Trtfrf j 1 'EVENING PUBLIC LEDGErt PHILADELPHIA, MOXDAT, lEttUl'ARr l's' mm u li If. x IW r . l If y i' W r f 6-.: ij li ib " l.i ? ' li, p -7 WHRTlHJIBIF AH f I ('aait' fraaaaPaSr fS. aaaaaaaaaaaaaWaaaaalaaaaaaaaaiaail ,cifW lLaaaBBBBBBBBaH BIG STARS TO LIGHT ACTORS' FUND SHOW Principals in Leading Attrac tions Billed for Benefit Matinee Next Friday The. annual Philadelphia beneflffor the. Actors Fund of America will take placo next Friday afternoon at the For rest Theatre, So lone Is tho bill of Important offer ings to be. presented by the players who tia.ro volunteered their services to aid this organized philanthropy for their fellows tn distress that the' curtain will bo runs up atU:45 o'clock promptly In order to brine the scheduled program to a successful conclusion beforo dark. Principals and features from all (he theatres of tho city will appear on the Impressive bill, and their offerings will bo supplemented by tho contributions of . number of players from New York. Tho benefit l.re Is given under the auspices of a, committee of local the atrical managers, comprising Leonard A. Blumberg, Samuel V. JZ Nlrdllnger, Wal ter Leslie, Frank N'lrdllnger, Joseph C. Dougherty, W. Dayton Wegefart, Alfred Iloegcrle, Georgo Mctzel, M. W, Taylor, Charles O'Halloran, II. A. Smith. A. Sablowsky, John McGpIrk, W. B. Sloan, .T. F. Walsh, J, M. Cohen, Ferdinand Block, Samuel Lewis; honorary chair man, J, Fred Zimmerman ; chairman, Thomas M. Love. Tl e stago will he un der tho direction of Harry Jordan and Fred O. Nlxon-Nlrdllnger. Tho Actors' Fund annually dispenses a budget of $75,000 for tho benefit of needy and destitute actors. It conducts the Actors' Homo on Long Island and relieves an averago of mora than 100 cases of distress weekly among Stage folk. , 15 MONTHS AS WAR NURSE Miss Hannah Hobart Returns After Hospital Service in France After fifteen months' service as a nd Cross nursb In a military hospital at tho front. Miss Hannah Hobart, daughter of Mrs. Charles Wheeler, Jr., has returned to her home. Camp Run Farm, Vlllanova. She arrived In New York last week on board tho liner Itochambeajtf; Miss Hobart, before going to France, took a three months' training course at tho Y. W. C. A. In New York as a nurse's aid. In 1917, and spent the fol lowing summer as a nurse in tho sani tarium of her uncle. Dr. Henry Norris, at Rutherfordton, S. C. She speaks French fluently and therefore was espe cially useful In handling tho cases of wounded French soldiers In tho hospital where she was stationed. Misa Hobart is well known in Phlla , delphla society, having made her debut In 1916 at a tea gien by her step grandmother, Mrs. Charles Wheeler, at Pembroke, Bryn Slawr. Through her Wheeler connection, Miss Hobart Is re lated to the Elliott, Thayer and Norris families and the family of the Countess Pappcnhelm, whose engagement to Count Itaben of Denmark was recently announced. CHANCE FOR TIPPLER Government Is 'Looking for Aid in Division of "Reptiles The fellow who has spent most of his life sampling various grades of liquor now has a chance for -a job with Uncle Sam when tho country goes dry. The government wants an aid In tho division of reptiles. Therefore the man who Is acquainted with the vagaries of mldnlghtvsnakes and indigo crocodiles may have an opportunity. Even the Individual who has fought with pink camels and lavender elephants will ret a chance, for it ls"dlstlnctly stated, tn announcing qualifications, that tne applicant snouiu do verscu in .system atic zoology. The official reptile aid, at $1200 a year, will be obliged to classify and de termine .specimens. The fellow whoso experience was gained through Internal baths may find thlB difficult. Very often they have been obliged to-face nil kinds of animals at once without knowing from whence they came. Examinations will tako place on March 13. CAN'T