.K EVENING' PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, JD19 V & w IH R r V "DRY" LEADERS EXPECT VICTORY Declare Final Ratification of Amendment Will . Pass Tomorrow '31 ADHERENTS CLAIMED Highway Bills Expected to Be in Governor's Hand This Week OFFICERS OF THE "LAST MAN'S CLUB" llnrrl.bnrr. Feb. 21. Thr rcenlmlnn ratifying the prohibition Amendment to the federal ronntltutlon on the part of Pennsylvania will bo finally disposed of In the, General Asscmlily tomorrow, ac cording lo predictions mado nt the cap!, tftl today. Tho resolution, on which a hearing wrs held last Tuesday, Is on llio fetiate Seconrl-readlnit calendar tor tonight and the plan Is to take It up finally tomor row. Claims of nt least thirty-one votis faorah!e to It hafl been made and It they are substantiated the resolution will ba ratified, with votes to spare. The Sproul administration highway bills. coerlng both reorganization of the State Highway Department and the appropriations, will be tho main objects of Interest In tho House and will reach the Qoernor's desk by tlio nil of the week In all probability. Tho enabling legislation for Issuance of bonds for road building under thb constitutional amendment will bo Introduced this week. Many bills are expected to appear In both houses, as members havo been busy at the legislative reference bureau. Somo of tho administration bills relatle to departments may aUo bo presented. The first two bills reorganizing departments, affecting the executive and state, will reach tho Governor tomorrow. The bill providing for two additional Judges In Allegheny County Is before tho Gov ernor. Speaker Robert R Spangler will re new his urglngs to chairmen of commit tees to expedite work on bills so that . they will bo out of the way when tho departmental nnd appropriation bills ap pear, and 'a number of committees wilt . be called for meetings today and tomor row. Arrangements for henrlngs on military training, teachers' salaries nnd other bills will bo made. Both branches will meet tonight at 9 o'clock. The Senato has eight bills before It, Including pome emer gency appropriation measures and the Bnldwln municipal lien bills. Tho House has more than forty, twcnty-flvo being on second reading. The eschent law amendments" are on third reading, while the Ncary firearms bill Is on tho post poned calendar. Tuesday special elections will bo held In Delaware-and Dauphin Counties for election of Senators to fill vacancies. Ml ' :LHHIIIIV;... witi m: ! Hll LiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiixK aBBBaaB ' Jt i KV LHtBLLFaLLH i BEAT INFLUENZA ON BATTLE FRONT Philadelphia Physician De scribes Fight on Plague in Trenches KEPT RIGID QUARANTINE All Showing Signs of Infection W ere ivomovci Eight! ii 1 From Area Heroic steps taken to preent the m Mislon of tho front-lino trenches bv In (luenra were described today by Lieu tenant James n. Hean, 4317 North fif teenth street, who nrrled homo from Franco on tho battleship Kanas. Lieutenant Itean wns head of the mn. URGES JOBS, NOT CHEERS t'leniiis More IntcrcMrd in I'll line, Sm Lictitriuint Sno Going nxerfoan on rriili-lies with n broken leg, to light tho Uf minus, ehow.i truo Atnirtcnn spirit. i i i tiih s wiiat i-i-"-ii Lieutenant Michael Saxe, Just returned to his home. 1.i2( North lllglitb1 street, did when h left for Kr.inoo, July I. lust Shxi' leg was liroKen during a re heiirral of n trench raid at t'ntiip Wailsworth, S. f' Lieutenant Hnn whs In the base hipllal when lie MlfHAI'.L.sAXi: leariiMi inni us f mim'iii. in" ii ii it Infantry, was going owrsens. The doc tors refused his pleas to go, as Ills leg was not healed, but h" iiKsiirnl tliein that lie would run away with his regi ment If they wouldn't let him go uir doctor became his friend and Jut liflein minutes befure tlio trucks pullid out for the train obtained his releao In tho Vusecs Mountains