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DEFENSE GUARDS'
I TO CRUSH CRIME
HELPElA TO ROUTNCROWN PRINCE
','jGbinpany D Volunteers foj
$' Help Check Outlawry
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Shot in Hume by
Negro Intruder Looting
House
, Members ot Company D. IomDc-
rx fente ncscrvfs, today offered their
f. services to business men of WcM rhlla
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a, T aejpma o neip Dreai(s up mo uuuawry
'. will), jnnlniifl linntint,l (hrmiirhniif
Ji city,
The offer wns made as a result of
action taken by the reserves at n. meeting
iajt' nlfht.
rt' Tho move followed tho capturo by
,,-H.'l Nobft, n, member of the company.
,f of an armed negro, who created a dls
VtjlVbanco In a trolloy car at Sixty-fifth
K and Woodland avenuo.-. ,
) Nobel and other reserves were driying
r in the police station -when the conductor
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: 01 n uneBtnuL street car ran in 10 as
j,i lor" help. Two negroes, he saia, .were
'& creating a disturbance on the car. Nobel
? volunteered to go with the police to
. nrresi me negroes.
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x. 'us inllman Mitchell, of Chester. lie had
V. revolver. Mltchelt and his companion,
' I ' Seek 'rro Whs Shot Man
' The police today are searching for' a
, -negro who last nfght shot Herbert Butty, I
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DINE IN QLD CHATEAU
CROWNTRINCE QUIT
Major Median Writes of Cele
brating Armistice in Ar
gonnc Castle
After routing tho Crown Trlnco from
his headquarters In tho Chateau d'Kpols
ses In the Argonno Korcst sector on Oc
tober 22,, JIaJor Thomas F. Mcehan, 90!
Parragut Terrace, this city, celebrated
the armlstloo In that castle.
In a letter to his wife, dated Novem
ber 14, he writes: "Well, now, today
we had a real honest-to-goodneas dinner
to celebrate the victory all worked so
hard' to gain. There were Just flvo of
us at the lablo, In a castle that the
Crown Prince used as his headquarters.
."There wns General Strawberry.
Colonel McMillan, myself, and two nldes.
Here's what wo had. Itoast goose, ap
ple sauce, mashed potatoes, asparagus
on toast, glblct filling, bread, butter, cof
fe, Iloquefort cliccso, Jam, nuts and
raisins. Our cook was French chef
formerly at a hotel In Atlantic City.
It was tho best meal I had slnco leaving
home."
Major Mcehan was senior Major In
the First Pennsylvania Infantry when
the war broko out. He left Philadel
phia. In Soulember 1M7 In charge nf
the Southeastern district doing guard
duty. In April, 1918, he went over
seas with tho 109th Regiment.
His brother. Major Kdward J. Mce
han, Is with tho 109th Infantry of the
Iron Division and. had the rare honor
of leading tho ono battalion of the Twenty-eighth
Division which was solectcd
to represent Uio entlro command In a
review given to tho President by the
fiecond Army. "It looks now," ho writes
In a letlerJust rtcehed by his mother,"
Mrs. Mary A. Median. 1938 Hldee
nvenue. "as If the Twenty-elglilh Divi
sion will not havo to go Into Germany,
and wo may get homo In a few months.
Major r,dwartl J. Median was pom.
mandlng D. and II. companies when he
was wounded on July 17 and refused
to be evacuated until his command was
relieved thirty-six hours later. For
this ho received tho D. H. C. In August
ho was gassed, and was blind for seven
days.
SLUR BRINGS COURT-MARTIAL
Former 1'liiltulclpliinn Is Being
Tried in London
Charged' with having sent, letters
homo In which ho criticized tho British,
army and Its methods', Carlylo J. Hitch
nor, formerly n mechanical draftsman
of tho llaldwln Looomotlvo Works, Is
being tried by a llrltlsh court-martial
In I.ondoii. ,
Hltchner's father, to whom It Is said
most of tho letter were sent, Is a baker
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of Plttston. Fa. He has' slated tttat.tMTjM
may go to lsindon to Intercede for 'hW-jtli
son, as the defendant was granted;'',
postponement of tho trial to enable hl ,
to produce witnesses.
It Is believed that tho relcaso or Opt ',
soldier will turn on his ability to prov
American citizenship. Ho enlisted June, . a
1917, at the Urltlsh recruiting mles4e-
In this city. Tho defendant neciaren
that the papers purporting ui snow ne v-
Is a Urltlsh subject nre false, ana thC
his enlistment won Illegal. 1
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Chateau. d'EPOISSES Vtyor. EPWAPD-J. MIEHMI -
The v.iihuihii u r.ioi:us was tlis German Crown nii(us ueafKroarters
in the Argonno forest. Major Thomas F. Median, 902 Farragut terrace,
was in the force that routed the prince from the rattle, tlis hrothcr.
