V EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, APBIU 17, 1919 :ra lt I list Iff anunt urairun Tji( t 406TH SIGNALERS lHFormer Bell Company Employes j Due to Reach New York Saturday SEEK ONE CONVOY FOR 28TH ' i Announcement is mmlo todny Unit the , 406th Telegraph Battalion, composed of former Bell Telephone Compnny em ployes ot this Rtnte. will arrive in New York Saturday on the cruiser Seattle .T. 31. llcpplier has been named cltfiir . man of a committee to arrange for a parade and reception of the battalion upon Kb arrival in Philadelphia It N ' composed of nine officers nnd 200 en 'listed, men in command ot Major Torna1 H. Gricst, of this city. The battalion weal overseas" in Ai Rust. 1017. in command of Major .lame W. Hubbell. also of Philadelphia. Major Itubbell was later made n lieutenant colonel nnd assigned to the Sixteenth Division. The former Hell employes took part In some of the most important engage ments of the war. .including Chateau Thierry, the St. Mihlcl and Argnnne forest operations. Truckmen in the battalion hauled supplies over roads considered impas sable ; linemen maintained telephone lines in working order during the rain .and cold and often under vhellfire. I.inf 'often were alvi installed in leaky build ings and musty cavn. in all creating a system that would have done credit to any large American plant. Appeals to Governor Sproul to ak the Legislature to pass resolutions urg ing the War Department to send the Keystone division jn a unit to this city for parade were decided upon at a meet ing of the Philadelphia welcome home I committee in the Mayor's office. .T. Jarden Ouenther. executive sccre- irjr oi tiic rniiatleiphln Council of ,n- ) . H i 4 OIE IN ACCIDENTS THREE OTHERS HURT Man Hurled to Death From ! Automobile Brewory Truck Runs Down Little Girl TROLLEY CAUSES FATALITY Pour persons lire dead today nnd three others Injured n the results of accident"!. The dead are: lohn II. Armstrong, of l(i Chew kdwaki) ,i. mi:i:ii.n CAPT. MEEHAN WINS SECOND COMMAND Philadelphia!!, Among First to Be Decorated, Is Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel street Olney Helen liagnell, five jears old. of 14.13 North Corlics street. ! Joseph Stamsliis. of 0". I Melon street. Martin Shan, elenn years old, Olou- (.ester, N. J. The injured are Airs. Sarah (ieeler. twenly-one years old, 1724 Monument inenue. Peter Podlgines, tuentj -W jcars old, ' 11S7 Chestnut street. Camden. I Mabel Plcot. nineteen jears old. of Clenienton, N. .f Ifmefrnni. ifdu tlii-fni!, finm liio nttli- I t..n"iifc . ... ... ' nic nnn. moliile when II skidded on the slippery pavement, clashing into the curb. The accident happened lar night at liroad street nnd Allegheny avenue. lie was pronounced dead nt the Samaritan Hos pital. Tobias King, a siteen-je.ir-oId boy who was in the automobile, escaped in jury. Armstrong was in the automo bile business. dent happened last night ns the little girl wns crossing Thirtieth street near i Jefferson. John Leopold, twenty-two years old, of 1104 North Thirtieth street, driver of tho truck, was ar rested by the pollen of the Twenty -eighth and Oxford streets station. Joseph Stamskls died in the Hahne mann Hospital from injuries received in a trolley necident. Mnrtlu Shnw wns struck by nn over turning automobile Tuesday night, nnd died last night at the Cooper hospital, Camden. The accident linppened nt llrondway and Hudson street, Glouces ter. Mrs. Sarah CJecler suffered n fracture of the skull when struck by nn nutomo nflc nt Fifteenth nnd Diamond streets. esterdny. It is said the woman was run down while attempting to cross the i street with an unibrelln over her face to ward off the heavy rnin. llrnest