Lleuten.mt , mii' got tun tlrst instn ir gas. ii still In th 1kiiHii1, but IniprnWtig Today. dlciisslng receptions to te- turnul sMdlerc, Lieutenant Saxe .nd. BUSINESS MEN SLOW EMPLOYING SOLDIERS Mf 1 T Employment Agent Declares Only Fifty Per Cent Can Be Placed W olllcers would bn far nioru Intir bllo hospital at St. Algnnn and directed esteil In heei'ng that tho public really i',r;s'iiSi!.j.vc.vttrMSK -.VwvG)WAiulfl. t the left is C. F. Cramlicli, sixty-four years of age. prcMilenl of llie "I.att AtsuV Chili.' MJEJl?8WiS&S'tfMfc&5at III the: renter U Captain INirholas Uafgf, ciKlily-live years, rhaplain; at llie right is t.corgo afliiii(tlon Ward, feientj-lic jear, erre tary. Tho "I.at Man's Club," the nnmn applied to the Second I,ennslania Heavy Artillery, veterans of the Civil War, held its annual meeting on Washington's Ilirtlulay at the Grand Army of the Republic headquarter, 1523 Arch street. The organization was formed in IB3T and numbered 500 men. Eighty members answered the rollcall on Saturday RUM SELLERS AND USERS RUSH TO ESCAPE NEW TAX Saloon Men and Consumers Here. Purchasing Heavily to Escape Levy Which Goes Into Effect at Miilnight of Day President I Signs New $6,000,000,000 Revenue Bill Tho Senate may havo Its mind on tho to the consumer. Tho brewers and dls BOARD TO SUPERVISE ' ALL PUBLIC BUILDINGS llarrltbnrr. Feb. 24. A bill probably will bo Introduced soon In the Legisla ture providing a plan of administering the State Board of Public Grounds and nulldlngn so It will have charge of all construction work and supplies for stato offices and Institutions. The board Is headed by the Governor, with the Auditor General and State Treasurer as the other mcmberR and the superintendent of public grounds and buildings an Its executive officer. The proposed bill will create new bureaus Jn the Department of Publlo Grounds and Buildings with the chiefs subordinate to the superintendent, who will be accountable to the Goernor. The purchase of supplies will bo btand ardlzed and on bureau will attend to their purchase j another will havechargo of the state properly and construction work such as now buildings and stnto bridges. A state architect, a state en gineer and a superintendent of construc tion would be connected with tho reor ganized department. This force would have charge of the Capitol Park depart ment, the construction of new buildings, the erection of the Camden bridge and other state works. The bill would also relieve tho Gov ernor of auditing the many bills that now come to him through thn board, and as a member of the board hln duties would assist largely In approving contracts. leaguo of nations more than oer now that President Wilson Is home, but Mr. Wilson's arrlvnl has turned the thoughts of liquor sellers and liquor consumers to the proposition of accumulating a large supply beforo tho nation's Chief Kxecu tlve signs the new ?,OO0,O0O,O0O reve nue bill. The President may sign tho bill today. Thoso who are Interested III liquor from a buslneP viewpoint nnd thoye who nre Interested merely as patrons aro hoping ho wll! not get around to It until to morrow. If at all. Today there Is an unprecedented rush to "get In under tho wire" of tho In creased liquor nnd beer taxes. Saloons started early to pour orders Into whole sale houses and distributors and men who keep It In tho house were not far behind. Vnr the new revenue bill lust iloubles 1 the tax on whisky, making It IG.40 a I gallon, and doubles that on beer, making that G a barrel, whllo there are corre sponding Increases on other Intoxicants, according to tho degree of their "kicks" that is. according to tho percentage of alcohollo content. The law proldes that the new tax shall bo eltccthe at midnight following the President attaching his slgnaturo to tho bill. Hverybody who has liquor or beer wholesalers, retailers, distillers COMMISSION SEEKS WAR