yt v i IV J EVENING PUBLIC IjEDGERPHlLADELPJaiA; THUKSkAY lApjRtt' & im "tM-tjft'J lit T (1. BEHOLD THE SKY PATROL! ARDMOREMANA "FLY COP" New York's Guardians of the Limpid Blue to Be Picked With Care. Many Philadclphians Seek Places on the Acn'al Police Fdrcc 0adlngfc a . mcnts Reduced in .,; Abington, Chcltenliam i,v',$:nd Unner Dublin p, ? fgv MBERTS AND ELY LOSE rissioncrs Hold Worth of ..Some Properties Not Over estimated I ' -L. HSHMssBbsbkk'' i tty fiPaSflLsssBBBBsl jUitjtjjs LYMAN M. BLAKC Hr is the eon of the Rev. II. Moore Blake, 36 Wcit Maple aenue, Mer chant ille, N. J., pastor of the Trin ity Methodist Episcopal Church. He has returned from France, where he terved with tho A. E. I He was in a hospital for more than a month rccoxcring from a gas attack fef. flttin..fti1 nntuinla tn 1mt fhitrnrftO- t ertjr assessments reduced liao been .made bv mora thnn thlrtv residents of iiAblngton, Cheltenham und Upper Dub- Li- lln townahlDa to tlin commissioners of R . ; muuijtvmcFy uuniy. Among those who protested that as- aMOrs had placed too hlch a aluatIon A on, their homca for taxation purposes XWM'Howard A. Ioeb, of Cedar road. In the Elklns Park section. UN house. ..ItbuIMIngs and tucntj-four acres were aiued at 25,000. Mr Loeb said he r ' rilir tOA AAA .,- .!-. J I 4KAA -1 .i . 5, t w tor iito uuier me acre' ItY' "r ir. ivoeo nau cancel attention to Lariuwcr uBseasmenis maae on nearDj lfT nOldlnflrS nf fllmmt lha damn nmn ftiA commlssIonerA rrHnrp.i iiiu n.wumont k-i ' lis nnn it. .T-r'v"'.. I- ju reduction from $15,000 to $14000 j.f wan tnndn fnr Mm u-ian t.rtiia f Cloverly lane, on her houso and tout ana one-half acres The commissioners refused to reduci . .,.,,. . ,-. r .the assessments of John c Roberts ' Phi l.nlpmh m unman l)nt ol Vii vw,AMa B.liudi.tliu. . - 1 I .-. ..uvww ca.u.ikj-iiiirt? uuil"s uni ussesjeu pUt 112,000, and of Israel 11. Vi, whoso u joc la assessed at $1500 i There was much doiatlsfaLtlon In tho j&s first-class township of Cheltenham Hie Wiouowins reductions were made Henry O. Dreedlnir. Klklns Tark Jlo 000 & Eva C. Moore. Klkini Park 1-n AAA A flo.OOO. ,HS;A81ve,'ln E'kn Turk. J18 000 to .14.000. John T. Steel. ElUns I'ark J13 000 to 'J ..W. Pa't Moore Elklns Park :1B 000 t 113 000 iru. . t.j. ... 1 - ... msri '? wi'uo. ii'l acres uaK J ane J10 -IW 000 Jo ISo.OOO. laaac Starr Griffith farm Af 21 acres at Chestnut Hill. 12(1 BOO m S'M'n.i n,. Area on billow Grote aenu, $loo U00 to 175.000 P!K,a Knlrht, Elklns I'arl. J.'O 000 to 122 BOO. ..&$ K- Baltzell. 'ttsneote $15 000 to $12 600, , Charm E. Schnabli, r.lklna Park $15 000 ' to I1S.S00 !Mary and Emma Glldeimejer Melrose , Tark. $20 000 to 13 000 Benjamin V. Penrose, Offontz fh ares tit AAA ,n tQK AAA 9 R- -T- lltTtr. T:Unm PifV lr. AAA , 1 . 060, Kate Rosenberger, Elklns Park, Sl 000 IB.'' A. Blrdsall, Jr. Oak Lane $.0 000 to IW , AAA !tf VW, t Elwoofl iTlns $10 000 to $7000 Li: ni x.imio jiDiDinR vnnipan iat Massey R? eatate. of BH aeres $28 fioo to $2R 000 fj, -unaiavus a. iieir, uax i.ane. sis ooo to y$12 000. 3i, rjnrence iiav Albrecbt, Jlelroso Tark, !$10 000 to $8000 Man t: iJallineer, uieniiiie t:ooo to GAINS FRENCH MEDAL BY BRAVING MICROBES Many to Face Germ Peril jf J17K0. it Blumenthal Brothers Ashbourne, 511) 000 "jUo9000. jvmson v eBiev, ne iota jjno ia 5110 t jsiwoea uvArnecK. six ioih at i: kins I'ark S;$10-00 to $700 " V.roil O uvrrnrrit, tUUr JOl H( t,lKlH5 Prt. 18000 to 17400 ii" -nrilllam DreidoODPl OInIJ JICOO 1a Kt7'.o K'.? T T. Chriatihip'rac f Atdril rr at anin Seeral rhlladelphlans hae applied for membership In tho ablation section of tho police reserves of tho pollco de partment of New York, recentl" In augurated by Speclnl Deputy Commis sioner Hodman Wanamakcr. Sergeant Charles "Wayne Kerwood, of Ardmoro, It tho only locil man honored with membership eo far, hut seeral other filers In this section expect fa".or ablo repllos to their applications Ser geant Kerwood gained his air experi ence In rranco with tho Lafajette Hscadrllle Tho question "TVliat w 111 be tho duties of tho 'fly cops'?" ttskod by mnny when tho section sprang Into existence one day last week was answered In nn of ficial announcement from the new force after