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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, -JULY 18, 1919
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Internal Revenue Collection Dis
tricts Readjusted to Effect
Consolidation
L BIG INCREASE FORECAST
GREAT WELCOME AWAITS
"BABY" SOLDIER VETERAN
West Philadelphia Youth Is
One of Three Survivors of
B Company, Ninth Infantry,
in Second Division
Tlicwork of the Lancaster tnx-col-lection
district will now be consolidated
with that of Philadelphia as result of
the readjustment of the internnl rev
enue collection districts, according to a
statement by Daniel C. Itoper, com
missioner of Internal revenue, at Wash
ington. Abolihment of the Ninth Pennsyl
vania district for the purpose of creat
ing ll ecpnrnie uiRirici tor mi: maic m
Delaware is provided for in this chang
ing of the sixty -four tax -paying dis
tricts of the T'nlted States.
An executive order, signed by the
President, abolishes, in all, ten collec
tion districts, consolidating them with
others, and creates ten new districts in
states which do not now have a sepa
rate collection dlstrirt. Kvery state
with the exception of Nevada will have
a separate collection district under the
new plan, nnd n personal service head
quarters will be established in every
Important city in the country. The
order nbolishing the ten districts is
effective August 1. while creation of the
- new districts dates from the appoint
ment nnd confirmation of the internal
revenue collector in each.
The coming of prohibition and the
iLcrcase in the number of federal tax
payers under the income tax law's are
responsible for the reorganization. The
enforcement of nationnl prohibition
naturally will permit of the transfer of
n large number of tax collectors here
tofore engaged in supervising and in
vestigating the" collection of liquor taxes.
The increase in the number of tax re
turns made to the bureau in ten yenrs
U estimated nt from 300,000 to 10,
000,000. VETERANS SEEK CLUBHOUSE
Committee Decides to Consult Agents
for Best Location
A meeting of n special committee of
the Vnited American War Veterans,
headed by Warren C. Fisher, the com-mandcr-iiKchief,
and J. Kennedy
Ttnln. the secretary, was held at Gen
eral Meade Post, G. A. H., in me
Parkway Building, to discuss plans for
the purchase of a clubhouse in this
tity.
It was decided to consult real estate
ngents for the best possible location.
This organization was first formed on
December 20, 1018. The national chnr
ter was applied for on January 10,
1010.
The United American War Veterans
is similar to the American Legion, only
differing in the fact that veterans of
nil wars in vhichthe United States
has taken part, and their descendants,
arc eligible to membership.
Youngest of Family Shoioed
Spirit by Enlisting Soon
After U. S. Declared War
on Germany
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SEPTEMBER two years ago near-
bovs In khaki sailed with the Second
Division for France as Company B,
Ninth Infnntry. Next month, when
the now famous Second returns, just
three of those original 1M1 will be
aboard the troopship, and one of the
three is twenty-two-year-old Ser
geant George McreHth Fey, of 015
South Sixtieth street.
Little more than two years ago Fey
was just the "spoiled youngest boy"
of the family, a jolly, winsome chap
who made friends everywhere. He was
bnrely twenty years old when the seri
ousness of the war struck htm, ana nc
enlisted. Laughing a little unsteadily,
he exhibited himself in his first khaki
suit before his ndmirlng family on the
Fourth of July. 1017, and then, as a
private, he sailed for France two
nionths later.
He returns a rugged veteran, with
n wound chevron that he hasn't told
his family about nnd a world of star
tling experiences to tell of how one nfter
another, all his companions, save two,
went down in battles.
Home Is In Turmoil
In the homo on South Sixtieth street
there is almost a hysteria of rejoicing.
It Is like the returning of the prodigal
son (only tliiB time it Is the hero son)
Christmas time, Fourth of July and
spring housecleaning time all rolled into
one.
Mrs. Anna Fey. the prond mother,
nnd the one daughter are deep in the
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to free Rhelms and break the boche hold
on thnt region. And the Second Divi
sion broke through the German lines,
greatly aiding the liberation of the city
of Itheims.
"When Gencrnl Pershing started his
drivo on November 1, which took the
Americans in n great sweep to Sedan,
the Second Division was in the line iu
front of St. Georges nnd Landr,eax-St.
Georges against the position which had
the Americans at a standstill for two
weeks. It broke through for nine kilo
meters the first day nnd. leading all
other divisions, wns responsible for the
German Communiques' first stntement
during the war that the line had been.
broken. As advnnce beime a general
pursuit, the Second Division kept up its
pace and" In seven dajs gained forty
kilometers."
Little Girl's Nock Broken by Car
of C. F. Fox, of
Ogontz
OTHERS HURT IN SMASHES
SERGEANT GEOKGE M. FEY
when he wns sent with companions to
capture a German machine-gun nest.
