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'Turner for CbncreteT
Has
Opened Offices
in the
Prcsscr Building
1713
Sansom Street
Philadelphia
TURNER
Constructioa Co
New York
Buffalo Boston
Pittsburgh Philadelphia
CITY AVIATOR, HOME,
DESCRIBES BATTLES
t Lieutenant Hoffman was
f Chum of Qucntin Roosevelt
I and Saw Lufberry Die
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,' After thrilling experiences na an
American aviator In several of the lm
portant battles of Jthe war, Lieutenant
Ross J. Hoffman,
ion of Mr. and
Mrs. Julius Hoff
man. 16 West Wal
nut lane, dennan
lown, has returned
home from France.
At one period of
Ms training he was
s, roommate of
Lieutenant Qucntin
Roosevelt. He wit
nessed the death of
RaoUi Lufberry,
one qf America's
leadlnf aces. Luf
berry leaped from
his burning plane
at a height of 1000
meters, Hoffman noss. J, HOFrMAN
said today In de
scribing somo of his experiences.
Hoffman was credited oillclally with
one German airplane. This was a large
Fokker. He was scouting during a rain
and sno storm and met two of
these fighting b&che planes. Though
riddle with bullets, ho managed to
brinj one of his opponents down In
flames and make his own landing.
One of the favorite tricks of the
Germans, ho said, was to get above a
""cloud and then tty Just to the edge of
It and look over. Another example of
their technical strategy was to remain
on the ground until American or Allied
airmen had done considerable scouting
and had become chilled and were run
nlng short of gas, and then to mount
suddenly In large numbers and take
them at this disadvantage.
Hoffman carried four machine-guns on
his plane. On one occasion he fired
- ISO rounds at one of two German Alba
tross machines vvhlch had attacked him,
He brought one of them down.'
Ho .spoke of the excellent perform
ances of the American airmen In doing
the vital work which fell to the aviator
as an essential branch of the service.
Hoffman, who Is twenty-nine years
old, was a member of the 213th Aero
Squadron, which was commanded by
Lieutenant Colonel William Thaw, of
Pittsburgh. He graduated from the
' Cornell ground school August 4, 1917,
and sailed for France on August 22,
1917, where he trained at Tours. Is-
pudun and Cozzaux. He wears a Spad
badge and Is a French brevet. He
sailed for this country on February
1918. He Is engaged in the automobile
business.'
MAY LOSE LEFT ARM
Abington Police Investigate Fe
, culiar Shooting Circumstances
The left arm of Nlchola Jabatls, of
Fifth street near Callowhlll, may bo
i amputated In the Abington Hospital as
a result 0 ine ucciaeniai explosion oi a
'gun.
ly jaoailB, ucuurciuiK L"f' juuiitluii
police, was cxiunifuuK xiio kuu oi a
friend living In liartsvilTe when It ex-
i ploded. The cartridge contained shrap-
wHls arm was chattered from tho elbow
' The pollco aro puzzled as to why shells
of tho particular character were In the
snln, ana ll is cxiicuieu uu iurt will
follow their Investigation.
A. V. Vollmer Heads Building Owners
Adrien W. Vollmer was elected prest
Hn nt the Building Owners and Man
agers' Association of Philadelphia at Its
I .sixteenth floor of the Franklin National
nsAniniy mrcutiK. iit'iu mat iiikiil vn i h
Bank liunainjr. uiner omcers cnosen
were F. X. Monvllle, vice president; J.
B. Robinson, treasurer, and Andrew
Johnstone, secretary.
I
Top Coats
for Spring
made of knitted fabrics
are sufficiently warm for
comfort, and yet extremely light
They are made in ."Slip On"
Models in grays, brownsv heathers
- all silk lined.
$30.00 and $35.00.
Jacob 'Reed's Sons
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MEETING TO PLAN
FOOD-PRICE FIGHT
Growers Will Lead Mass
Assembly Tonight to Cut
Undue Profits
BLIND SENATOR TO TALK
Gore Will Be Chief Speaker at
Conference in Academy
of Music
A deteTmlned effort to find out why
tho consumer pays about 200 per cent
moro for vegetables than the producer
gets for them will be made at a mass
meeting tonight In the Academy of
Music, when United States Senator Gore
will be tho principal speaker. The meet
ing Is to bn held under the nusplces of
the Philadelphia Vegetable Growers
Association. A banquet at the UelleMie
Stratford will precede tho meeting.