i Dellheim. Diamond street near Fif teenth, driver ot the nutomobile, took BUSINESS MEN'S SONS BOX; BACKER OF ONE WINS $7000 Francis A. Donaldson, 3d, Bests Thomas J. Dolan and Daniel Guggenheim Sncllenburg, Taking Gold Medal rank him equal to Sncllenburg in tho final standing nnd awarded each a silver medal. All threo boys were Jn good physical condition and showed tho ffccts 'of weeks of training for the contests. I the woman to the Women's Homeo pathic Hospital, and surrendered to the police. A skidding motorcycle injured Peter Podlgines nt Ilroadway and Mount Ver non street. Camden, yestcrdny. He was taken to Cooper hospital. Mabel Pieot was knocked down by an automobile near her home and suffered n broken nrin nnd two ribs. GIVES $30,000 TO SCHOOL Two sons of socially prominent nnd wealthy Phlladclphians and the son of one of the richest copper mngnntcs in the country fought three thrilling boxing bouts nt n Chestnut street phys ical culture institute yesterday, one of tho locnl Inds unknowingly winning .$7000 in wagers placed on him by in terested clubmen. Frnucis A. Donaldson, .Id, son of Francis A. Donaldson, Jr.. whose home is at 'Wynnewood, wns the winner of the tnurnnment. Young Donnldson, who is eleven years old, received a gold medal for his victory. Hrookc Dolan, ten-year-old son of 00test in the last half. i nomas ,i. uoian, vice piesiucnt ot tun Fnited Oas Improvement Company, and llnuicl Guggenheim .Sncllenburg, twelve years old, were the other lads in the touriinment. Hoth received silver medals. Snellenbug's father is Daniel Gug genheim, of New Yoik. the copper mng nate. Ills irfother runrried Morton Hnel lenburg, and the family live nt the Kitx Cnrlton. The bouts were finals of' an amateur championship boxing tournament ar son pledged .$500 each nnd wagered Hie nniount on the chances of his winning the tournament. Tho admirers of the other two boys quickly covered the wager. The first bout was nn exciting one bctweent young Sncllenburg, 82 pounds, and Dolan, 741 pounds. The two boys jabbed, hooked, blocked and dodged with skill, with Snellcnburg gninlng the verdict after three exciting rounds of n minute and n half each. Dolan carried tho fight to his heavier antagonist during the first round nnd a Unit, but rapidly tired and lost the I I Vlllllllllllinni' iuiii( iviniiuiin u i i I Friends' Select Given Fund in Mem-jmncrd untlrr the auspices f Major A i 5 K ? AVoril has jut been received here, from overens that lMwnid .1 Median, of the mnth Infantry fold First llegi- ( ment of Pennsyhnnia National Guard), has been appointed lieutenant colonel I of that regiment . Lieutenant Colonel Meehrn is thirty- ' ory of Late Pupil A gift amounting to $,'!0,000 to the Friends' Select School wns announced today. The donor is Marin C. Scatter good, who gives the fund in memory of her son. a scholar at the school from 100." to 1W! and who died n year ago. The gift is to be known ns "The Ar nold Chase Scattergood Memorial Fund." It will be held in trust by the Friends' Meeting on Twelfth street bc- A brewery truck ran down Helen , low Market. Ilngnell, Injurlug her so severely that ' Tho income is to be used by the he died a short time after being taken1 Friends' Select School primarily to to the 'VVonieii's Hospital The acci- ward the pajment of teachers' salanes. T n,n,J lliilrlln The nil illiv nt nil I .,'. .1.. .. -.. ....II 1. ..,.,....' .. .,.1 .. Uirrt' ,llllllin in ,,,-n nuiiitii, fiiiu 4i crowd of interested spectators gathered to see which would carry off the pre mier honors. Fourteen admirers of joiing Donald- After a suitnble rest Sncllenburg was pitted against Donnldson. The work of the young society scion against his heavier opponent