ENFORCE -PEACE Rev. Dr. David M. Steele Calls League of Nations Nonsense Talk of a league of nations to enforce peace Is all sentimental nonsense, ac scordlng to the Rev. Dr. David M. Steele, rector of the Church of St. Luke and the Epiphany, Thirteenth street below Locust, who spokef on 'The Church and the World" at a special prayer and praise service at his church yesterday. "It Is just as Impossible to enforce peace as It is to entorceTlove," said Doc tor Steele. "No league ot nations can accomplish such a thing, and it la Just sentimental nonsense 'to talk of It" ' Good Time to Change Those Stairs DUTCH HALL Or any stylev Estimate. SnedakerCo.9tk&TiotaSt. rOOT AND LIMB TBOUBtKS . InaUntly rUvA by our .pacta! ojprt. fltttd and, laJuttd by uptrts. Oar H 1m KU.tl. HaaStr th. noai conueriBD support, for vr. coa. vslas. swollen, limb. w.ak knots nd ankle. . . w 9 U HtKJi, Uwil, s- 1 aBBBBB I r2aass,rsK- ELWOOD K. YOUNG Son of William II, Young, of 21 West .Stiles avenue, Collinjtjuood, N. J., after being badly wounded in France and recovering, contracted pneumonia and died. He va a member of the llltli Mariiine-Gtm Battalion, Twenty-ninth Division PNEUMONIA KILLS HERO Collingswood, N. J., Boy Contracts Dis ease After. Recovery From Wound 1-lwood IC Young, twenty years old, a son of William H. Young. 21 Went Stiles avenue, Colllngswocd, N. J., after being badly wounded in France and re covering, contracted "Jineumonla two days after lealng the hospital and died. Details ot his death were receUcd by his mother a few days ngo from a friend of tho boy. Although he had .v Blight defect which precnted him from enlisting on four trials at the Third Regiment Armory, Camden, his applica tion was accepted on tho fifth trial, and he was taken Into tho old New Jersey National Guards July 25, 1917, and went across June 14, 191S. He was a mem ber of Company B, 111th Machlne-Gun Battalion. Fifty-seventh Brigade, Twen- ty-nintn unisicn. ANOTHER UNIT ORDERED HOME 103d Trench Mortar Battery Is Expected Soon Information has been rcccUed here In a letter from a member of tho 10Id Trench Mortar Battery, Cap tain Ralph Knowles, that tho battery had been ordered on January 17. to "clean up" and prepare to go home. The command had been In Belgium, de tached from tho Twenty-eighth Division, of which it Is a part, and had been or dered to report to General Mulr. The 103d Trench Battery contains a nt'mber of former members of tho First City Troop GLOUCESTER MAN GASSED Clifford It. Emons Had Narrow Escapes Trom Death in War Clifford R. Emons, twenty-live ears old, who lived with his parents at 14 North Sussex street, Gloucester, when he enlisted In tne old Tnird Regiment, Camden, was gassed and wounded dur ing the last month of tho war. i This information was contained in a letter received by his mother. Mrs. Wil liam Emons. In his lcr Emons says I he was gassed and burned, but is rapidlv recovering. Tho mother has also learned that on another occasion her son had his gun shot out of his hand, but escaped , I J nn1 that nesi Ans. )AAVi Vn' 4fio I rafter several comrades and-himself left i a sneiinoie, a sneu ianaea in tne noie and tore his blanket and other articles Into shreds. Judge William H. Ruppel Someriet, Fa.. Feb. 3. Judge William II. Kuppel, ot Somerset County, died at his home here Saturday night, after a long Illness. His term would have ex pired in 1922. Judge Ruppel was a Democrat and personally a temperance advocate. On the bench he administered thei liquor license law with severe re strictions. EXPERIENCED BRAZILIAN. man wtahts (o set In touch with an eitablltbed exporting firm offertor permanent potltlon for traveler or rcpreoenUUre for tho Ilrailllanf terri tory. Vt III tnrntib roferrnoM. r Box o, O StS, ledger Offire. 