pel "'fWtWS3E5 T j K. J EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, LOAN SALES HERE IEM67HL1J0I Figures Show District Going Further Behind Quota in Drive FOREIGNERS WORKING HARD (lie UolMicvlkl, subscribed to $10,000 worth of Victory notes. At the meeting (Senium helmets weie iiuctloiictl for Inn u subseilptlous. Vin cent Nesejt bill $2,100 for one of them ; Mr. nnil Mis. Kilvvnrtl l!ikiii $2000 for another mill Mr. nnil Mrs. .Insqili HNktip $1000 for n lliinl. EAST GERINTOI SURE OF LOAN QUOTA ITALIANS REAFFIRM (One Speaker at Meeting Bo lieves Forced Home Buying Is Hurting Drive Tlgurcs gircn out toclnv nt Victor. T.oan licndqunrterH nhow n totnl of $60,620,0.10 subscribed in thc Tliinl Federal Reserve district to dale. These totals ore siibiliviileil n fol lows : Philadelphia, S27.KU..V.0 T'cnns.vlvmilii. ?2J.O12.7',0. New Jersey. K-t.. -.0(1.000. Delaware. S4,S.':;..'I."0. The day's total gain throuRluliit tin: district totals $:i.TM(t,::riO. Pliihiilelpliin's t.ntnl shows n debit of $230,-100 over csterilii.v. This is be cause of ati enor made lij n I'hlliiilcl phia bank which confused the column on the card ued to send in loan returns, aud by so rlolns reported a total of S2.747.2.10 too much. The Kuin in Philadelphia for the day ailuallj was $2-10.K0 in notes sold. Error h Corrested To correct the error it was ueressarj to deduct the amount reported in ex cess of the true figure from the Kiiiu made in the Inst twenty -four hours. As the sain was less than the nnmtiiit re ported in error, this left a "debit" of the difference of SL'IHMOO. Large subscriptions continue to be reported by Philadelphia corporations. The General Asphalt Company today announced a subscription of $10,'1,000; the Electric Storage Uattery Com puny subscribed $1 .'0.000: Hloomenthal Brothers, $100,000; Mitchell & Pier on, $100,000. mill the' Keystone Leather Company. $100,000. The A jut Metal Company was reported as o 100 per cent plant, all of its ;."0 emplojcs baring purchased notes. Workers in the ice creuin department of Abbott's dairies have subscribed $130,000. The Third Federal Heserve ISnnk an nounced today that thus far it has sent to the banks anil trust companies in the district a total of 112.000 Victory notes, with a combined Millie of !?", 250,000. Of these 70,000 were notes of the $."0 denomination, amounting to $",!I.0,(I00, niid 33,000 notes of the $100,000 'de nominatiou, to n totnl of $3,300,000. Issue. $500 and SI 000 Notes The Treasury is expected to begin issuing $500 and S1000 notes this week. The Third Federal Heserve Ilauk re ceives a limited quantity of $."i0 and $100 notes daily from the Treasury De partment. These nre distributed before nightfall to the ariotis banks and trust companies. In announcing the number of notes distributed the Federal Kcscrvc Hoard oficials likewise called attention to the need of guarding these notes carefully against loss or theft. The Third Federal Heserve Bank to day issued a pamphlet listing the num bers of Liberty Hands and interim certi ficates of the four earlier loans re ported lost or stolen. The pamphlet, which is of 12',-.. pages, contaius seven columns of ninety bonds numbers to the page. This makes a total of about 7S7i"( bonds reportcd'miss ing by their owners. The bonds lot range from $50 to $10,000 in value, with the gieut bulk of the losses in $50 and $100 bonds. The Czcko-Slovaks, of Philadelphia loan headquarters, met last night in Metropolitan Mall. 715 Fairmount ave nue, aud after