Major Edward' J. Mcehan, 1933 IUdgo avenue, vfas wounded and gassed '
in action. He received the D. S. C.
Matfson & DeMan$
H15 Chestnut Street'
Opposite Keith's Theatre
HEAR AT SON'S DEATHBED
O THER BO Y DIED IN FRANCE
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Mourning Loss of James R. plarston, a U. S. Marine, Parents Get
Cable From Bride of Henry IF. Marston, Jr., in the French
Navy, of His Death in Paris
twenty-one, of 921North'Elevcnth street,
after the netrro Aad entered his home.
iVButiry Is In the Children's Hospital with
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a gunsr.ot wound 01 the left stioulden.
,l tiaizy neara me lniruaer snoriiy aiier
,he had retired for tjie night. Graspu
. - . ictuiei. iio nctli uumiBltilia ituu
y grappled with the negro. In the tussle
tne negro wrencnea tne revolver rrom
,',-. his hands and shot putzy In tho shoul
der. Tne negro escaped, alter a cnase
by- Patrolman neddlclt, of the. Eighth
and Jefferson streets station, who heard
the shot.
Eighteen automobiles, (stolen during
tho last month and worth about $30,000
hare been recovered from the garage of
John Mohr, Mlllvllle, N. J., by Detectives
Beckman and Freund. AH the cars
had been so changed that they wero only
y. Identified by tne secret marks Known
? bOuiy in owners, ah 01 uieni uau ocen
'i' newly repainted and tho number of the
')". frames and engines scratched off. Mohr
N 'will be arralnged at Brldgeton on Tues-
1 Aneced Women Terrorlier Caught
;, .Relieved By the Ardmore uollce to be
if'.' jfii.youth who has been terrorizing Main
jVrr.Irie women for more than a week.
,.' Eugene Herman, seventeen years old.
.V.. 2UB North Eighth street will face seven
'S' womefl'a. a hearing In Ardmore today.
.V He was arrested at Ardmore Junction
yesterday, by Patrolman Jenkins, of Hav
f erford, as ho was about to hold up two
1 alleged. A'black
olver were found In
1t elderly women. It Is
, Jack and loaded revo
. hls'v"ftssesslon.
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According to the police the man con-
X fessed t having robbed Mrs. W. n.
"-,JBIeck, of Itoscmont on Monday aftcr-
.'fjnopn, taking her purse, containing $10;
T. to robbing Miss Ola Lanagan of Vo on
Tuesday and or attempting to rob. Miss
Elizabeth Bennct, of Haverford, on Wed
nesday In each case the- robber knocked
his victims down and made away with
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nri.f.'ntrlelcen over 'the death of their
elghtcen-ycar-old son, a marine. Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Ward Marston 8900 JVood
bine "avenue, wero handed a cablegram
telling vt the death of another son, a
sailor, as they wero leaving tho death
bed of the former. '
Jam'efr n. Marston, eighteen years old,
died yesterday In tho .Naval Hospital,
Washington. D. C. Henry ward mars
ton Jr., who cnnsicu in me rrcncii navy
beforo the declaration of war by the
United' States, uiea on reDruary - in
Parli; but word only reached his par
ents yesterday from his French widow,
whom ho married 'only recently,
Tho sens wero Inseparable companions
before the older ono felt called upon to
enlist to fight tho Germans, Rnd It seemed
to tho younger boy that tho tlmo would
never comu when he could Join his
brother In the fight for freedom.
Then the United States got Into the
war. James gave up. his chance to fight
by the side of his brother to battlo under
the flog of hls,own country, content In
tho knowledge; thatthey were fighting
for the same cause, ho In the ollvo
drab of the United States Marines ana
Henry In the blue of the French naval
aviation corps. (
Heartbroken over the deaths of their
sons, the father and mother aro stilt
proud In the knowledge that they died
for their country Just ap surely ns If
both had been mortally wounded under
the Stars and Stripes at Chateau-Thierry,
tho Argonno ood, or somo other blood
stained field mado Immortal by tho
prowess of American arms.
James died of pneumonia. The cause
of tho death of Henry Is not known by
his parents, the cablegram from his
widow not f giving" tho details. Tho
parents have never seen the young
widow of their dead son.
Inseparable In life, tho brothers nre
parted' In death, ono.body being Interred
In France and the other will flnd'Mts last
liriugh
their lovo
the Jovo thaf'ls hers th:
for their boy.
Henry was an accomplished vocalist.