HISTORY DATA 200,000 Personal Record Blanks Sent to Soldiers for Filling Out tlllors hao nnnounced that they will pass It on to tho wholesalers and tho wholesalers will pass It on to tlio re tallers. The Philadelphia Itctall Liquor Deal, crs' Association, nt a meeting yesterday, agreed that Its members could not bear tho tax and decided to Incrtaso prices as soon lis tho tit Is effect ho. That means that the day after the President signs the bill whlrky will cost a nickel moro a drink, regardless of what kind or brand. Tlaln bar whisky, which has been selling for fifteen cents or twenty cents a drink, according lo Its quality and tho class of tho barroom, will bo twenty nnd twcnty-flvo ccnti. Caso wiiikips will no from twenty-five, thirty nnd thirty-five cents to thlrty-fhc, forty and forty-five. Beer has been Felling In tho central section at fho cents an eight-ounce glass. The new price will be five ents for a slx-ounco glass or. ten for a twcle. ounce glass. Many saloons will i-edueo the size of the glass, thinking tho psychological effect will be better. The man who buys his drinks over the bar will not cscapo much In tho way-of taxa- .Smokers also are buying heavily lo avoid paying tho Increased taxes on to i.nn..n K.i, hrv nm not so serious a3 tho others, tho Increase adding only 50 the fight ngalnsl th0 plague In that p.irt of Trance. The hospital had n recog- lilzcd capacity of SCOO beds, but during tho height of the outbreak, moro than iwlco that number wero pljccd In the w ards. ".'o perron who ihowcil any Irace of tho dlseaso was allowed lo phhs through St. Algnan and, go to tho front," the lieu tenant said. "In fact, any ihtsoii who fhowed any sign of being In such phytd-1 i rat condition thnt they might proe easy vlctlmi was icmiued from the fighting1 I are.i." 400 Siilillrr liiKprrled llilllj . "As soon as Influenza was dlf.coereil tho number of cots lit St. Algnan whs doubled. Isolation anil rareful disinfec tion wero the chief ineatiH used In pre 1 entlng a spread of the dlsense. But tho I precautions taken did not stop at St Algnan. The men wero ngaln examined upon arriving In the training area. Thero wero approximately IK00 soldiers In spected dally nt our camp. "It Is safe to say," tho lieutenant said, "(hat when tho bos reached tho trenches they wero free of all lnfectlon.il diseases look out fur the soldiers' welfnro. rath er than gho them ronl rircplloin, and then forget them. They need poslllons far more." If CONWELLHITS LEAGUE PLAN Cli'r(!yiiuiii Suvh Washington Ahr, Would Oppose it Georgo Warhhigton, If ho were nllie I today, would not nprovo of tho leaguo of nations na outlined- at (ho present time, was the opinion exproKsed jester- 1 dav 1v the Itev, Dr. Ilusseli foiiwell hi ' a special Washington Hlrtlnlnj sermon In Baptist Temple. I t'oet'j- Conwell said that the address of Wurliliigtnn warned u against po- Ultra! connection with foreign countries. Ho also said that If tho Farewell Ad dress had been thoroughly understood In tlio South thcio would hao been no Uh II War. i Doctor Conwell said tho address should be fctudlcd In eery homo throughout tho I i ountry. Tho President mado a mistake I In going to llurope, according to Doctor Conwell. I failure on the part of buslnets men to co-operate with the Federal authorU ties III offering jobs to disabled soldiers Is hampering tho purpof-o of tho Federal Bureau of Vocational i:ducatlon accord ing tn Jerome n. Scott, supervisor of placements. Tho condition Is nartleii larly marked In tho district comprising I'eiiiisyhiinla nnd Delaware, with head quarters In the .S'.iuth Penn Square Building. "Only CO per rent of the men who apply for Jobs ran be taken caro of. We are asking bulneen men who employ' a fair number "f persons tn take on one extra man from among thoo who made Is, the sacrifice of their health and slrength," Mr. Scott raid. "This would sohe