20 Dozen Unclaimed Made-to-order FULL-DRESS SHIRTS at Half Price Sizes 13 Vj to 19H' ESHLEMAN & CRAIG CO. 1304 Walnut St. . votiR DZVELOMNG'PRINTINS EHLAKBEMENT3" inn oanrPKirw STATIONERY f MaTMUGOOU fl I FommiMPMS i I nimDrlCTWBUI VALENTIN AND OTHER GREETING CARDS 8IZ CHESTNOTST. 812 Thertfs Comfort and Freedom in UNDERDOWN'S SHIRTS $1.50 Each Boeaate tboy are eat anf al a avlaraki aallafaail.. Extra fine quality and workmanthtp ihroanout. Caffs Attach aaa Patackod A. R. Uwkriowii'f Sobs 3ftrH Mftifedt . CONFISCATED WEAPON ENDANGERS POLICEMEN Explodes in Station House After Owner Is Held for In cstigatioii Two policemen narrowlv escaped be- Ing chot today, following the explosion of a cartrldgo In tho hidden reserve chamber of revolver. a speclal-mako automatic The weapon had been taKen from Walter J. Carpowlcz. of Proldencc, R. I., and wa being exhibited at tho Bel grade and Clearfield streets police sta tion, whero Carpowlcz had a hearing. The man was held In $3000 ball for a further, hearing next -Monday. Carpowlcz was arrested by Patrolmen Dccean. Kclley and Bedln, after Mrs Mary Polls, 3262 Cedar street, peeped thrpugh a keyhole of hli room and saw him cleaning jho reolver. Later, at tho hearing, whllo the weapon whi being exhibited as evidence, tho cartridge In the secret chamber was dlbchargsd. The bullet Hew across tho room and missed Kelley and Deegan by inches. Carpowlcz, nho told the police he is a traveling salcman, obtained lodgings yesterday at Mrs. Pollls's house. She be came susp'clous of his actions. When sno paw him cleaning tho automatic re volver, she notified the police. Ilia ar rcBt followed. With the reolvcr he had fifty extra shells. Tho police also found In the man's room, two bank booka showing deposits under two different names. in Baltimore banks. Detectives of Baltimore nnd Washington hao been notified. They will investigate Carpowlcz's record In connection with several robberies nnd murders In those cities. Tho prisoner Is at Central Station. CAMDEN PATROL DRIVER HURT Man Injured When Vehicle and Trolley Collide One man was injured and beveral passengers badly shaken up today in a collision between an castbound trollev car and a pollco patrol nt Broadway and ChcBtnut street, Camden. Tho man Injured was William Bryant, driver of the patrol. Ho was thrown several feet when the wagon was over turned and received painful injuries Bryant was taken to tho Cooper Hos pital. Several windows vt tho car wcro broken. February Grand Jury Sworn in The February Grand Jurors wero swotn In today by Court Crier Levi Hart before Judge McCormlck, of Elk County, substituting In Quarter Sessions Court No. 1, Stephen Davis, clerk, 1G21 South Nineteenth street, was appointed fore man of tho body, BANKSsBiddu, fi. Announces a Special .Saje Beg inning Monday February Third Lamjjs Vases Mahogany Substantial WAR CHEST Eighth Payment , Due February the First More 2,000,000 American Still in the Service , WAR WELFARE COUNCIL a. 40 Ckettawt HOME DEFENSE MAY AID POLICE Business Men to Suggest That Reserves Help to End Robberies THIEVES STILL ACTIVE Hold Up Sailor for Thirteenth 1 , rinic and Burglarize HnilROq ' I'ee of the Home Defense Reserves to atditho police In checking frequent hold up"! and robberies will bo suggested to representatives of eleven business men's organizations at a mectlne this after nocn in the ofTlco of Hdnard V. Noppcl, president of tho Cnlled Business Men's Association, 1015 Arch street. ' It seems to me tho uso of the re set ves Is tho only fcaslblo plan at the present time to help tho pollco in check ing tho robberli and holdups," Mr.' Nop pcl said, , He added that, wIe the meeting was not called primarily for tho purpose of discussing crime,' ho would bring the matter to the attention ot tho commlttco so that the representatives could carry it rack to their arlous organizations. 