His companions were shot down beside
him, but he crawled through a field of
wheat and stuck his bayonet through
the German guard, nnd the machine
gun was captured.
"The Second Division has had 28,
000 replacements, and htill this boy of
ours is coming back to us. It makes my
heart swell with pride as well as with
sorrow for the mntheis' sons who were
lost. There were ten of, his pals In
the comnnnv with him when he left.
! Not one of them is returning."
In a citation lsued last January
' Major General John A. Lejeune said of
the Second Division :
I "The division plaved n part of great
military and historic importance In the
great victory. It fought five pitched
battles or erles of battles, nlways de
feating the enemy, nml Jt has won tlio ,
right to tinve Inscribed vi Its winners
the names of its brilliant victories won
by it nt Chateau -Thierry. Soissons, St.
GIRL BALL PLAYER HURT
Suffers Broken Arm In Sliding to
First Base
Helen Russell, twelve years old. of
S2.1 North Uber street. In attempting
n Ty Cobb slide to "first" csterday
nfternnon fell instead of making the
I slido and suffered a broken arm. Helen
i had been playing baseball with n num
ber of other girls on the Francis play
grounds, Nineteenth and Shirley streets.
When taken to the hospital by her
friends the youngster explained to the
doctor how it happened. "When- 1 1
fnw the 'first baseman' leave the bag
to meet me," she said, "I knew P
would have to slide and make it. But!
for some reason or other I tripped nnd'
fell in making tJie take-off. It's all i
in the game, however," she concluded
between smiles nnd tenrs.
Longshoremen
Gaheslon, Tev
One child is dead nnd several others
are suffering from injuries today ns the
result of traffic accidents.
The dead child was Elizabeth Dichl.
five years old, whose parents live nt
Forrest road and Church road east,
Ogontz. Alphen Yenger, nlso five yenrs
old, is In the West Philadelphia Home
opathic Hospital. Her jaw and one leg
are broken.
Little Elizabeth Dichl was run down
by a machine driven by (trorge II. Znne,
n chauffeur employed by O. F. Fox, of
nertltellyn, Ogontz. The accident oc
curred directly In front of the place
of business conducted by the child's
father. According to the police, Znne
was driving nt n "fast rate of speed."
The little girl's neck wns broken nnd
her body wns crushed.
Zane and two companions were ar
rested to nwnlt the nctlou of the cor
oner. The police say Hint Zane npplied
for n driver's license only on July Hi,
although it is said he has been driving
a car for two months, or bince his dis
charge from the army.
The police are still seeking the driver
of the automobile thnt struck Alphen
street, when n car driven by a man,
with two women In the rear seat, made
a sharp turn to avoid a car In front
of the Yenger home. In making the
turn the machine ran so close to the
curb that the fender struck the child
on the face. She was thrown beneath
the wheels.
Drawn by screams of neighbors,
Mrs. Yenger hurried to the door and
fainted when she snw the blood stains
on her little daughter. She was car
ried Into the house by her husband,
Thomas Yeager. a soldier recently re
turned from France.
Persons who witnessed the accident
told the police thnt the license number
of the car was S04".",
Two Camden Accidents
Two automobile accidents occurred
in Camden. In one n sixteen-year-old
boy wns injured.
l'our-yenr-old Kenneth Coan, who
lives nt J413 North Fifth street, was
mil oicr by an automobile last night
as he attempted to cross nt Marshall
and Wingohocklng streets. He was
taken to St Luke's Hospital. Doctors
say his condition is serious. The driver
of the machine, John Kline, who lives
nt -VX Not tit Frnuklln street, sur
rendered to the police. He will have
a hearing this morning before Mngi
trate Wrigley, of the Gcrmnntown ave
nue and Lycoming street station.
Matthew lleddy. of 410 Bergen
street, was struck by a machine while
playing ball at the corner of Broadway
and Hudson street. Ills scatp was
cut badly. The machine was In charge
of Lee Woodlyn, of 013 Brookljn
street, this city.
An automobile of the Ktte Manu
facturing Company, 1410 North Broad
street, this city, wns In colllstou with
the auto of Alfred W, Hill, of Clarks
boro, nt Broadway and Powell street,',
Camden, Both machines were dam
aged, but no one was injured.
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To-morrow, the Third of
Our Saturday Holidays
Debate Leagui
July IS. Illy A. I Yeager. Alphen was seated on the curb
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P.) A resolution indorsing the action opposite her home, nt 1.11 North Millick
of the American tcderation or l.niiori
in sanctioning the league of nations. '
with a rider providing for free deter- '
minntion for Ireland, was the chief
business to come before the Interna
tional Longshoremen's convention to
day. President O'Connor said he an
ticipated a heated debate.