our problem "Kmployers of America did their war- j time bit loyallj. Their support of the I goiernment was wholeheaited As vet, I with tho exception of n sma'l number, i they hno not proied their readiness to do their after-war bit Armless and i legless men are not our chief concern. Only 5 per cent of tho entire nrniv are placed In (his class of casuals. These aro rerehlng Immediate compensation from the gni.ornment and aro being i placed In educational Institutions." t'nwUlingncss to nccept charity from ! tho ned Cross or even government Vii4 V slons has been noted among the mem who havo applied nt the Vocational Training Bureau, according to the of flclals there. "They seek work," Mr. Scott alJ . "nnd 'Wo must keep them waiting sonw times for thrte weeks, exercising all manner of diplomacy to keep up thelsj courago and keep them In touch wltM the bureau, so that they are not dli coiiraged or not driven by tho exlgencta of their need to commit crime." Camp Huitding In France Darned rrl., Feb. 24. (By A. P.) On building at tho American camp at Istyi Sur-Tllle. and not tho wholo cantonment as pretlousiy reported, wis destroyed Saturday by fire, says r Ilav.is dispatch The loss was estimated at more than 1.000,000 franer. Auto School Vew nflernooii and e-enlng cl In Automobile llepulrs and OfT haullng will start Monday, February :i. Lecture, on Theory, rrscllesl werh on Clm"l and parts. Complete mod em equipment. Classes are open to men and women. Membership limited. Fees moderate. Caff today at Auto School 717 North Broad Strett or Initruction Office CENTRAL BRANCH Y. M. C. A. 1421 Arch Street ISKGKO SUSPECT ARRESTED duo to tho Milendld supenlslou of tho i ,, ,. c r- r xv medical corps and nil of Its various ' ,0,lrc !,J' (,corKc "arc Wa branches." i Home the Bacon"' fri.- ....... . c . .. ... i j..t. iiiiii.ii.-ii ,-ruiser.iioniiiiia nroiigni i r:,-... War,., twenlv over WMUItoaitio, itmiiP ...o...... - .. Iw and brewers will pass along the tux I per cent to the present lev Two hundred thousand personal war record blanks hao been sent out to soldiers of this state by tho Penns.ih.mla war history commission, assisted by the Pennsylvania Council of Xatlon.il De fense. Thero are ci-tlmnted to bo .110.000 soldiers, sailors, nurses or other war workers who lire PennsIvanlans. Governor William C. Sproul Is head of the commission, which has as Its olticers Major General C Hnivmnn Dnncli,., v Dr. Albert K. MoKlnley nnd Dr. Thomas ! 30:d Trench Mortar Battery, L. -Montgomery Th headquarters ar.- at nmI ,1,8.mul and twenty ca! tho Historical Society of Pennsylwinla, 1300 Locust street, where requests: for blank forms for entering records aro be ing received. Tho records will be divided Into four divisions, the first Including military and naval records; second, legal, constitu tional and political records; third, eco nomic. Industrial and financial records, and, fourth, s6cla1, educational and re ligious records. XflntttAB nfllolnl Mwtnl, rl,.lnrl fnxf- .. ,,i i,.tu oil .ri,inh. .in. ' Hon Train lie.ulqiin rters, Ing war service are asked by the com-' '" ' n"'""1 " "n"T "aua.ion. incoi. mission. Diaries, autobiographies, war , cal detachments and Companies A. II. C correspondence and brief accounts of the "' n- '"T" s';'i,rco 0,ncc n,ul 5:5 participation of Fennsyh aniens also will mc"- Tota'' ' bo utilized, as will all newspapers and' liilladrlihlHii on Hoard Kniia periodicals published In Pennsj lvanla , Phlladelphlans on tho I'. S. if. Man during tho war,, published outsldo the (nna fron) Brest wero Corporal Uruco stato If they bear on Pennsylvania con- Heer, 2423 Spruce street: Adolph Koh "Taking ino iisin .viacnme-iiun liattalion com plete, thirty olllcers and C03 men; listli Ammunition Train. Companies 11, V and CI, nlno olllcers and 323 men; Casual Company S.5, Boise Barracks, two of ficers nnd sixty-four men; Casual Com pany 1201. two olllcers and 1!5 men six olllcers asual olllcers Total. 