listening to the pica of Col. V. S. 1'rban, of the heroic little Czcko-Slovak army which fought off Peace Conference Controversy Fails to Affect Enthu siasm Here 'schools ,i ml thnt the people have been influenced b.v the i-rlttrhnii of the demo cirtlc ailminitrntioii." Mrs. It S. Tinkler, another incm her of the coiumittre, sniil: "The loan lis going slowly through nur own com inittee because so mam people sub scribe through their rinplojcis and 'through their children in the schools 'and because people have been thrown out of their liomes and forced to bu.v thrir homes at such high prices that Hie haven't any tnoiic.v left to bu.v the Victory notes." Mr. Charles S. WurK hairman of 'north nil nl district, -aid: "1 do not committee believe Hint the people me conscious of the situation. I he.v do not show the same enthusiasm us the.v have in the past. Itut the Inst week will sec the loan put across. I inn confident of that. The American people are patiiotir ami like all the patriotic 'stunts' Hint go with a loan campaign. In other winds, they wnnt to 'get their mnncj's vvoitli' The fili.ens of Italian birth and de scent, to honor that liberty and justice for which America and Italy joined the war. pledge themselves to do their ut most for the success of the fifth Lib erty Loan. "Viva 1'America !" With this declaration of faith in theli minds, the Italians of Philadelphia are today redoubling their efforts in behalf of the Victor.v Loan. Amid thunderous applause, .'100 men representing 200 societies and everv faction of the Italians in this cltj la-t night made the pledge in the foim of a resolution introduced by Joseph de Silvestro. grandmaster of the Sous of Italy, at a mass. meeting held in Italian Heneticial Hull, Eighth street neai Christian. The meeting was called by the Italian Victory loan committee to lest the atti tude of the vmioiis groups of ciliens of Italian birth and descent toward the l loan, following intimations thnt certain (elements were ready to withdraw- their co-operation on nccouut of the Finnic controversy of the Peace Conference Frank Homn, chairman of the Italian Victory Loan committee, presided and, amid repeated outbursts of enthusiastic approval, declared no matter what an ttnlian may think of the present ad ministration and its spokesmen, he will support Uncle Sam as long as he is true and lojal. The same idea, in sub stance, was expressed by Judge Joseph nuffingtoii. chairman of the foreign Ian-, guage division of the loan organization. $1990 for Tennyson Poem New York. April 20. For the original manuscript of Lord Alfied Tennjson's poem "Maud" the leading price of S1000 was paid by (leoige D. Smith .vesterday at the sale of C. F. (iunther's collection of autographs and manuscripts in the Anderson Oalleiies. Mr. Smith aKo paid $405 for two auto graph letters written by Oeorge Wash ingtou in 1703 and 1700 respectively. Members of the women I of the east tlcinmntowii sec lion of the j ictorj Libert) Loan express confidence i Hint the icsjdcnls of that section will put their nllotmenl across-. I'elief that the admitted lagging would be overcome was the outgiovvtli of one jof the biggest rionils of the campaign I gathered on the plot of ground nil- I joining the Covenant PieMivterian I '" "-t Church. Cliellen avenue mid Limekiln pike. Threatening clouds and rain went , SHIPYARD TO DOUBLE QUOTA unnoticed during (lie showing of tin "Price of peine" film on a huge can I .. , , , ., .