The meetlnir liaa horn arranged to
acquaint I'hOadelphla consumers with
tho alleged evils which exist In the
wholesalo marketing facilities here. It
wm De snown mat exorDitant prices,"
compared with those farmers charge
are naked. At tho meeting the associa
tion hopes to enlist the co-operation of
the buying public In a campaign to re
duce prices.
T, Corwln Starkey, president of the
association, will bo chairman of the
meeting.
'The meeting will bo the opening gun
In our campaign to bring the farmer and
consumer closer together. We believe
the consumer will accept our opinions on
the reason for the present cost of food
In preference to tho opinions of gentle
men who sit In office, buildings all day
long.
"Millions of dollars' worth of food
was wasted In this country In the last
two years because thcro was no place
to store the surpluages of perishables.
rnuaacipnia larmers wero a parti to
the wasto Just as others were for the
reason that our storage warehouses are
entirely too few nnd too smalt. Admis
sion to tho Wednesday night maRs-mect-
Ing will bo free to tho householders of
Philadelphia and It Is hoped that an
overflow meeting will bo necessary. The
farmers aro eager to tell the' consumers,
the real truth about the cost of food."
At the banquet at tho BelleAue-Strat-
ford preceding1 tho mass-meeting, N. M.
Comly, president, of the Philadelphia
Vegetable Growers' Association, will pre
side, and the speakers will Include Free-
land Kendrlck, U J. Cattelt and Wal
ter Mlnch, of Mlnch Urothers' Farms,
Brldgeton, N. J.
Director of Supplies Joseph S. Mac
Loughlln will speak at the mass-meeting
as tho representative of Mayor Smith,
and other speakers will be on the pro
gram In behalf of tho Philadelphia and
Pennsylvania Chambers of Commerce.
OTY SOLDIER PHILOSOPHICAL
"Only Lost an Ami," Francis H.
McLaulley Telephones Mother
"Hello, mother, I'm back. Had a
great time and only lost an arm "
This Is the way in which Francis H.
McCaulley, twenty yenrs old, si S320
Wayna avenue, a former football star
of the Germantown High School, tele
phoning from New York, announced to
his motlier his return home from over
seas. , The soldier brought home with him
a Croix de Guerre and threo citations
awarded for deeds of valor performed
with tho French army on the western
front. McCaulley had been in active
service with the French as nn am
bulance driver slnco August, 1917.
Just before the signing of the nr
mlstlce a shell burst near the place
where he was driving his ambulance,
and twenty-eight fragments of It en
tered his body. His right arm was
torn off, his leTt arm is paralyzed and
he has Just recovered from a fracture
of the skull, which kept him In the
hospital for many weeks.
7TH DESTROYER LAUNCHED
Dickcrson Leaves Ways at Cam
den Shipyard This Morning
The torpedoboat destroyer Dlckerson
was launched at the New York Ship
yard,' Camden, at 11 o'clock today. Mrs.
John 8. Dlckerson, a granddaughter of
the navy official for whom the boat was
named, was the sponsor.
The Dlckerson Is tho seventh of a
fleet of sixteen destroyers to be launched
at the yard. Nine others are on the
ways. The boat Is 310 feet leng, has a
beam of 30 fet 8 Inches nnd a draft of
20 feet 8 Inches long. Following tho
ceremony tho launching party went to
the rtltz-Carlton for lunch.
Another destroyer will be.launched on
March 17 and a third will follow three
days later.
FOLLOWS SON IN DEATH
Pneumonia Kills Mother Hour
After He Succumbs to Disease
Mrs. Clara Hebllng, 2105 East Elk
hart street, died of pneumonia, an hour
after she had learned her eighteen-year-old
son, George, had died of the same
disease. Both mother and son had been
ill for several days. The boy died Mon
day afternoon. Mrs. Hebllng died yes
terday. Mrs. Hebllng was a widow. Her hus
band, George Hebllng, died six years
ago. Another of Mrs. Hebllng's sons
was killed ln action ln France sev
eral months ago. ,
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MARGARET A. MSCANN
The Philadelphia Atsoriation of
Credit Men has three, women on its
lists of over 800 members
CHILD LONE MOURNER
FOR SLAIN MOTHER
Camden Woman Murdered hy
Man Buried in Potter's Field.
Disowned by Husband
With only licr four-year-old daughter
Angelina as witness, the body of Mrs.
Mellna Do Oranl, who was murdered
February 28 In her home, 1832 Salem
street, Camden, by Gentano Dl Poaio,
was burled today in Camden.