Ho entered the French naval aviation
service about two years ago. He was
Injured 4n an accident somo tlmo ago,
and was transferred to tho department
of Interpretation at Paris- James, up
until the tlmo of his enlistment last
October, was a student at St. Luke's
School, Wayne.-
Funeral services for the latter will be
held at the Memorial Church of St. Paul,
Overbrook, at 11 o'clock tomorrow morn
PRAISE FOR U.S. HOSPITALS
Doctor Le Contc Says Institutions
in Franco Perfectly Equipped
Hospital activities overseas wero de
tailed by Dr. Robert O. Io Conte, In an
address at tho Church of St. I.uke
tho Epiphany, Thirteenth, near Spruce
street.
Tho American hospitals were perfect
ly cqulppekl," kald Doctor Le Conte, "and
nono In Europe had better facilities. Our
operating tables overseas .were mapped
by tho best surgeons In the country."
Doctor Lo Contc also told how on
November 1 last back of thn Argcnne,
he witnessed our troops ndvanco from
thirty-fire to fifty miles.
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For Tomorrow Only!
A Remarkable O fieri ng
New Spring Hats
of Satins and Straws
of Georgettes and Straws
$
5.00 & 7.50
in all the newest styles andjtiost popular colofs.
trimmed with ribbons, flowers, icings, fancy feathers
and ornaments.
ZZPurchasing Agents' Order Accepted:
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CHESTNUT AT .13 STREET
Will Close Out Saturday ::
M1SSE5' WINTER APPAREU
Entire 4th Floor "'
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES
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Reductions pf Yz to 2-ZOff
Regular Prices
175 Misoeo Coats, developed in chev
iots, zibeline, velour and winter weight
( coatings with full fur cpUara, :
18.00 ,'
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To Close Out
ACollection of Misses'
Daytime & Evening Frocks
Pomab 75.00 to 1 10.00 s
60.00
One or two of a kind in chiffon, lace,
silk, net, taffeta, silk duvetyn, velveteen
and velour. Some fur yimmed.
. Misses' Frocks
' Greatly Reduced
38.00
Various styles,
including some o
aeaion's smartest models.
f the
'Mason & DeMany
1115 CKestnut Street
(Opposite Keith's Theatre)
Our Annual Sale of Furs
at.
One-Half Off!
. The Greatest Value Giving Event s
We Have Ever Offered
Former Prices Are Given No-Consideration. Every Odd
and Small Lot Remaining: in Our Stocks Has Been
Radically Repriced to One-Half to Effect an
Immediate Clearance. While Actual
Cost to Us Is the Basis of Prices, in
All Instances the Markings Are
' Less Than Actual Cost
Purchases Will Be Reserved in Our Storage. Vaults Until Next Fall on
Payment of a Deposit. Payments to Be Continued
During the Spring and Summer '
Fur Scarfs
'1M
Fur Coats
f Regularly
(4) Marmot Coat ?99-00
(6) Marmot Coats. 125.00
(4) Muskrat Coats 140.00,
(3) Australian Seal CoaU..170.00
(4) Musltrat Coats 176.00
(4) Australian Seal Coats..l90.00
(3) Natural Nutria Coats.200.00
(2) Hudson Seal.Coats... 290.00
(6) Taupe Nutria Coats... 290.00
(2) Hudson Seal Coats... 330.0Q
(2) Hudson Seal Coats... 390.00
(1) Leopard Coat 450.00
(2) Natural Squirrel Coats.490.00
(11 Moleskin Coat 550.00
tlS Natural Mink ... ..690.00
Fur Sets ..
t ' Regularly Now
191 Nutria Sets $49.00 $24.50
(41 Natural Raccoon Sots. 49.00
(6) Gray Wolf Sets G5.00
(5) Hudson Seal Sets.... 05.00
(6) Black Fox Set 69.00
(7) Taupo Wolf Sets 75.00
(2) Pointed Fox Sets 99.00
(6) Black. Wolf Sets 100.00
(8) Skunk Sets1 120.00
Rl T.uhn Fox Sets 135.00
(2) Brown Fox Sets 135.00
1) Beaver Bet .-., J1-""
Black Lynx.5ets ii.u
Now
$49.50
62.50
69.50
84.50.