---. vns hung on the sn wall of the HoQ ls,and Now $320,500 "Over the church. Top" In Loan Campaign The chiMnii of (Ins lomiiiunitv aiel Hog Island is now $."'J(l..iOlt over leportcd to be taking awiij some of the . the top" and expects to double its Vh laurels wliiili would ntheivvie come to ' tory Limn ipiota bv Thursdiiv The new tile older folks,. ,av IIK, nv were goal is S2.000.O0O. a udliig In V II everj wheie ami oulv paused ami be- , P Wonts, chairman nf the i coiimillee came silent when Sergeant "I, ill Itel tier, of Opal street, mounted the stand and told them some' of his experiences at tin1 flout Tin' other speakers had to contend with a bedlam of j out hf ill enthusiasm A whippet lank was liternllj swarmed with inquisitive voutli. A lide could .be had in it b.v Hie puichase of a S1IMI bond. 1 Strenuous apt" ills to "pa for I ncle Sam vveie made liv Miss Mav I . Mnckin. Chailes II Vmi Tagen, v ii c Ipies'uleiil of the F.isr I iei niantnvv u tin- I piovoiiiciit AssiN'i.itinn. ami a four , minute tii.in. A Kiniiucj. I'atii olio songs weir ficipicutty interspersed. ' In refeiring I" the pi ogress of the, loan appeal in her section. Jim, W. II. ' Hosserl. chairman of the committee,' said: "The loan is lagging and there j is ii maiked difference in the response to the present loan and the last one. The slow- pi ogi ess is due to the fact , that we me niilj beginning to use our which is conducting the drive "I'iguics tubulated today show sub scriptinns of SI. 1120.500 up until 2 o'clock jeslerdaj," Mr. Hoots said "Our quota was $700,000. Wo expect to have doubled our quota bv Tliursd.ij night and will be well on the mad in $2.0110.000." Charles Fie., retiring diirelor geneinl the bill" i" ''"' ""'rReiicj Fleet Corporation, will incMMiiiv pii.v ins nisi visii io llie lug shipbuilding plant of Thursda.v . when he will adiliesu a iiooud.it lallv of the em pieces in front of the inaiii minimis tint ion building. W. H. Hays Visits Wilmington Wilmington. Del.. Apiii 20. -Will llajs, cliiiirniau of the ltcpuhljcmi "u lional Committee, was a visitor heie jesteidnj He said he was only motoring from Washington to New York. HELD FOR AUTO ACCIDENT Coroner Denies Ball to Driver After Couple Die Coroner Knight lodny held Jmoh Kltiiid. twentj five years old, of 3010 North Third stiret, without bail to await (lie action of the grand jurv for causing (lie deaths of Susan Miller Scott, of SIS (iilhaiu stieet, and Louis S. lxecler, of 1010 Itichtiiond street, as the result of nn iiutoiiioliile accident on April IS, at Filth street and Alieglienv avenue. Ixceler had lecenlly letuined from France. The couple had alighted fioin a westbound Allcghcn.v avenue trollej I car cm their wav home fioin the theatre the fit stt performance Ixceler had nt , tended on his discharge fioin tlie scrv I jee and were iiossjng the street when1 struck by KlilliiL i nr Miss Scott died April IS and Ixceler died April 20,' in the Episcopal Hospital fioin general I injuries ! VICHY FBEKCTT REPUBLIC PROPERTY Natural Alkaline ( Wat er For 50 years the standard Mineral Water for the relief of Sour Stomach, Indigestion and Uric Acid. SK Y0U pfli? PntUrd at the Springs AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS A III. I" .Miitin-1 ouinp in iiMifisnl h t i j t ui w ut uimliiio tinhitn our intHnl priMM i tr.iiimm in-lulitip h tu! -hop w ui I niMoi ou tn nriluM iprhriljl mid iiptt nil tvinst nf i -(tr- .IIP 111 tilllx si linn) IliHt Khi'K IllritllH tlon on itirplttii n-iiir Npw iiMirninc 'fi ttiiiijii ,ind rontnK llltfl' U tMtW fotniiiiir t nil ur plioiu '"Io fdi imi if. uirirn i IAIKM, ' Y, M. C. A. Auto School I North 11ro.nl Mrrrl rimi I..fllt JS'tO Jr h 4mW m .11 1. 