Its second meeting in Commissioner Vnnanidker a office Tor ono thing, tho fljlng policeman will hocr many thousands of feet above his brother at Torty-second street and rifth aenue to "head oft tho negligent ulalnr who may Btray from prohibited areas, ' since 'an orange or other small object dropped from an airplane through the roof of a powder mill is considered by experts to be sufficient to cause an explosion ' 'With the dee!opmcnt of aerial nc Ulty, continues the statement, traffic regulations to Insure sifety both for those in tho air and those below will also hue to he provided, and it will be the duty of the flying policeman to sec that theno regulations are enforced " The jo -riding nvlator or pilot of a 'honejmoon special" who thinks to 'run a signal ' from ono of the air traffic cops will be much the worse foi the attempt The scouts In all probtbilltv will be armed with machine guns from which tracer bullets wilt bo fired as a warning or to shoot down ulr pirates, hh no other mentis of dealing with law break ers of the air suggest Itself," la the warning contained In tho official state ment. "Catnstrophes like the Minnesota fire, which destroyed entire communities and caused losses amounting to millions of dollars, or the Dayton and Ban Diego Hoods could be Isolated quickly, thus ealng Hes and property. "Equipped with a wireless telephone, such as Is used by the United States navy to direct aerial operations, the pollco ailator can receive orders direct from tho office of tho chief of the aUa tlon section of the Police Department and report directly to him as to condi tions at any port within a radius of from ten to fifteen miles, which he can surcy from a height of 2000 feet Ha lng received radio telephone orders from his chief, tho aerial policeman can In turn transmit the orders to raptulns of shlpi and can carry out the" orders at lightning speed " Lieutenant Gramlllo A. Pollock, for merly of the l.ufnjctto Eacadrllle, will bo In command of the squadron Mr. Wnnnmaker has received about ICO ap plications for membership In the avia tion section About thirty Imo been sworn In Politician's Soil Hurl John Crelghton MeAvoy, seven e.irs old son of John C. MoAvoy, political leader of the Thirty-fourth AVard, was on the way to hli home at 2418 S'orth FIft -second stieet last night when he was stiuck b an automobile at the cor ner of Tortv -seventh street and City avenue, and taken to the Presbv terlan Hospital with a fracture of the skull r.vjoo to 12000. K.vj?. Heaviest" for reduction wer refused to KuAilantla nermlne; Compinv whon awrw. f;lrnct of six lota at Pumont Is IH00 Cath gvt arbva Hecker. whose Klklns Park rrAperty Is tMAffifeHea n luauu. ana i;mma v riK far, vttH fhelr Ulckn fAllnw v.1 -"rjTx.i-- - "ri. ... Vva . ,prt t Vrilllam Dull flo acres S300A to 12.100 SftX CI. Walter Ilex 7B nrre, 10-00 tA ISOOn Robert A. Smith. 12 '00 to 1210(1 T.uthar Clayton. 14 lots 175 to sro John Hobensack. fle acres 1S00 lo 1500 no'retluetfon on two acres $400 . ssa reaucuon eraniea on appeiis or , liauiryn m. uerr, nvo lots j;uuo , narry r w - m . a..a .. yjf4vorg, Jr., iour 101s, ibuu, anu tienja- min iioupt, one acre, jouu f- Damper on Smoke Plague The Pennsylvania Ilallroad Compauj I, hajs agreed to stop the smoke nuisance created by the use of bituminous coal , . complained of b the United Gas 1m--provement Compans and the Toune EC Men's Christian Association at d others It In the neighborhood of the big stacks at VA- Fifteenth and Filbert streets. Kk ,1. Mis Lnnlie Lehman, of -08 uuth I'ort third street, has been decorated , bj the rrcnih Government with .i I medal of medicil honor, according to an announcement leceived jestcrdav I She as one of four American women I to receive the tribute at the American Momam Hospital it l.uz.incj, on the M.irne, of which Bhe is manager The decoration, known as the Me dallle des Kpldemie. was awarded to tho women for valor, because they had ex posed themselves to contaKious and in fectious dise ises, and also because of their remarkable work in the curtall ni"iit of coirmunlcable maladies All the women are well known in this cltj Dr. M Louise Hurrell, of Roches ter, ono of tho sroun, frequently