87.50
95.00
100.00'
145.B0
145.00
165.00
195.00
225.00
,245.00
275.00
345.00
4)
Natural Fiaher Set... 290.00
Hudson Bay sabio tei.oyu.w
24.50
32.50
32.50
340
37.50
49.50
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670
74.50
74.50
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Regularly Now
(3) Gray Wolf Scarfs $20.00 $10.00
(8) Brown Wolf Scarfs... 25.00 12.50
(4) Taupo Fox Scarfs.... 29.00 14.50
(4V Hudson Seal Scarfs.. 35.00 17.50
(3) Brown FoxScarfs... 39.00 19.50
Black ox scarfs 45,00 22.50
Taupe Fox Scarfs.... 49.00 24.50
Brown Fox Scarfs. I.. 49.00 24.50
(2)1 Nutria Stoles 99.00 49.50
(2) Cross Fox Scarfs.'.;. 99.00 49.50
(41 Hudson Seal Stoles... 99.00 49.50
(2) Black Lynx Scarfs... 125.00 62.50
"(2) Moleskin Stoles 180.00 63.00
(31. Natural Blue Fox.... 145.00 72.50
(IT Hudson Bay Sable.... 300.00, 150.00
(1) Silver Fox Scarf 490.00 245.00
Fur Muffs
Regularly Now.
Nutria Muffs $19.00 $9.50
Hudson Seal Muffs.. 29.00 14.50
(2) Natural Raccoon Muffs 29.00 "14.50
(8) Taupe or Brown. Wolf 49.00 24.50
(4). Mole WUIIS fcU.Ull 29.50
(6) Taupe or BrownxFox. 69.00 34.50
(.4) Skunk Muffs 69.00 34.50
(7)
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Coatees
' Regularly
(2) Nutria Coatees ..,.$179.50
(1) Moleskin Coatee..,. 230,00
(2) Hudson Seal Coateos 250.00
(1) Natural Squirrel ... 290.00
(1) Hudson Seal Coatco 380.00.
(1) Eastern Mink ..,.., 790.00
Now
JS9.50
115.00
125.00
145.00
165.00
395.00
STORE ORDERS
ACCEPTED
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923 MARKET STREET
A Day of Great
Bargains!
In nearly every instance your
dollar will do double duty on thia
big bargain clay and, most im
portant of all, only merchandise
that you want is offered at big
savings.
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Price of
vertWoman's flffsses
On Our Second Floor!
Make Your Selection and Then Deduct 25 Per Cent
in Cash From Our Already Greatly Reduced .Prices!
85 Silk Ser& Dresses H A
Early arrivals of our new spring styles at a decided special price. .Jim. t
WomeksZ HS SUITS $
Representing the greatest vulucs wc have ever offered.
you will ever buy.
Tho best values
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ISilk Poplin
Skirts
$0.00
$49.75 Genuine Fox Scarfs
A Wonderful Value, at
J..irgrc nnlirml thapo with cxira largo
burhy tail. Choice or taupo, I'olrct
or red.
fcond Floor
$
2500
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A nat model
with RatliprtU belt
anil tlilrred j-oke.
New isprlng slindeu.
STnl'.KT 1'I.OOK
New Georgette & Straw
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l rimmed nats $a.69
Values Up to $5.00, at
3
I'riccd crcatly below regular. Made of
caterpillar straw and silk Georgette com
bined and trimmed with silk ribbons and pretty spring
flowers. Colors aro brown, taupe, licnnn, navy blue, pekin
and white and black.
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B -00 and $600 Silk Georgette
Waists $Q.75
In Hand-Embroidered and Tt
Beaded, Styles F
A special purchase mado for this impor
tant bargain day makes this low price
possible. Dozens of styles of charming beaded
fronts, lace or embroidery trimmed. Round
or V necks, white, flesh and suit shades.
All sizes.
stui:i:t ri.ooii
Women's Silk & Serge Spring Dresses
r . l tr C i r r..
mcea very jpecim ior wnc uj- p - -,
ill brand-new frocks showing very latest trimming iouci es JJI.W IVol t0
Silk or Batiste
Envelope
Chemise
or Nainsook
Night
Gowns
$1.29
l.argn variety ot
Ihoo und omlirold
cry trimmed styles.
Flowered
Sateen
Petticoats
$1.00
Silk Camisoles
or White Muslin
Chemise
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taffetas, poplins, fieorgette'ercpes, crepes do chine and rich satins.
All the new colorings. ,
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Savings of One-Half and More on
Women's & Misses' Coats
5-" - 7 -10 - 1298
Every coat in this group is worth fully double our special
price. All full length, large-collar coats; some with collars
of fur. kado of kerseys, velours, cheviots and neat mixtures.
A Special Group of
Women's Suits
Reduced
Every ono worth
double and more.
Choice of all-wool
serges and poplins
in neatly trimmed
and tailored styles.
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roys, ne.at woolen mixtures and chevioU. Coata that will do spl
spring wear'. All sizes from 8 to 14 years.
$Q75
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Children's $1 Wash ,
Dresses, at
Girls' $3 Gingham Dresses
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