was n revclntion to those present. Using the ring to step around Sncllenburg, he jabbed to such telling effect that at the end of the con test he was awarded the light. Tho most thrilling bout of the after noon wns the next one, which pitted Dnlnn and Donaldson agiiinst each other. Itcstcd and determined to re trieve his earlier defeat, Dolnn went Into the fray confident of victory. All three rounds were exceptionally fast, with Donaldson getting n victory by the veriest shade at the finish. Dolnn's work agnlnst him was so good, Pick 'em Up-LOOK Have a Smoke ON US! Today Tonight &loll SaturdaylVight But-DONT BUY- Unless You Feel That the'Biggest Shoe Values in Phila, are in this ANNUAL EXHIBITION Today & to Satd. We want you to be the judge. Again thii teaton a we have done In previoui rerfn we are lajr- ng all our card on the table laying all our hoes out for you to see not asking you to buy, it limply tee for yourself how We lave you $2 to $4 the pair I Compare our shoei. itylei and prices with those in other shop. I . -,!!i1?Si. ii ''1 $x bti & SSW 2$v fcte.-' aSk iN s Vsifc. . Shell k xN Here SajJ3 Cott 9 gs COME IN AND SEE THEM.ggasw AN EXAMPLE OF OUR VALUES g5g however, judges decided to 111 ' 111 three years old. AVhen hrre ho Te-1 j:i -r-f-. . 1. .' . iiuuaj jjcience. sent a telegrnm to tiro i sided wftli his mother. 10r.r, Iticige nve- rterrtbe wB n"' ,.hc rCn,""H l" Hp 'ntrr-d .he National Guard sent to tho War Department, ns fol- n i r- T ,- . i lows: '"' Pennsylvania. Company I. First, "'At a meeting of the welcome home ne'jimrnf fourteen years ago, and committee he secretary was instructed I Pissed all grades to sergeant major; to request you as tho Governor of the M' 1'hiladelphia for Gettysburg in , commonwealth to havo introduced into ' JunP- 1111', w"s made second lieuten bolh branches of the state Legislature a innf 1,r"' "n1 ni ,n '' I'aso. Texas, resolution addressed to the secretary of "'"' mai'' c"P'nin and plnccd in charge' war-asking, in the strongest nnih!n I of " M'PPlJ' company. He returned to i terms, for the return of the entire I,hil"dr,,hin 0elabftr- wc Twenty-eighth Division in nn. ,. I When the First Ttegiment was again . at such n time ns to permit it to narsftr. mua,or," intn ,he I'nitcd States serv es a division in the city of Philn.lel rttrly in 1fllT b csponll. After phla before it shall be demobilized " Piarrling bridges and railroads for a Additional members of subcommittees ,c,onsulcIr,nblp ,tim' hf" ntrHinejl for J were named yesterday by Judge ! vn (,"mp I,Inm'0lk- September. 1017. He' US-Martin, head of' the comml' t'e !, , dpart01 ov''rs,",' ! i- l". and, l.'i. .. Li,;"' . c 'ommlttee on i ,Vas made cantain of Ititle Comnnnv n. irt.auo, ,a lUUKnSi . ' 'VT. rveeinnd Kfnrtrick. IviMr.H 't'A'"." ,BJl F. Oatrney Jamp8 Wlllard """" -" lioau and Hands .Tomnh n r Ducan, (tan! n. 15 He was one of the first American ofli cers to rei'dve the Distinguished Service Cross. He later won the Croix de Guerie, and wns cited sev eral times. He was injured by shiap-l nel in July, IMS. Later he was gassed I.inon. ""!" . uiiu i'iu jrverni nepks in a uospliai, necptlon Isaac D UMzeit, ihalrman suffering fioin blindness. Enterlalnment John ar l'aticnon chair, "-ented in the military sen no. A iiani urorK Hnarton Jnwr. Edwin M nrnthrr tn Inr 'l'h,.mao I' M..l. Alfred K t I,,.:.,,!,, n.lt,,,nnf f u -i--.,i. i..c... t iu.i. iiiijitiuiii, ,.i tin- .Ll'Mlll lllluil try. Seventy eighth Diiisinu, al . SS rhairman. ("harisa n 11.11 Vu.1"1"' oeoree a Wehntrr, W 1. Wilson raraar -Adjutant General IVanlc n Brary. chairman. I5manuel r-urth inim -Patterson. W W Trlnkle. XI T) " J.m.n. Htuart, W Ireelnrt Kndrlck Burk. Hotels and quarters