I'oalo, who tried to take his llfo with
the.kntfo ho used to kill the woman, was
told of her .burial today as ho lay ln the
Cooper Hospital with two armed guards
sitting on cither side of him. Ho seemed
absolutely Indifferent. Asked If ho un
derstood that tho woman had been burled
ln a pauper's grave ha nodded but did
not speak.
. Sinco the night of tho tragedy Mrs.
Do Grnnl's body has been at the morgue
awaiting burial at tho hands of relatives
or friends None came.
Her husband, who lives in Philadel
phia, and who refused to see her after
she left him. was notified that she was
In the morirue. Ho refused to have tno
body taken to an undertaker's or to call
for his daughter.
The funeral procession to potter s
Field consisted of a wagon In which was
a black-painted pine coflln made by
paupers for paupers, and a single hack
In which rode tne omciaimg minister anu
Mrs. Do Grant's daughter a pretty lit
tle child with great dark eyes and snort
curling hair.
Ancellna wore a makeshift costume
of black which the city officials had ob.
talncd for her.
$60,000 FIRE AT PENCOYD
Two Buildings of Steel Works De-
etroyed in Blaze
Two buildings of the Pencoyd Iron
Works on the Schuylkill opposite Mana-
vunK were uc&uujcu . mo mai nigm
' rrt. flm denartments from Ardmore
Cvnwyd and Narberth were called out
and fought the blaze for nearly two
hours before they succeeded In -extln-gtilshlng
it. The damage is estimated at
160.000.
MEET ME AT THE
Continental Hotel
Restaurant, 824 Chestnut
flood Fonil, Pluvial AtUntloa
A. IIUSINO. Prop.
TYPEWRITERS
rndrrwood". Rmlnttorn. BojaU. et.
I For Kent or Sale. Kxpert Repairing,
-47 North lOu
Guarantee Typewriter Go.
Rico 8B85-D. Et. 102. Fllturt SIM.
PUBLIC SPEAKING
NEW CLASS
A short course ln Self-Confldence. Self.
Development. Publlo Spealtlns. Ten Friday
Kvenlnsa. Opena March 21t. at 8 o'clock.
Both aeiea. Openlns lecture, free to public.
Call. writ, or phone Sprue S21S for In
atructlva literature.
NEFF COI .1 .FGE chestnut 4t.
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IIJ Silversmiths N
r Stalionars
Gold Mesh Bags
New Shapes
New Decorations
Jeweled or
Moderately Priced.
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WOMEN ADMIT BEING
BEST CREDIT HEADS
Three Recent Acquisitions
Timid, However, in Entering
Association Discussions
Three women have been broken into
the ranks of the Philadelphia Associa
tion of Credit Men, and thero Is every
Indication that more will follow.
Already tho association Is printing
on Its biweekly notices tho fact that
"Tables will bo reserved for Lady Credit
Managers."
"There Is no reason why women
should not be ns good credit managers
as men," says Mrs. E. S. Taylor, of the
A. K. Schwenk Company.
"They should bo better," asserts Mlse
Linda E. Blcknell, of the C. E. Barbour
Company, "because they havo better
heads for details."
"Women aro more conscientious," adds
Miss Margaret McCann, of tho N, & (f.
Taylor Company, "and they havo more
patience."
"It Is very necessary before granting
credits to get all details together, then
to make an unbiased Judgment, and
finally to hold to tho decision. After
credit Is granted, It Is nccestary to fol
low up tho account to see that collec
tions are kept up to time."
"It takes backbone," says Miss Mc
Cann, "to resist tho appeals of the
salesmen who come In with big orders
from peoplo who cannot be given credit,
but you have to hold to your decision."
That Miss McCann has been success
ful after tome -seven ears' experience
Is Bhown by the fact that her losses
have been so small ns to be negligible.
Tho Phlladelnhla association has on
Its Hits between eight and nine hundred
men, and the three lady credit mana
gers cannot help feeling
In entering discussions
cons.
little timid
at the lunch
Spring Styles
Fr.m Miktr I. Wttrf
16 00 Vel.un for 1S.M
$6.00 S.ft H.tt. fi.to
IS.00 Soft Hitl, ll.Oft
li.00 DttbTi far IJ.00
G. Ervin Donovan. 135 S. 10th St.
OLD PARLOR SUITS
MADE EQUAL TO NEW
Ke-conitructd
Upholstered
and Poliined
$10
Flrt Clasa
Work
liuuraiite.il
Slip Covert to
I Order SI Each
We carry a larco Selected Htock of Up
hiiletery Goods aelllne at wholesalo
"American upholstery co.