visits in Philadelphia. Hho Is chief medical director of the hospital In Luzancv Miss Lillian Pitting)!!, nnotlier. is a I nursA who trained at the Woman's Hos pital Miss Pauline WhlttaKer, of Lsn- j taster, received her training at tile Jew ish Hospital, this citv The nciptetits of the nwaid were the I first members of their unit of the Amer- I lean TVonien s Hospitals to arrive In Prance The first work of the unit vab to stamp out an epidemic of Uphold fever In foui villuges nc ir the Luzancy center This was done with the co- j operation of the French Government, i which furnished soldiers to do the i manual work of cleaning up the Ml- lages Doctor Hurrell and her assist ants had the uctuil caro of the patients Dr Caioline Purnel! of 13 J South Eighteenth street, this fit, is the foundei of the American t omens Hos pitals abroad She, lecentlv returned from a tour of Inspection of the work undei her direction BONW1T TELLER GCQ CHESTNUT AT 13 STREET THE SAVOY Italian Restaurant 127 S. 12th St. Music everj evening Danolne In Ball 100m 6 30 to 8 30 and aftei Theatre Special Dinner Served in Ball Room, $1.25 Business Men's Luncheon, 50c && 11 J r SUITS e COATS Presenting marvel lously well-tailored Sports clothes in a variety of styles, ob tainable mixtures colors. in or heather plain SUITS, 29.50 to 45.00 WRAPS, 19.50 to 37.50 Suit Illustrated 59.50 for fer IS is m (jmj. .III m Jr I4 rf. V . "C- I For Easter Costumes The Gloves Extraordinary The Centemeri Seven Just as you would like to have a connoisseur point out the finest paintings in a large exhibition We recommend to your choice an especial group of seven glove masterpieces Chosen from among seventy beautiful styles made in our factory at Grenoble, France. In perfection of fit, in the matchless fineness of needlework, in the soft, lovely quality of the kid, such gloves as these can truly be said to represent the ideal of perfection striven after for nearly four centuries by the glovecraft of Grenoble. Some one of the Centemeri Seven will exqui sitely and aptly complete your spring costume. There are only 3 Saturdays before Easter. Come early to see leisurely 77ie Qentemeri Seven vvliiclis to say: Tho Fielder -.-, . 4.00 TheSerillo ...... 3.00 Tho Budalette ."f ,j ... 3.00 The Eklnoro 3.00 ThoVanDjko ..... 3.50 ThelseTe. ...'... 3.00 The MousqueUiro (.button length . 4.50 Comprised of these seven gloves, or any number o your own eelcctions, a Centemeri Glove Wardrobe provides the perfect Easter Remembrance. Tree. MukRofr 0.3. Fat. Ofc Centemeri Gloves 123 South 13th St. (iVtu York Store, 400 Fifth Ave.) tf. Girls' $25.00 Dresses, $19.75 Party Frocks of Georgette crepe for the intermediate girl ; fine tuck ing on waist and skirt; flowing sleeve; skirt is shirred on waist with narrow velvet ribbon twisted gracefully around the waist-line; naVy, white and other light shades ; sizes 14, 16 and 18. Second Floor Women's Navy Serge Capes Special at $19.00 Capes of navy serge, braid trim med, all sizes; wonderful values at this price. Third Floor Buy Corsets Now During this Anniversary Sale all of our Corsets are reduced 15 from the regular prices. We fit every Corset' sold. Second rioor Sweaters Reduced $25.00 Sleeveless Sweaters, .$15. $30.00 Button-style Sweaters, $18.50. Good choice of colors. First Floor Men's $2.50 Hosiery, $1.45 Heavy-weight Silk Hosiery in plain colors black, white, gray, purple, blue, tan, champagne. First Floor 65c Cretonnes, 38c A large quantity bought special ly for this sale; wide variety of patterns and colorings ; same grade usually sold at 65c and 75c. Fourth Floor $4.00 Charmeuse, $2.65 Charmeuse in black and navy; a high-grade weave with wonderful draping qualities ; 40 inches wide. Tlrat rioor This illustration is from a sketch furnished by the American His torical Society, showing Chestnut Street opposite our present loca tion, as it looked in 1875. Just about this time (1874), this busi ness was moved to Chestnut Street from Second and. C'allowhill, where it was started. There were no trol ley cars then, only horse cars; no autos most of our customers were driven to the store in carri ages and the buying was very largely in the morning hours in