Chrls R Hall Kendrlck. Dr w Krusn. Isaac D itVtei overseas, and John P. Median is n Held Wlllard. O. r JtcCormlck "lon- """ service attached to Camp Dix. , Suuerlntondence and police VT It Wilson chairman. John pucan. James A Flahertj . - James Wlllard, Kmanuel 1-urth Assignment of pbytlclans Dr Wllnrr , Kruten. chairman. Dr. R B. Oleason. IT ' W. W. Trlnkle itualo James E Corneal. I It was suggested that citizens re quest their representatives in both ' branches of the Pennsylvania Legisla-1 Jure and in Congress to aid them in their efforts to have the entire Twenty- i eighth parade. ' COL. MULLER'S BODY ON WAYi VICHY OmmJ h Mmi UttU&unitr tk$ dlrtit control ef Iht Frtnch Gwtrnmtnt Natural Alkaline Water Executor of Evans Estate Died In Payette, Idaho The body of Colonel Chnrles S. Mul Ter, nn .executor of the estate of Dr. Thomas 'W. Evans, who founded the Braes Dental Museum, of the Fniver sfty of Pennsylvania, will reach this 'city Jatc this afternoon from Idaho. Colonel Muller, who was seventy five years old and a Civil War veteran, died last Saturday at Payette, In. His vidow', who was his second wife and ' vho was Miss Margaret Whitaker, of this-city, is accompanying the body east. Colonel Muller was o nephew of Doc tor Evans. Before his first marriage Tic lived at the Evans homestead. For tieth vanif Rpruce streets, on the site1 j-jjOW OCCUpifu us mu ucuiui uiuatuai. i u Your Physician will recommend its use, to relieve INDIGESTION RHEUMATISM URIC ACID GOUT Not Genuine wiUiont the word zf a. Certified by the Philadelphia Pediatric Society AVhlker-Gordon Just as it comes from the Cow ' ,ura, MiHk ciean f Before you break the seal BEFORE you break the tin-foil seal on a bottle of Walker-Gordon Milk note that it protects the sterile-pouring lip of the bottle fteeps it clean. Note that the inner cap is of c.xtra' heavy paper. Remember that the milk was cooled, bottled, double-scaled and iced within twenty minutes , after it left the cow. You break the seal, pour the milk (still cold) from the ideal package a clean glass bottle. Walker-Gordon Milk is produced under ex tremely rigid sanitary supervision. It can be obtained from us at a price in keeping with its quality. Supplee-Wills- Jones Milk Co. Distributing Agents for Philadelphia, Atlantic City and Vicinity WKmuibimfliJtmtmmmmmmmmm0mmmmmm Winner of Twelre Gold Medals Telephone, Poplar 530 , Bu fl' A'u a. Iw "B ijy,- J Matfson & DeMan$ 1215 Chestnut Street For Tomorrow Only To Introduce Our OCCUPYING OUR SECOND FLOOR We Offer Exclusive Model .EjKaCgiyy mT 1 y 'jswf - Mil Millinery Which is a very special price "for these individ ual conceptions. The here these values are only because we are hats very close possible offering to their constructive cost. .PURCHASING AGENTS- ORDERS ACCEPTED: Vovji SCARCITY HE supply of Oriental Pearls ex tends to countless shops and to innumerable cities one may buy them anywhere. The supply of Tecla Pearls is limited and re s'tticted there is only one shop in New York, and only two in all the Americas, where one may buy them. TECLA 398 Fifth Avenue, New York 10 Rue de la Paix, Paris CHARLES J. MAXWELL & CO. Sole Philadelphia Acents Walnut St. at 16th St. SEE THE NEW ONES 200 Spring Styles in Royal Custom Built Shoes ON VIEW! Pick 'em up (moke leisurely) take all the time you want. We want to ihow you not tell you The Proof of Our Wholesale Values Is Here Come See These Wonderful Shoes Without Obligation to Buy We Want to Show You Not Sell You But Come Early There's a Hearty Welcome and a Smoke Here for You! On Exhibition Day & Night TiUSat.Night BOOT SHOPS & 1204 CHESTNUT STREET 2nd FLOOR SAVES $2 to $4- N.W.COR.13ih G- MARKET STaMw-NWr, Open Every Evening