1101. The S02M Trench Mortar Battery Is tho first complete unit of tho Sccnty seenth Dhlslon, Xcw York's National Army men, to return. The Kansas, which left Brest four days beforo tho Montana, arrived four hours after the cruiser, tho battleship haling been detained nt Bermuda for coaling. Tho Kansas had on board tlio 116th Knglneers, complete, forty olllcers nnd 1342 men; and the llCtii Animunl- motor battal Ocorgo Ware, twenty ears old, a nero. was nein in suu nan lor court this morning after tho pollen say, he had been caught "bringing homo tho bacon." Ware iuh nrrestrd nt Twenty-second and Oxford streets ycterdny while carrying two slabs of bacon, said to havo been stolen from the meat store of IMward Kerfloss, 1631 Xortli Twenty second slret. The window of tho stoic was smashed and two slabs of bacon are missing. ... Ware was arranged before Magistrate Crells, in tho Nineteenth and Oxford streeta station. Our Facilities for Remodeling Jewelry Arc unexcelled. Our de signers and platinumsmiths arc most competent. Bring or send your old jew elry wc will suggest appro priate mountings and submit original designs. S. Kind & Sons, mo chestnut st. DIAMOND MnnCILNTS JEWELERS SILVERSMITHS filKcp CITY REGIMENTS FOUGHT HARD Old Third and First Lived Up to Reputation, Writes Private "Well, the old Third and First negl menta of Phllly they are the 110th and 109th Infantry now, certainly did live up to their fighting reputation," says Private 'William Benchcrt, writing from Bate Hospital 103. Benchert, a former Phlladelphlan, Is now overseas with the American forces. i "The Germans certainly wished those regiments hadn't come over hero, for we heat them badly at Courvllle Hill with out asking for a barrage," he continues. Benchert and his brother met'recently. Ills brother Ray,, a member of 110th Infantry. Headquarters Comuanr. was wounded while fighting In tho Argonne Forest on October 1", ISIS, but has recovered. Upon his recovery, Benchcrt met his brother. At present both are boxing at me various weuare nutB in tne neighbor hood of their station. Benchert says the Americans rounded up. the Germans In the Argonne Forest like no many cows handled by cow puncuerp. Dody Found in Alley Identified The body found In an allev at 2K3S North Xlnth street waa Identified today aa Walter Blake, 220 Middlesex street, Gloucester, who cam to Philadelphia ion Saturday, Prank Gorman, nepfiew of m unu iiikm, w)in wnum no uvea, wm take the body to Gloucester. Blake was a. shipbuilder employed at the Pusey & Jones yard. He was forty-two years old. DEATHS OF A DAY lafterncon at 2 o'clock. Intrmcnt will bo mado In West Laurel Hill Ccmc tery. vTinfiel.1 B. Stocklcs Wlnfield B. Stockley died yesterday at his home, 12 North Thirty-eighth street, after u protracted Illness. He Iwas sixty years of age. Mr. Stockley GEORGE WEISBROD, JR. Well-Known Ilrewcr Dies After Long Illness George "Wclsbrod, Jr., president of the Wclsbrod & Hess Brewing Company, Adnina street abcno FYankford avenue. of which his father, the late George wd,iy nown In West Phlladlphla, T'.i.kBnH nns iiwi nr Tim iniinui'in inru iu inM HAnnuiiiAi n n ir-rs i uniiirrs invi"1 yesterday after a long Illness. Ho 1 hod for many ycars. n0 was a member of It 1125 LehlKh nvenue. Ho Is. survived itllo nelmont Driving Club and. the In- by a widow, who was Jliss ivuzaocui Markman : two children, nna a mouier. Mrs. Ioulso Wclsbrod. The funeral will be held at his homo on Wednesday at 1:30 p. m. Mr. Wclsbrod, who was forty-cno years old, was a member of many or ganizations, among them Hermann Lodge. No. 123. P. and A. M. I T. It. Free man Tl. A. Chapter, No. 213: Kadosh Ccmmandery. No. 29, Knights Templar; Lu Lu Temple, Lu Lu Temple Automobile Association. Lu Lu Temple Country Club, Porter's Lake Hunting and Fishing Club. Philadelphia