'It In getting so that It Is a rather risky thing to go homo lato at night, and the crime Is by no means confined to one district or enacted nt any set hour." said Mr. Noppel. "It Is widespread and seemsi most prevalent In the more respectable ' puiuumui iranij, twine u uoes Feem no was Homing n confcrcnco when a rather hard on the oluntccr pollc to I shell struck nearby. Two or thrco of call them out to' patrol at night, ncver-ltho officer's went Into a dugout, but he thcless I feel confident they will be glad I called them out nnd tho conference went to aid In this situation. Tho police arc' on It's a wonder ho camo out alive" doing all In their power, but it Is noti cnougn. ItoniiJ-up ot No Avail "I awaited with interest the result of their round-up tho otfrer evening, but that does not seem to have had much of a deterrent effect Inasmuch as wo have a trained force of men who have not yet been brought Into play, I think this will bo the next step to bo taken In an effort to purge our city of these criminals." Thieves continue their activities de spite tho efforts of the pollco to check them. Several robberies and hold-ups wcro reported to tho pollco today Held up and robbed thirteen times at Delaware avenue and South street hi ueiawaro avenue aim noutli street,!, , , , , " ' "' """ during the last eight months, Tlmothyi a V-" han l,ccl1 convalescing In a .. . .. ... ' li'mA ImatiUal In l...nl.lH.i. .-. .. Callahan, a sailor on the dredge Pela ware, received Injuries from the thieves on the last occasion, which may result fatally. Callahan Is In tho Pennsylvania Hospital with a fractured skull, dislo cated bhoulder and probable Internal Injuries. streets station that two men, one with a revolver, held him up early yesterday morning while he was returning to the dredge. sWhcn ho resisted they beat him and secured $70 from his pocket. Callahan said ho has been held up at the same spot on twelve other occasions, 'accompanied by her daughter. Miss Mar The Police failed to mako anv- Inves- I Fa"L.?f J'"' 3-5.V1."1??" Rr.-iauate, who The police failed to mako any Inves tigation until twelve hours after thieves ransacked his home and obtained $350 worth of Liberty Bonds and $250 worth of Jewelry, according to J. M. Zlnman, of 6232 Chestnut street. Zlnman said that ho and his wife re turned homo from a theatre about 12:15 a. m. on Saturday and discovered the theft. He wont to the telephone tmd attempted to notify tho pollco of the Fifty-fifth aod Pino streets station. Told to Walt Till Morning- "It was peccssary for mo to uso the electrical bureau wires," said Zlnman, "because the house sergeant, at tho sta tion made no reply to my phono mes sage. When I reached him through the electrical bureau wire, I told him of tho theft. Ho replied, 'Wo will attend to that in tho morning." " "At noon, Saturday, an acting detcc tlve arrived and made a superficial ex amination. "Why, this ciook must have been a high roller, look at tho choice brand of cigarettes ho smoked,' ho said, pointing to a number of cigarette butts lying on tho floor. Ho made no further comment and walked away. Slnco then I have learned that nothing further was dono In tho matter, not even to call tho attention ot Q) Bronzes Porcelaines Novelties Reductions Than Soldiers and Sailors Sfrt, PMti.elphi BaiWi? th0 dcucUm ' clly;UNDERSEAS MOTHER Alio oia RHj'inir nuout -one soocl turn l deserves another" iloos not npply In tho crbo of Kdn-ard Harris, twenty-dent, of I 933 North Darlen Direct Ilnrrls forced an entrance tn tho home of liln next door nclRhbor, Charles Washington, last nljrht, Attempted to roll the bus nielcr, accordlnu to tlio police, llo discon nected the meter and ns overcome by tho pns. Washington detected tho odor and found Ilnrrls unconscious. Ho una sent to the Children's 1 Ionic opnthlc Hos pital and retired and then turned oxer to tho police. He will be given a hear ing today. SOLDIERS Rm.SHF.VISM F.NF.MY r, , . c ZT. ::,... , Chaplain Says J hcv Will He But- w,rk of Nation's Strength Poldkrs returning from rrnnco will constitute tho real strenRth of the nation" o combat Bolshevism and Internal strife, according to Chaplain Major Frederick W. Ileekman. of Bethlehem, rector of the Holv Triniiv Church nf Paris, where President and Mrs, WlWnn , UAr,hfn.l f.. t......