Oldest and Ire-est Itnjise of Its kind
1(13 Arrri St Write or Phono
jud Arcn at. Market 1003
HARDWOOD FLOORS
New Floors Laid
Old Floors Treated
W. W. Lukens & Co.
IBIS SANSOM ST.
Both Phones
Woolen Blankets
100,000 Supplied the U. S. Gov't
6reatest blanket values ever ottered,
nuv now tor future use. J
S3.75 w to S7.00
Live Agents Wanted
MAKETLA COMPANY
ail II. Dreiel Hide., 3th and Chestnut
Philadelphia. Pa.
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Peim Professor Says Many
Cafes Give Ugly Hammer
head for Delicacy
Iltivo jou gone Into a rcilnumnt re-I the Frankford Arsenal and the business 'ho shop, who help serve for threo-quar-cently
and ordered broiled blucflsh, nml ' a thriving one. '"'lVrjody "cones'' to the cafeteria
explained to tho waiter Just how jou In nJ,an"ar: ,a J?"1 "as ,0,,,en1"!, ,n clerk-. In georgette waists, mechanics in
Ilk. It cookA7 We,,, the chances are $&&, !! ' bu's, TV Vfe
that after all of your elaborate instruc j well under way, with all pro.lls going to , '.no tables' OnTone table 1. reserved
tlons ho nerved you with shark. i"' ronsumer and the Iossoh but there , ln cnseg lero r(, KU(BtR Bt , nena.
Quantities uf shark nro nppcarlng on nro ,10t icolnrc to bo any losses, for the. -r,,,, ytry good reason for the big din
American tables labeled "blueflsh," & I ft , m"i u !! put tho management I ner piate ,nat tne BOvernment has
cowling to Ilr. John W. Ilarshberger. I ,m ,.SKIIIf1d hands. provided tho entlro equipment and takes
professor of bolnny at tho rnlvcrslty of I , '"" ,he cafeteria opened there were care 0f nu overhead expende. so that
I'cnnsyivnnia, They nro not man-eating
shuiks, he explains. Hut they nre also
nultu n distance away from blueflsh,
anyway you look nt it.
"Tlia hammer-headed shark la one of
tlin Kind, whlchnro sneaked upon the
tnblo nn blucflslT, says Doctor Harsh
turgor.
Fortunately the consumer of thh ham-mcr-hoaded
slinrl: doesn't sco him often
In life. A hammcr-hcaded shark, sajs
the botanical authority, would tnko the
appctlto away from ati nllcy goat if the
go.it had to gazo at It face to fate.
It feems that tho American fish cater
li still n mere child ns far ai his palate
gnrs. lie cannot dlstlngulih many fish
by their texture nnd taste nnd conse
quently cannot it Bllngulxli between b)ue
fish, nno of tho finest of edible fishes,
and hammcr-hcaded shark, which re
minds somo people of trlng to ent it
mule.
Doctor Harshberger trongly favors
cultivation of, a tato for fl-h ninong
American1". He cMols ilnli of all Kinds
(even stiarks) and sajs that once Amer
icans lenrn to have them well served
thej will prefer them to moat.
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Appointed to Municipal Positions
Tho following nnnolntments to city no-
sltlons, were announced by the Civil
Service- Commission todnj": Marlon
Arnold. 302 South Flfty-sicond street.
clerk, Hureau of Wa'er, MOOft a J ear;
Irma F, Halloway. 526 Duncannon ave
Itup, nur'r. Hun-hi of Health. $1400 a
year: Marlon Brlehon. 7U Woodland
avenue, clerk. Bureau of Charities. J800
a year, and reter .Mitchell, hob Fair
mount avenue, fireman. Electrical bu
reau. 4 a day.
TALKING MACHINES
& REPRODUCERS
REPAIRED
Springs Motors
Tone Arm and Sound
Boxes for Any. Machine
Everybody's, 38 N. 8th St
Vann'lr 100 N. lOtu St. Ooaa Bat. Eria. I
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I204 Walnut St.