11 1 v ffl 9 R m Charge , Account l 923 MARKET STREET For Country and Sea Shore Homes Light Weight Blankets Comforts Bed Spreads and Gray or Khaki Camp Blankets This is Philadelphia"?, Premier Hcclding House and our light weight lllankets. Comforts, Ucd sproads and Caflip Blankets aie a throat specialty with us. None mii pass their soft, fluffy luxury and you will surely bo sorry if mil do not piovide for tlie cool nights'. Campers will be spe cially pleased with the quality of our Camp HIatikct.s, warm and 1110 t seixicealde. You know ou need these and thev should he "Faultless." Dougherty's Faultless Bedding 1 Hair Mattresses Box Springs Bedsteads I 1632 Chestnut Street I 1 Tomorrow Last Day Jj End-of-the-Month Another Big Grouping of (, 1 New Suits, Dolmans, Capes & Dresses L I I invest in tnotisnj HMMMMMMNWli i Space Contributed by Chandler & Company Franklin Banjc Building Philadelphia AMERICAS MOST FAMOUS CIGAR Broker size lSshown here Other sizes 10and up Antonio Roig &Langsdorf Makers: Philadelphia Never gets your nerves m$.m Pt'V- I".-. ?! WW Maw wr-.;iAl& '.ivWrnTi 1 ff (j nc W LUX L Positive Values Up to $42.50 HKAWD-NhW selection ua.K for those who will share in the liiK sayings tomorrow. Values that will give a welcome surprise foi such reductions aie most unusual at the height of the season. Second b'looi A $4.00 and $5.00 New Silk Georgette m, WAISTS $2-i5 U. s. -WHT sWhwA .-j - 1 The new bead ed cintMoldeieil .uid new coll.ir effeeilH Wlilte. j-k'sh .-nut all - lew shades Mreel Floor The New Summer Leghorn Hats Actual $5.00 Values 398 Those popu I a r lloppv I.UKe die-H fhiides, 11 lio- oied w 1 1 li ribtmns and lie. U110 iiK ph tilled I SI.50 Hand Embroidered Envelope Chemise 79c Severn! st.vles ful o h o I o e litninied with late?. Mlreet floor 1 w SKIRTS Special! Values j 45 up to ?.'!.98 tun luand new Hklrls of ices I'opllllF. sIK poi llns and iiavfttv lil.ilds, various 1 1 raid and ImiUuii ti mined iiioiIcIh Cf9 wr t I Inor m Slllllll fin Street 2- Women's otic Brassieres &Bust Confiners 33c Petticoats 1 lowered I7ffi' Slllern I J QEXEXXXXXZZXZ3 w FROM 1 SUNDAY OUTINGS MARKET ST. WHARF nr- Atlantic ,CH .LO Wildwooa . Ansiesea Hum e 1-1- ctv Stone Harbor f inj ItW . Soadll AVEIOn War Tux 111 lintH HildllUHial Allinlle 'lty- Siloiio llHrh-ir Aiisleifa L WIIiImoihI 7 '.'0 h hi $2 .so laud Ini tWar Tax .'u teiiU iiJUItlonall Sundtyi, Miy 4, 18, and June 1, Srr.CIAI TIIAIN LKAVKS Hroad Kt Ti1l h mi )Jt Thlla, 7 41 a, in , Norlli I'lillu 7 54 w in Baltimore Th Manuwwittl Cttp Washington 7A KlUtnil CuUtl War Tax nalllmoro t8c 'Washlnslf.n 7.110 A. II. iaio A. Al, $2.25 $2.75 Sundi;i, Mar 11, 25; June 8, 22 liroad ri WV l'h HI L-h-lln. Pennsylvania R. R.' Bull Dog Bunting Flags The flag that stands any test livery Hull Dog Bunting lias is guaranteed for its fast colors mothproof fabrics and its durability and long wear qualities. Sewed Btars and stripes. Specified and us,ed by the U. S. Government and all tho largo municipalities throughout the country. Look for tho name qn tlie canvas band. Accept no substitute. In all sizes from 2x3 feet to 25x50 feet. Sold by good dealers and department stores.