- ...I ji , .,.. ! -. vi n,ii,,t:u in riiunc turn uiruciur Ol UIQ American Soldiers' nnd Sailors' Homo In that city and In Tours Ch.iplnln Beekman, who twice went up to tho Twenty-eighth (Iron) Division with cigarettes and chocolates during engagements, Is here on a three weeks' furlough. He speaks in tho highest terms of tho American soldiers. "Tho men who nro comlnir back to I us will constitute tho real strength ofl1"'"' tho nation," ha said. 'They will lead, sanely and wisely, tho progress of th future ahead of us. They have had the chnnco to compare America with other countries, Jo the tatter's disfavor. They have seen alike the harm nnd the dc structlveness of Bolshevism, nnd tht danger and harm of unpreparedncss, and they will have none of them "I was received by General Mulr, who mm a nauu or laKing a rifle hlmclf and going out to shoot (!irmn, ho said "Ho Is a flerco fighter, but fighting once done, a kindly and generous man. Once PAIN OF WOUNDS RETURNS New Jersey Soldier Forced to Go to Hospital Here Wounds which Private John Dawson twenty-seven years old, ot Elizabeth. N, J received In the engagements In the Toul sector nnd at Chateau Thierry cnuscu mm sucn pain wlillcf lie was vls I Itlng this city jesterday that he was forced to go to the Pennsjlv; ftiU Hos pital for treatment. Privato Dawson arrived from over- I SPAN inVPml UAuha ur- nn.l .n ....til base hospital In Washington, D. C The ! wildlcr will bo returned to tho Wash ington hospital as soon as ho regains enough strength to endure the trip. To Investigate Y. W. C. A. in China Mrs. Wllllnm Boyd, of Merlon, a mem ber of tho Hast Central field committee of the national board of the Young Women's Christian Association, has been ii.iuicu u.i n. I'l.iiiiuivt- 10 investigate V W C. A. conditions In China. .Mrs. Boyd who -win leave. lata th's month ,, in i, nas uiTii L-inmoycu in me school of So cial Sen Ice, Thirteenth nnd Pino streets. J E-(LDYVELLSf. silverware of Distinctive Attribute DEsvjf i That Will Lose None Of Their Artistic Charm Through The Intimacy Of Constant Association; Quality That Will Withstand The Rigors Of Daily use For Generations. TEA, DINNER AND DESSERT SETS, KNIVES, FORKS, SPOONS AND SERVERS. jSlEDERMAN TODAY WILL BEGIN TO SELL $50,000 Over-Stock Men's iind Women's Shoes THE VERY FINEST STYLES AND VALUES OF THIS SEASON WHICH WE HAVE SOLD AT 8.00 T0 15.00 $490 Now When you look at these shoes and compare other "sale offerings" with them you will wonder how we can afford to sell them at such ridiculous prices. We can not, but do it to induce you to get ac quainted with our exclusive shoes and reduce our stocks at once. Do you know shoe values? This is your chance to prove it and gain these unheard-of savings. No Mail SlEDERMAN SHIP REACHES PORT Htislincll at League Islund' After Caring for L. S. Sub- marines in War i The Bushtifll, mother-ship of a sub marine flotilla, will reach League Iflnnd today about tho same time that foui ilcstrojers lcao the nay ard for nunntnnnmo. Tuba, to tako part In a great naval game Tim mother-ship Bushnell. after a ;i ear's scrWce In foreign water" first went to Newport News, ind after "lay ing to" there for n short I line headed for this port. Fcn American subma rines that had been "mothered by the Ilushnell aro already lying In the shel- 'ered basin at l,enguo Island TltA fail, enmilv ,1 f t t rnVo rt Tho four speidy destroyers that will slip nwny from here today for the Cuban pnrt are the Cummlngs, the Ammen. the