Illflo Club, Chelsea acht Club. Philadelphia Turngemelnde. Wed nesday Night Bowling Club Oriental Building and Loan Association. Phila delphia Lager Beer Brewers' Associa tion and the Philadelphia Brew Masters' Association. i Walter C. Bishop Walter C. Bishop, principal of the A D. Bates School, Twenty-second and n..n iici. riled lato Saturday at bis homcr 820 North Twenty-first street. He (ceased had been in 111 neaun ior moro in.m two years. , , Mr Bishop was born In Delaware forty-two years ago and at an early ago came to this city. In 1J97 ho was graduated from tho School of Pedagogy. For a number of years he taught at the Stephens public school, and when the Bates School was opened several years ago ho was assigned to that ln- sx "years ago Mr. Bishop originated "open-window" classes for tho yonnger pupils of the Bates School, and the Idea, was later adopted In almost every quarter of the country. Mr. Bishop was superintendent of tho Sunday school of, the Emanuel Metho dist Episcopal Church and for a num ber of years taught a Sunday school class In that church. He was a member of Olivet Masonic Lodge. A widow, Mrs. Florence Bishop, and three children, Mil dred, Callen and William, survive him. The funeral will be held Wednesday ii.nndent Ice Dealers' Association, llo is survived by a widow and family. rru. Om.rol 111 hn held frOIll lUS residence tomorrow morning; all rela tlves and friends are invltdd to attend. A solemn requiem mass will be cele brated at St. James's Church at 10 a m The Interment will be In Holy C ross Cemetery and will be only for tho Im- mcuiato memoers ui i;o ,...... j. Johanna Janauscliek Toh.inna Janauscliek. a first cousin of Madam Jnnauschek, the tragic Bohemian actress, died on Saturday nt tho nonio 'of her nephew. John wciiscnea, oiu 'North Eighth street. . . , , 1 Miss Janauscliek was born In Bohemia eighty-one years ago. She nnd the ac tress, who was several years her junior, iwern chums In their youth, but later drifted apart. Johanna Janauscliek came to this country nearly forty years ago. and lived most of her quiet llfo with h.i- sister. Mrs. Wellschck, now de- ine acxrcs3 uicu in siv. Thomas Moon, who was associated with ht son. Jm Moon. In business a l.nul Ins contractor", died yesterday at hlj home. lir.'T Soi'th Seventeenth tret, . of n'art dlseaso. Mr. Moon was tiorn in i rein no ....niv.ihrfi vara aco. and cams to rniu- rtelphta, when he was twenty-one. lie was a member of Tabor Presbyterian ciiurch. He la sunlved by five children. Mrs. Mary MeDanlel, widow of Thomas MoDanlel. a contractor. Is dead at .her horn. 1352 North Mascher street. SI". MelXinlcl was a. member of St. Mlrnacl a rhiir,.ti Btirl fit thn Marred lfeArt. HOOletV of tho church. Hhe ta survived by threnJ daughters and two. sons, one son. r.awarii. Is In the army. Tho funeral was today from the church. dltlons. Ilepoits of commercial bodies, of labor organizations nnd of plants that describe the processes Invohcd In mak ing transition to war conditions also arc sought. RED CROSS TO DEMOBILIZE Southeastern Pennsylvania Chap ter Prepares to Close Work Calls upon members of tlio llftj-nlne branches and 450 auxiliaries of the Southeastern Pennbyhanla chapter of the Bed Cross lo close up their war timo work a.id prepare for demobiliza tion havo been issueu rrom mo iiean quarters of tho lied Cross, at 1615 Wal nut Btrcct. Work of tho canteen department will continue until tho returning troops aro releai-od. whllo the homo service section will continue operations for an uncer tain period theieafter. Provision ah-o will be made for carrying on classes under direction of tho Instruction de partment and for tho dciclopment of nursing facilities. Card records of nil workerH will be presercd and mado available for In stant use In tho future Congratula tions osi the production of oer 1,000.000 articles In the department of workrooms and of 0,000, 000 dressings from tlio surgical department nre extended In tho letters. lo.Hfl.l, 1012 North Ocden street; Bernard Ilertzberg. 