old Ladies Home I be the principal speaker. Two need residents of the Old Ladles' i The labor situation will be thorough!) Home Wsslnonlng. Sirs. Amanda K. discussed later at a conference between Puff seventy Shi. and Margaret directors of the peace employment drive Brooks cUnty-nve. d ed yesterday. Mrs I committee and a group of shipbuilders Puff vvaa the widow off the late John I and manufacturers to be held at the em L. Puff. Both women will bo burled ployment headquarters in the Unance tomorrow. Building. lng Park avenue, nnd went to. a stable nearby. After remaining In Tlie stable sent to the Samaritan Hospital, ills condition is serious. The police nre look ing for a man who attempted to rob a house In the northeastern section of the city. The timely crow of a pet rooster saved the lives of several persons during a tire early today at the horn of Harry Halkln, 246 Race street. Fire started In tjio cellar and tile The youngsters held tho chicken while tho firemen fought the ldaze. t Is believed tho firo was started by an overheated stove. The loss was small. i i&n Tlie quality you litiTP nlwnys associated Ui liUman'n c and If In fquallr apparent In our luncheon servlc. Afternoon Ten Open in th eientno till eleven thirty far ttotla and for candid 1)16 CDeatnut St. ; gun ll EJIS XV of France turned Canada over to Great Britain, saying, contemptuously, "It's only a mass of snow." Unguessed opportuni ties! Has your business unguessed opportunities for development through Advertising? Confer with us! ." V Sherman & Bnta( ADVERTISING 79 &ifih 9henuo .HtBtfB&BUlliiK. y SilvcvsmiUis k(j B Sterling Silverware The Standard Gift of Excellence Water Pitchers Meat Platters Centre Pieces Business Hours-Nine to Five. J E Oldwell 8,. "SEWELERS SILVERSMITHS Diamonds Of Unusual Shape NAVETTE PEAR-SHAPE CUSHION EMERALD-CUT ARTISTIC MOUNTINGS OF PLATINUM AND SMALL BRILLIANTS It's the Character of thc Clothes that distinguishes this Great, Big, Comprehensive Annual Reduction Sale of Perry Winter Overcoats Perry Winter Suits The value of an Overcoat or of a Suit is in the Clothes themselves not in the price tickets put on them! - J That is the basic fact to keep in mind in an era of "sales." How did the clothes measure up from an intrinsic point of view in the first place? Were the fabrics right? Were they well cut and styled? Well and thoroughly tailored? Sewn to stand practical usage and Lined, trimmed and steady wear? finished with superior workmanship? f Our Overcoats and Suits this season are the finest we've ever made! Now their already low regular prices are substantially reduced! ' J For Comprehensiveness, take the Overcoats. Conservative Chesterfield Overcoats, box-back overcoats, Raglan-shoulder overcoats, single breasted overcoats with fly-fronts, button through fronts, velvet collars, cloth collars, Overcoats silk lined throughout, silk lined to waist, silk lined in shoulders and sleeves. Double-breasted Overcoats in close-fitting models, double-breasted Overcoats in loose fitting models, double-breasted Overcoats with back belts, with muff pockets, with big storm collars. Ulsters, Ulsterettes, Great Coats in the finest fabrics the mills can weave! C Comprehensiveness in the Suits. Regula tion sack-coat suits; two-button suits, three button Suits; straight-front suits, or with rounded corners. Silk-lined Suits, snug-waist Suits, welt-waist Suit models. Golf Suits with knickerbocker trousers a great, big Reduction Sale! OVERCOATS The finest $70 and $75 Overcoats are re duced! The finest $60 and $65 Overcoats are re duced! The finest $50 and $55 Overcoats are re duced ! The finest $10 and $45 Overcoats arc re duced ! Thc $30 and $35 Over coats arc reduced ! The $25 0 v e r c o a t s are reduced! Even the $20 Over coats are reduced! SUITS Thc Sixty-five-dollar Suits are reduced! The Fifty-five-dollar Suits are reduced! The finest $45 and $50 Suits are reduced! The $38 and $40 Suits arc reduced! Thc $30 and $35 Suits are reduced! The $25 and $28 Suits .arc reduced! Even the $20 are reduced! Suits Evening Dress Suits, Tuxedo Suits, Cutaway r f Coat Suits are reduced! '& Fur-lined, Fur-outside, Fur-collar, Sheepskin- lined and reversible leather and cloth Overcoats are reduced! Separate Trousers, Dress Vests, Fancy Vests, all-wool Vests, Corduroy and leather Vests, f are reduced I f A Great Big, Comprehensive Reduction Sale! PERRY & C0.,"n.b.t. . i l - v 16th & Chestnut Sts. V- j Jft." ,n., e.V-r t f i r" ,V a&J&6iL A, :&.Ai, iT-JiaiiMtt'lf--ll-''t ' '. , -.-liy-.-.-"'. Litig V c MJ.l : UJBUlF3
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