McCall nnd tho Burroughs Tho N'avy Department has planned a great naval gamn for tho near future Super dreadnoughts, cruisers, dcstroer nnd submarines will cngago In grc.if "bat tles" designed to test theories developed In tho few real naval engagements of Tho four destrocis .it the naval games will help to form a cordon about the capital ships nnd protect tho big vessels from "enemj ' submarines t'n derwatcr lighters that for many months hno been grafiplltig with Hun t' -boats will try and slip past the cordon, and. for the benefit of referees, "attai'K" the capital ships. When the mother-ship Itu-hnHI reaches hero she will undergo repairs, and then act as headquarters' ship for submarines. A recent arrival hero "Ik the mine-layer Saranac. This ship's personnel num bers about 400 officers and men. One half of tho crew tonight will attend tho opening performance of "Oh. Look" nt tlio Shubcrt Theatre, tho other half going In a body tomorrow night Pen and Pencil Club Election Tho nnnual meeting of tho Pen and Pencil Club was held this afternoon In tho clubhouse. TIik polls wilt closo nt 7 o'clock this evening MATTRESSES RENOVATED nit. iir.ns itKt.xcqiiKiii.n ditaraliti''-' nniHl tn new 1 rathers Mir-lllri-d and maili mtn mattrcasoa Hoi uprlnga rrur-hnintrrpil At sir, iii.MivATnit Htund and V iililnctnu Avrnn Til Iimbiiril 1703 Send postal -fiMAMtn dollvrrv everyw heri- mhwm T TNCLE SAM used ad- vertising to good advantage during the war. Why not take an example from your own government? HERBERT M. MORRIS Advertising Agency Every Phase of Satet Promotion 400 Chestnut Street Philadelphia JEWULEKS SILVERSMITHS $fi90 $90 Orders 930 Chestnut 39 S. 8th 203 N. 8th CL It started this Monday Morning at 9 o'clock, the Big SpeciaL Drive of the season on our Finest, Higher-priced Overcoats, our Finest, Higher-priced Suits at their Final Special Prices of the year ! CE. We will close out our finest $75 and $85 Overcoats at $60, $65, $70; our finest $65 and $70 Overcoats at $50, $55, $60; our finest $55 and $60 Overcoats at $42. $45, $48; our fine $45 and $50 Overcoats at $6, $38, $40; our fine $35 and $40 Overcoats at $24, $26, $28, $30; and our $28 and $30 Over coats at $22. CWe will close out our finest $50 and $60 Suits at $40, $45, $50; our finest $45 and $50. Suits at $32, $35, $38, $40; our $35 and $40 Suits at $24, $28, 332, $34; our $28 and $30 Suits at $20 and $22! These are the finest Clothes we sell and that means the finest that can be made. They are the higher-priced Overcoats, the higher-priced knits of a season's stocks that were high grade all through. At their original prices, they are tHfc finest values in sight for some time to come. J Every Overcoat and every Suit in this Special Drive sold in duplicates all dur ing the regular season at the prices from which they are now reduced. We have put no inferential values on them. I Their purchase at these final special prices is an economy; their possession even at final regular prices, a reason, for pride. The original prices were $28 & f$0 to .$60 for Suits $28 & $30 to $85 for Overcoats In this Special Drive SUITS $28 & $30 Suits. . . $20, $22 $35 &.$40 Suits. $24, $28, $32, $34 $45 & $50 Suits. $32, $35, $38, $40 $55 & $60 Suits $40, $45, $50 OVERCOATS & $30 & $40 & $50 & $60 &$70 $35 $45 $55 $65 $75 & FUR-COLLAR $75 Fur-collar Coats $65 Fur-collar Coats $60 Fur-collar Coats Final Reductions on Perry & ly-a.1. o -.I lQUi x uiieuiui ois. Overcoats $22 Overcoats. .$24, $26, $30 Overcoats. .$36, $38, $40 Overcoats. .$42, $45, $48 Overcoats. .$50, $55, $60 Overcoats. .$60, $65, $70 OVERCOATS" for $55.00 for $45.00 for. .'. . . v $40.00 these finest clothes t Co. an. b. - CU. -:iS -M i ) j ji ;& W e.j i JCl l M i is j: , v." ' 1 i H k z-c&w w- ! M-.. .. 1 m an 1 1 t i lp &N S'i"Sii vS" -V r
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