2051 Moyamenslng nenue; Frank B Smith. 1S42 Memphis street; I Joseph Savior, 1151 North TneiiD-slxth street; Carl It. Scghhonm.iker, i93l i North Caniac street; lta.mr,ud Taul, I 721 South Twcnty-hccond etrcct Market Guide for Housewives Prepared by the City Marketing Agent of the Bureau of Markets, United States Department of Agriculture ABUNDANT Potatoes, onions, carrota and turnips. NORMAL Parsnips, grapefruit, oranges, beets, bananas, aweet potatoes, lemons, cabbage and spinach. SCAItCE Tomatou, eggplant, peppers, beans, strawberries, celery and apples. irwi u, hflJ WHY NOT? nnSOtA'U to put rernnitlltr Tn vour letters bv hftMnu itiem TTPCWItlTTIJ.V. Tlie ordinari iirocess form letters are Antiquated nm! hue little productivity. Men can distinguish these- letters Imme. dlalely. and they soon nnd tho WASTU haskut. , Tlie only efflcient. result-producing form letters today aro Indlitdually type written. The JIOOVI'.N PTSTF.M Is the larrrst riroducer of ACTUAL TTrUWniTTIJ.V letters In tho United States. The COST? Less than ou think Reach out Call Spruce B872. Hooven Letter Service 1521 Chestnut St rmiimjn r 7 mA Miss Krallr Ames Iloebstraswr. azed alxtj-three, died at her home, sou South Thirty-ninth street, yesterday, after a Ion Illness. Hhe was tho daualiter of the late Henry Hochstrasser. Sho Is survlied ty her mother. Tho funeral arrangements hae not et been complete1. but tho senlce will bo held tomorrow from her home, and will bo private. .j2fcp cost to nttailtr Today ii.ou DOl U4U-10U it ..i dh iquarti bs) na-: nlps- Parsnips 'Barrsl Potatoei rennsyl' New Yc Product, Grade, to, mr.rTXBr.KS Stat Barrel .......J. ........2.00-2.B0 bbl (140-100 maaeta flBrouta ................. k... ... .20- 27 hsa fntitl Curst Barrel 1.7B-3.60 bbl (40.45 tl pk) Cabbas New TorU. eld .. 3 no-3.00 bbl (1)5-125 lbs I Florida, new ,.,,.,.,....,. l.TS-2.25 hmp (lb-2o hda) Cauliflower California l.so-z.ss ert (8-14 hda) Celery Florida 1.25-l.tio bch (13 atalke) Lottucs Florida. 4. 00.5. to u bbl (sn.in hdsl Onions Now York, No. 1 yellow 2.40-8.13 bag (93-9R lba) z.ou-z.lo Dbl (130-150 bsl lvanla. No. 1 white 2.(10-2.50 cnt C4.SA u pkl Oik. No. 1 hlte 1.90-2 "5 rut ltil.fi I? nVl i.T .-. -. I. .... -".. ... : " - T---r. .r- eisw jcraey, ts oasKcv oo- .oa Daa ih-d ! pkl Spinach Texas t 1, B5-2.25 bus (12-15 U ok) Bwtst Potatoes New Jerssy. H basket.... 1.7B-2.O0 baa (8-9 U pk) Palawan, hampers ...... 2.65-3.00 hmp (12-14 U pk) Turnlpa White, H baokst is- .so baa (8-0 i pk) New Jersey, yellow 35- .60 bas (8-u U pk) Psnnsylvania, nutabaras uo- ,83 baa (S-U 't pk) jiauiio .. . Apples New York Baldwins New York Oreenlnrs Pan Davis 7,00-8.80 bbl (88-42 U pk) weaiern varieiieo ,.. o.io-t. 70 Dov (04-10? Cranbarrlf New Jersey, barrel 18 oo-25.no bbl (03-88 W) Lemons California .n. 75-4. 75 box (300-360) Grapefruit Florida, Urxe 8.0O-.1.80 box (.18) Florida, medium 4.00-1.75 box (5(1 Florida, small 4.80.3.00 hnr (KO) orlda. lanr mi,4.1MMI hni il"tl Florida, medium ................ 5. SO.H.r.o box (2181 California, laree ................5.00-8.00 box (1201 California, medium ,,,.. 5.00-0.00 box (178) California, small ...,,.,,....... 0.25-0,23 box (218) ,.8.50-10.60 bbl (88.42 K Pk) . .9.00-10 00 bbl (38-42 I Pk) Ofantea Florida, lares lelarlda. medlui Talr Price to Consumer Today 2- 41,0 lb 24-350 at 0-10e pk 3. 4Uo lb 12-180 head 20-28o head 12-19a atalk v-200 head 3- So lb S U.3o lb 10-ltlo U Pk 9-140 'i pk 9-14o I Pk 12.25a U Pk 22-320 I Pk 22-810 Pk 3- 8a U Pk Ra ' pk 7-l3o 'i pli 23-850 U vk 20-340 U pk 21. 