to 9.30. Saturday Evening to 11 P. M. 5teinway 'Duo-Art Pianos Sterling Pianos Sterling Player Pianos tQisonuiamonauiS' Phonographs MANMIAN'S EST. I860 G Make Your Clothes Last , Another Year i ARMENTS are suspended on hangers and can be removed atwill bysimply drawing out thepatentslidingtubefastener. No moths, no dust, no offensive odoi, no folding or wrinkling of garments. Large Wrapping Sheets, 40x48 in. For Lining Trunks, Etc. Sold by Department and Drug Stores. "'iiitorv 910 I'oiirl St.. Neiv York fwMEBWJWJWjPOBjP 1 it .I1 ,' i iwivESih v n, 1 SShtvCsiiiiiiiU raSfsi MOTH ff?oor GJiRMENT BAGS ISTYLE-Ml IrfH'.tfiHWHBiBJRWaTBMUMaiaBlifiSW- H o w truly beautiful are the small Steinway pianos the Miniature errand. Stvle M and the Style V urjrierht. Immeasur ably more effective and satisfac tory than the grands or uprights of other names. Case structure in harmony with tasteful room arrangement and limited space. An abundance of those wonderful musical qualities that have made the Steinway house au- thoritative the world over and kept their product absolutely unique in the history of piano manufac ture. Only in Steinway manufacture is the small piano as richly endowed with artistic qualities as the largest instruments a soundness of manufac ture assured by the most illustrious name ever known in pianonial'ing. Only Philadelphia representatives of Steinway & Sons N.Stetson 8iCorllll Chestnut Si Mavfeort & DeMair? 1215 Chestnut Street Spring Furs SPECIALLY PRICED FOR TOMORROW! We offer these greatly be low regular prices on the new scarfs and throws as a fitting introduction to our new, spacious and most beautiful store. " Hudson Seal Scarfs 24.50 Taupe or Brown Wolf Scarfs '... 24.50 Taupe or Brown Fox Scarfs 27.50 Natural Mink Animal Scarfs 29.50 Russian Kolinsky Scarfs 37.50 Natural Squirrel Scarfs 39.50 Australian Seal Stoles 44.50 Stone Marten Animal Scarfs 49.50 Hudson Bay Sable Scarfs 74.50 Scotch Moleskin Stoles 74.50 Natural Fisher Animal Scarfs 8SJ.50 Russian Sable Animal Scarfs 145.00 Natural Blue Fox Scarfs 125.00 Silver Fox Animal Scarfs 245.00 Purchate will be reserved in our Vault until next fall upon payment of ? a deposit, payment to be continued monthly during tprlng and summer. i L IfeSgPRCHASING VAGENTS'. ORDERS ACCErTiCBOti The Centemeri Seven Glove Masterpieces for Easter "Gifts and Gowns" That lovely Nationale quality of French Kid skin, so soft and flexile that it "just moulds onto the hand" Made into gloves by masters of glovecraft in the Centemeri factory at Grenoble, France With the perfection of fit and impeccable finish for which they have been notable these 49 years In 70 styles too many, alas, for everyone to see every one, so we have selected A little group of glove masterpieces, the Centemeri Seven, the finest embodiments of the various glove types which meet every dress or social requirement And to choose your Easter gift or .your liaster gloves from among these seven styles is to choose an example of fine glovemaking which cannot be surpassed. The Qentemeri Seven which is to say: The Fielder 4.00 The Seville .' .3.00 The Ilandalettc 3.00 The Elilnore ;3.00 The Van Dyke 3.50 The here 3.00 The Mouiquetalre 8.hutton length . 4.50 ' Comprised of these seven gloves, or any number of your own selections, a Centemeri Glove Wardrobe will be a 6uperb and memorable Easter Gift. Centemeri Gloves 123 South 13th St (JSew kortt Store, 400 Fifth Aie.) Tud Mirk H.. U. S. rl. Ot. ' y rv s47 .. - ' K . .. -un r&rjl MlfYi lUta - It . w -' ' ' " n1' mil, L Mkli. ... . 1 : '. -t- ---'-. .- -,.i : . .,-v ..--jiiikTOiiriiiFi,iir'iAttiii'iiiliiiMi'iii inn HirmniaBa miliTa'iri is ijKWafl
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