DEAN BMBIITT, SALES AGENT
Walnut 6664
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450 AT FRANKFORD ARSENAL
FED IN CAFETERIA AT COST
Three-Course Dinner at Thirty Cents Gives Choice of Meats and
Vegetables, With Coffee and Dessert Food Cooked
to Order, Too, for Epicures
MAKING food fit for consumption Is cafeteria three cooks, three part-time
one of the nence-tlmo nctUltlcf. at women, two men and twelve girls from
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room, and the number la Krowtnir dally
At 12 o'clock tho first group begins
to arrive, and within tcnty-seen min
utes 400 or more have been erfd with
their three-courso meal, costing thirty
cents! Tor n fact, eoup Is the cents,
pork chop and potatoes llftepn cents, a
large mug of coffee flvo cents nnd Ice
cream five cents.
And there nre other things to eat.
The cafeteria alnas has a choice of
meat?, two egetables besides potatoes,
rolls, cakes nnd pies and tea for three
or four of the patrons Hue tea and In
sist upon haWng It
It takes twenty persons to operate the
Cover Your Feet
with
rtuesSfikpe
SOCKS
and ou will
end hunting
around for
something bet
ter. Four - ply
heels and toes.
I A. R. UNDERDOWN'S SONS
' 202-204 MARKET STREET
Established Since 1838
Don't Overpay Your
Income Tax
In Jufttce to jourself as
well as to the Govern
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YOUR FIRE MAY COME NEXT!
Business records are the registered facts relating to e
perience, transactions and accomplishments. We cannot 4
dare; not trust them to memory. So we transcribe them, at
great .cost, into books, card systems, documents, etc.
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These records represent untold value. They are the silent
partners of the business or profession of which they are a vital
part your business.
How do you protect these registered transactions? How
do you safe-guard your silent partners? Where do you keep
your records?
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The seemingly impossible has been achieved by THE
SAFE-CABINET in many of America's greatest fires. It has
recently been awarded the highest rating of the Underwriters'
Laboratories under their new and severe fire test requirements.
It has received both the Class "A" and Class "B" labels as, a
SAFE not a cabinet.
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Our business is the surveying: of
records and analyzing? the fire hazards
that surround them, for the purpose
of efficiently advising as to the method
used in housing; and safe-guarding
these valuable but intangible assets.
This personalized service will be
made by protection engineers and
submitted in writing, without cost or
( obligation. Delays may be dangerous.
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the patrons get tun value lor ineir
money, on tno meat course iney usuauy
get more than full value, and the large
stone mugs for coffee hold at least two
cupful?.
Thcro are about 1800 civilian em
plojes at the nrsennl now, who v.-HI be
the regular peace-time force and the
cafeteria has come to stay.
J.A, McAnally. former chief petty offi
cer at League Island, Is steward, and
Captain Lewis K, Hall helps to manage
the prosperous business.
STRUCTURAL DRAFTSMEN,
first-class dctailcrs and check
ers wanted; permanent position.
Transportation paid.
PORCUPINE COMPANY
Bridgeport, Conn.
Good Time to
Change Those Stairs
DUTCH HALL
Or any style. Estimates.
Snedaker&Co.9th&TioRaSts.
GOOD
HOUSEKEEPER
Respects nothing more than
her furniture. Therefore
when movinjr, why not insure
its safety by placing it in
tho hands of experts?
20ta Centtirr Storage Warenouie Co.
riKKritoor saxit.m-
3120 Market Street, PMIadelpnia, P
rinnnslte ffwl I'hlla HlstVn
commands:
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safe-guard your records now!" J
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Last
Week
of the
$25
Wind'-Up
Sale !
Hi Last days
for remain
ders of $40,
$35, $30 and
$28 Winter
Overcoats,
Fall and
Winter Suits
at the One
Uniform
Price, $25!
lINow it is si
questionof speed.
If you come at
once, you may
find that your-size
in a Suit or in an
Overcoat is here
in one of the best
patterns and fab
rics. Tomorrow it
may be gone. The
chances are good
ifyoutakethem
in time!
$40 Overcoats for $25
$38 Overcoats for $25
$35 Overcoats for $25
'$30 Overcoats for $25
$40 Suits for 25
$38 Suits for $25
$35 Suits for $25
$30 Suits for $25
JD 0 u b 1 e-breasted
Overcoats , and Ul-
sters; Single-breasted
Overcoats full
silk - lined Oxfords,
conservatives and
fashionables.
ff Suits of Worsted,
Cassimere, Cheviot
in heavy weights
and medium weights
that a man can wear
well into the Sum
mer time, at
One
Uniform Price
$25
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