stead of the afternoon as at present. Then as now, Darlington's was a favorite shopping place with those who wanted the best of merchan dise marked at fair valuation and wanted courteous, intelligent serv ice. In This 82d Anniversary Sale which closes Saturday night, we are proving that we are better pre pared than ever to supply wares of the most desirable kind at very low prices. Come tomorrow and see not only the lots mentioned in this advertisement, but the scores of others equally attractive in every department GET BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH DARLING TON'S. Sale Goods will not be sent C. O. D.on approval, special delivery or subject to return. Mail orders will be filled while the lots last. We are alwajs glad to open charge accounts with responsible people. Extraordinary Reductions in Gloves For Friday and Saturday only we offer these two extraordinary Glove values taken right from our regular stock and known to thousands of Philadelphia women. Darlington "Special" $2.75 French Kid Glove, white only $2.40. Women's $2.25 one-clasp Wash able Capeskia Gloves in tan, ivory and olive drab $1.86. First Visor Buy Ribbons Tomorrow; ' at Half Price A collection of Ribbons, various widths and colorings, taken from our regular stock and marked at half price. Tint Flaor 50c Veilings, 35c Smartest styles of meshes with the correct arrangement of chen ille dots; black, navy, brown, taupe. First Float1 Girls' $19.75 Capes, $15 Unlined Capes of all-wool navy serge, vestee effect ; moire over-collars, sizes 6 to 12 years. Second Floor $4.50 Dresses, $3.45 Gingham and Pique Dresses in pink, blue, yellow, green, white; sizes Z to b years. Second Floor Over-night Bags, $4.25 Black enamel, lined with moire silk, the most wanted size $4.25 for a Bag usually sold at $5.00. First Floor Don't Miss the Savings on These White Goods Nainsook, 30 inches wide, 10 yard piece $1.35, value $2.h0. Nainsook, 40 inches wiae, 10 yard piece $3.00, value $5.00. Long Cloth, 36-inch, 10-yard piece $2.00, value $3.25. Long Cloth, 36-inch, 10-yard piece $2.65, value $3.50. First Floor $4.00 Porch Dresses, $2.95 Made of corded voiles in dainty spring shades; new and smart looking and very unusual value. Second Floor Little Boys' $5.00 and $5.75 Wash Suits at $4.50 Blouse style with belt; 2 and 3- year sizes ; blue and green. Second Floor The 82nd Anniversary Sale Brings Exceptional Opportunities in Furniture Illustrated and described below are eight unusual Furniture values. And in addition to these you will also find on the Fourth FJoor many desirable reduced lots in Cretonnes, Curtains, Blankets, Spreads and Comforts. Si fw trsa $6.75 Willow Arm Chairs for $5.85 Natural-finish willow, comfortable and durable; just the kind of Chair wanted for porch, lawn or sun parlor. $22.50 Mahogany Tea Wagons for $18.00 Mahogany Tea Wagons in the style shown; reduced from regular stock for this Anni versary Sale. $45 Independence Easy Chairs, $35' Independence Easy Chairs covored with vel vet or tapestry of fine quality; distinctive in design. $45.00 Upholstered Wing Chairs, $37.50 Upholstered Wing Chairs as shown, covered in high-grade cretonne; at a reduction of $7.50. Cushion-seat Sofa, Special at $115.00 Luxurious Sofa with three cushion seats, covered with cretonne or denim, best of upholstery and cabinet work exceptionally good value at $115.00. $24.00 Mahogany-and-Cane Arm Chairs, $18.00 Mahogany -and - Cane Arm Chairs in the grace ful and comfortable pat tern illustrated at $6.00 less than the regular price. $35.00 Four-post Bedstead at $27.00 Mahogany Four-post Bedstead, full size at $27,00 reduced from $35.00. The Bedstead complete with ire springs, felt mattress of good quality and one pillow special at $60.00. $24.00 Mahogany- and-Cane Rockers for $18.00 Mahogany -'and - Cane Rockers to match tho Arm Chair shown to the Heft; a high-grade Rocker in every way. Fourth Floor Bath Towels Turk-nit Bath Toweli, pink and blue tripe nd pUld ef fecto; 65c t1- CAp uei for ,..' Bath Towels White Turknit Bath . Toweli, opuUr sue the qual-, Extra-bearr Fiopular ue ty uiuallr sold at 10c, for 35c 1 1 i ! 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