28a U pk 30-00a doz JO-350 at 15-2 8o dos 9-1 Bo each 9.180 each 8- 9o each 8B.70Q Aol 38-4RO doi 00-780 do 42-630 doi 36-47C dos f"je jf m FACTOnY-TO-WEAREK Suits and Overcoats f 4.St here at our i actor y. Save 35 Up Get the right slant on net It doesn't rest anything to look hero or elsewhere but we nlll make you a present of 85 to 88 It yea aro willing to pay us the pries that ground-floor retailers demand for garments of eqoal at)lo and quality. Yea get the right slant on us and you will be an cTerlastlag booster. . ate0B-9Si SeVSSSrl 923 MARKET STREET j Featuring Tomorrow Spring Dresses $rQ-75&$OZ-00 The Illustrations show two of the many new arrivals m tsllk, rutin, georgettes nnd line wool serges. They follow tlio verv Litest stylo lines and aro wonderful allies. Other Dresses 813.00 In S30.00 Beeond Floor I Our Second Floor Spring Suits are truly unusual In their O C P fifh style deelopment. Mado ,7) M rJJ of finest men's wear JpB Bergen and nopllns. Other Suits $29.75 to $53.00 Hecond Floor I New Serge DRESSES For Women and Misses $C.w ST-98 W " Special! Silk Waists $J.98 Heveral new uprlnff Btyles neatly trimmed. All new col or h. All elirs. Girls' New Wash Dresses $j..98 alnghams, reps , , , and llnenes. Sliea to 14 yeara. GeorKcttes, crepes do chine, laces and Juu hIIKh, In flesh, white, maize and black. Street rln,or Children's Smocked Dresses RQt Of chambrays v' In new colore. Sizes 2 t years. MaN?son & DeMany 1115 Chestnut Street (Opposite Keith's Theatre) THE GREATEST FUR-SELLING EVENT PHILADELPHIA HAS EVER KNOWN! Removal Sale Our Entire Stock of Fine Furs to Be Sold Regardless of Cost Wc Are Determined to Clear Out All Stocks Before We Get Into Our New Store, and We Have Cut Prices to the Bone to Do It After months of delay and disappointment, due to the war, scarcity of materials and labor, our new store will positively be ready in March. We expected to move in last December and accordingly prepared large stocks for our new home has three times the capacity of our present quarters. It is these large stocks wc reprice so low, as wc want to take no stock from our present store to the new one. Every piece of" fur is therefore offered at a stupendous, reduction. We Quote Below a Few of the Remarkable Values in This Sale 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 (6) Taupe Fox Scarfs 10-00 "i. 1 s a 6 Keif. 20.00 'tmn!Ui!iiiuii!ini.i!mimiiiiiiiiwii'!iiir!HiNiiituitii!iw:ii ife (8) Taupe Fox Scarfs & p 19.50 I lice 10.00 g Sal 'illlllliailiUDIillllillllllllKDlIIUIUI'l B (6) Black Fox Sets 33-00 Res. 69.50 "illllllllflU'Bllllllllll'I'BBUIMIBIII (8) Taupe Wolf Sets 36-50 Rck. 75.00 1 'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiviinuiiiiwne (fl) Natural Nutria Sets 23-00 Kcpr. 52.00 I jaiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiniiiiiiiiiiuuiuinuK (8) Brown H Fox Sets I (5) Hudson Seal Sets 30-00 Ilcg. 63.00 iiiiliUi! IWIKM 39-50 Itcg. 60.00 'IIIUKIUIIIII'IIIIIIDIIII S jHiiiiniiiii? (7) Taupe Fox Sets 69-50 Reg. 140.00 'lilillHUIIIfllMllllia (5) Beaver Sets 69-50 Rcj;. 140.00 9 Si 1 i il!lllUHllllinilllMIlll!lllllll!llllUl (6) Australian e Seal Coats j 94.OO I Re?. 190.00 I niwiiiiniiiiiniiiinniuiiiiiiiiiiii (3) Mink Sets 145-00 1 Reg. 290.00 (8) Marmot Coats j 48.00 I Reg. 99.00 I "'!2Mlll;A!:lli;iiilira;KIUIfiil,llili!S3aa (6) Natural Muskrat Coats 63-00 ' Reg. 130.00 'nnniiiYiiniiriiMinimiiimwiiiMiiiiwj (4) Natural 1 Nutria Coats 96-00 Reg. 193.00 BiiiiiiiEiiiiaitHiiiiwwuuraimiiiiais'uiiriiiiiiS (2) Hudson Seal Coats 120-00 I Reg. 250.00 ;raiiiii8iiirjiKiii!i!i!tnirjraiii!iiio'jjiciS (4) Natural Raccoon Coats 125-00 , Reg. 230.00 w RuiieumaHitHusi (4) Hudson Seal Coats 142-50 Reg. 290.00 a (3) Natural Squirrel Coats 240-00. Reg. 375.00 . (3) Scotch Moleskin Coats 275-00 Reg. SBQmBatlHMlMltOnjQ 550.00 (I) Natural Mink Coat 345-00 Reg. 669.W , .'VJ V Jt, n ii i ?, n I ii VJ&I 4 .! -1 I V j &B M 1 i sr i'H -V :PURCHASING ACmtS' ORDERS ACCI rnTblg Ageettt1 ISPSI Arpld HOMEOFSnLE&ECONOHY "V. it- L-.e' leV.fiV I ii-
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