- John C. Dettra & Co, Inc., Mfg., Oaks, Penna. Every Home Should Flu 'Votf M I Women's & Misses' Susquehanna SHU Poplin DRESSES Values to 57.D8 $5 .75 special group of mom than -00 new (lresws lit bever.U very tiopular styles. All tho lieu col orings lepicsentcd Uveiy size. Clearance! Women's $12 to $15 SUITS & CAPES $9 J8 Tlie oclU lots f ioi.i legulpr slock All new etMcs Boyc' $i.S0 & $2 Wash Suits $1.29 In plain kli'lpeb. 8 years roloi'B hues : mid 1 to Girls' Rompers & Dresses (iris Regulation Dresses 49c $1.98 or p'nln color cluio 11 o liluc nml vcintr tiiii.ve. tiUm S to U II I ntne .izi'f o 1 1 cuit- II iC'WJI, i i i i i i APJRIL 29, 1919 a STRAWBRIDGE CLOTHIER. iwn in. a T7777. T7A me accepted styles in Smart Tailored Suits SUCH attractive women's Suits are shown here, in the styles Fashion has approved. Conservative, plain-tailored models, and the distinctive Suits of the season: A( $35.00 Women's Suits of nien's-wear seine or poplin in black, nuvy'blue or gray, carefully tailored in every detail. Belled models trimmed with flat silk braid in panel effect; Suits vvitji jackets on straight lines, loosely belted, with tricolette vestecs; styles with turn, close-fitting or semi-fitting lines. In the group, attractive SUITS IN KXTRA SIZES. At $40.00 to $65.00 Suits illustrating tlie height of the mode in style and ornamentation. Models of nien's-wear serge, Poirct twill and tricotine in black or navy blue, also of pin-stiipe s'liitiiiRs and invisible checks. Distinctive blouse coats, jauntv box coats; belted or scmi-bcltcd models vnriousl.v plaited or tucked; styles with slashed and braid-trimmed jackets, others with lonp, close-fittinp: lines beautiful in their well-tailored effect, nnil some Embroidered Suits' with smart waistcoats or rstces. The model illustrated is of tricotine, at $60.00. r - SlrauIirMfc'p riot hlT Second Hoor MurkM stiver The Mode in Women's Dresses Charmingly Interpreted A HINT of warmer days to come reminds one lliat the time for buying late spring ami early summer dresses is here There is excellent choosing from Silk Dresses, or smart models of voiles, gingham or linen : Women's Silk Dresses, $19.75 Models r taffeta silk or -crepe de chine, in taupe, navy blue, gray or black, with short tunic or long box-plaited tunic; some with estee, others with collar or the quaint inund neck-line. One distinctive style featuies the straight-lino skiit. Cotton or Linen Dresses, $8.75 to $20 The new styles in Sum m e r Frocks are lovely apron tunics, graceful draped effects, lace trimmed vostees, smart collars, tailoicd pockets, pictutesque sashes anil tin belts. Dirsses of voile, i;ini;hani, vnilc-nnd-linen 01 linon m white and colors, many trimmed with peat 1 buttons. The model sketched is of voile, at 520.00. Silk Dresses, $25.00 to $30.00 An unusually attractive .g r o u p of Women's Dresses of taffeta, crepe de chine, or crepe Georgette, in smart spriiiR shades. Among them, beaded and embioidered models, some tucked and many tunic styles. Draped bodices or stiaicht lines arc included. - Straw lirulai' c'lnlhlf r scumil rioor louli if House Dresses 1 Unusual at $2.65, Of stiiped King ham. Two pretty styles. The sketch shows one. The other has white piquo collar and icvcr of self-material. Sizes' .'!0 to I Hi. More than the ' usual kooiI looks and fjood wear at lllis price. Woith j while to buy sev eral so' liandv and "comfv" in hot wcathei. s rawbrMlc A i lothi.i i in nl rinur riibi-it si (.i mm 1 111 iflH'iiffJ JttL (j NEW HAIR-CLOTH TURBANS OF ORIENTAL INSPIRATION $12.00 AND $15.00 Kiom Susanne Talbot, the famous Parisian milliner, came the original HAIR-CLOTH TURBAN from which these smart models weie copied or adapted. The witchery of the mysterious charm of the Orient is in pictur esque lines and the graceful swirl of drapery. For hosts of women, these are the loveliest of close-fitting Hats, so light and comfortable, and withal, so smait in design and coloiing. Sith trHlgt I lothlcr Se, ond I'loor Market Street West (4Jft V For the Coiffure Kverytlung needed to make the hair what the poet said it should be, "A woman's crowning glory." And these two, specially priced, help to ease the purse as well: Switches and Transformations S'..9."i each. S IdUlM MlK & lMlhl I t-irhl nuot It., Iiuir . NEVER WERE WHITE SILKS i MORE IN VOGUE THAN NOW Soft White Silks, heavy shimmenng White Satins, such pro fusion in weaves and kinds! Much of our large stock was selected months ago, so that prices aie lower than usual. White Silks for graduating f locks, for all kinds of summer day and evening dresses, I for spoits wear, and, of course, the HRIDK'S TROUSSKAU. White Crepe Georpctte. While Crepe Meteor, White Crepe de I Chine, While Ponrjee, White llaronet Satin, White Washable Satin, White llniadclotli Silk, II hite Japanese Silk, White Silks and Satins i lor every purpose. -- Sitaulwiilc' I lotlner Male. II Centra I H tH MEN'S SUITS ' REDUCED $19.50, $22.00,! $25.00, $29.00 In oi del to keep our regular slocks of Men's Clothing in the fresh, ship-shape condition which men like to choose fiom, we have marked seveial hundred Suits biokcn lines' mused by the unusual artiily of the . past few weeks, and which we can not reoider to sell at the same low pi ices fiom ?i50 to $'.20.00 less than foimer selling tiguies foi quick, decisive clearance. The collection includes neat checks, mixtuies aud stiipes, some blue seiges and plain-color flannels. The styles aie the season's smartest and ( newest for men and ycung men. Hioken sizes, of, course, but neatly I every size in the collection as a1 whole and all annnged for easy inspection. i - s,ralirlUi' ' loihi'r-S . mul I'tooi l..isl Knitted Neckwear or n.nt: distlwtion & riiONOUS'CEl) TASTE $2 to $4 We have just le ieied some especially handsome patterns in this fine Silk Neck wear which we do not hesitate to lecommend to men of super-critical taste. The excellence of workmanship, the rich lustie of the bilken strands and the pat terns themselves stamp this Neckwear, at a glance as far and above any ordinary kind. S'iwlridgH A Clothier Al'lo 1 Murket Street 3c Golden Special for MEN 1800 Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers At 95c Strawbndee I i. lolhler Alle 2 Murket Streit j Men's Fine Madras Shirts Of woven-stripe madras, in a variety of good colorings $2.00. Of woven-stripe and silk-stripe madras, fine in weave $2.50. Of woven-stripe and fine silk stripe madras, in many correct col or combinations $3.00. And some Shirts, of a madras which ordinarily goes into fine cus tom products, faultless in fit and workmanship, and matchless in quality, at $3.50. Slrbrldo Clothier l.ant Store, Uilhlh Street Market St. Uishtli St. lUliert St. STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER Market St, RlKlith St, r.T'.a rm Mi -ra ' i -m ?' r t 5 :i 1W 1 iS fl A n fiils i . 1. Kt ii-- iK LSI il'l 31 T" 1 t f l ,Jf V. iM tp" 1 n ttv t U 4 ' f 7 C5 "i - LU mm Z.' Si .mm ;J n U mm m t If If : e 4 'tf mm ll "ffl S . J $i f n i 4 It :r :: if Vi J IS RM n & li 4 r - S M ft M m ii tii a 1 .if. 0 HOME OF STYLE & ECONOMY t r A S :FTA' ,v v t rc,'vr.-. HMwHMPOMkw r HuJK V
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