BIG BOOK BARGAINS
For Vacation Reading
The ate by popular authors and
hive been used in our llbrarj Oood,
dean condition
23 Cents each, or
FIVE for a DOLLAE
Womrath't Circulating Library
15 South 13th Street, Philadelphia
THE STORE WILL BE
CLOSED ALL DAY
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N accordance with the custom
lished several years ago, this
will be closed all day to-morrow, giv
ing our employes two days for rest and
recreation. News of many attractions
of style and economy interest, will
appear in Saturday evening and Monday
morning newspapers.
Strawbridge & Clothier
MARKET STREET EIGHTH STREET FILBERT STREET
mysteries of beautifying the house. The! Mihicl Salient, Blanc Mont and Ar
three hovs who are. home are working gonne Mouse. Its ensunltics were 7.12
their fingers off and saving their money j officers nnd 'J.1,(!.".1 men, t,otnl "1,1S5.
for a big celebration. In George's I This wns about 10 per cent of the total
room there nre nil sorts of mysterious J casualties of the American expedition -looklng
packages and bundles, thnt re- ary forces. It captured 12,020 prls
mind one of Christmas. There's a gold oners, more thnn to-nunrtcr of the
watch and chain, a diamond stickpin,
silk shirts and a variety of other things
that have been blipped into the room
ono at n time as doting members of the
family bought surprises for the i
"youngest." I
"He's to young nnd we all love him
so," said the mother. "You should
just hear us talk about the child when
we get together. Kvery meal the con
versation years round to George. Every
thing reminds us of him and of how
thankful we should be that he is re
turning safe and sound, the only Philn
delphian among the three remaining
original members of the company.
Helped Capture Machine Gun
"He's never written a lot about the
battles he was in because of the cen
sorship. But we know of one time
total number enptured by the A. E. F.
It captured .14.1 cannon, about one
quarter of the total number captured
by the A. E. F.
"The officers nnd men of the division
have earned by their valor, their skill
and their victories the ndmiration Mid
gratitude of our Allies and our coun
trymen." "When General Pershing started his
drive for the reduction of the St. Mihiel
salient in September," C. F. Fey, a
brother of the sergeant, who has studied
the division's history, snid, "the Sec
ond Division hnd its place in the hardest
fighting along the southern side of the
snlient, where the heaviest German re
sistance was expected. It made good.
"In October the division appeared in
the Champagne with Genernl Gou
raud's Fourth Army, which drove north
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It's Cheap Food
Compared with prewar price levels, beef
is one of the cheapest of essential foods
today. Other foods have advanced to
much higher points and remained there.'
A survey cpnducted by the Health Commissioner of
Chicago showed the following price increases for the,
current year over 1913-14:
Flour . . . . .210
Sugar . . . , 115
Milk , 87 .
Round Steak , , 86
Eggs . , . - ., . . 80
Sirloin Steak . . 61
.Beef is one of the best values in the food line and there
is plenty of it.
The need for conservation for military purposes is past.
BUY BEEF-
It's Good Food It's Cheap
American National Llvo Stock Association
National Wool Growers' Association
Cattle Raisers' Association of Texas
Corn Belt Meat Producers' Association of Iovra
Kansas litre 8tock Association
Southern Cattlemen's Association
Panhandle and Southwestern Stockmen's Association
Nebraska Stock Growers' Association
Missouri Live Stock Feeders' Association
Illinois lire Stock Association
Indiana Cattle Feeders' Association
West Virginia Lire Stock Association
Wyoming Stock Growers' Association
Montana Stock Growers' Association
California Cattlemen's Association
Colorado litre Stock Association
Idaho Cattle Growers' Association
Arizona Cattle Growers' Association
New Mexico Cattle Growers' Association
Cattle Raisers' Association of Oregon
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Going Out of Business!
Forced to Discontinue
By reason of our unfortunate inability to secure the large quan
tities of merchandise to stock our expansive floors.
Thus Every Suit and Every Coat and Every Pair of Trousers will be sold at prices that
absolutely disregard the original cost and hundreds of Suits will be sold positively Below Cost.
We've been located here only four months, so you can be sure of the unquestioned fresh
ness of the merchandise that is here. If it hadn't been for the War and the unprecedented scarceness of
materials, we'd be here for many a day BUT
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effects that the young men favor and the staid, conventional models
sought for by the men of mature years. Every style is here, with wide
choice and the best of service for everybody. Come !
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other New Model
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Dressy single - front
and seamed - waist
Suits: Values $28.00
and $30.00
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Clearing Out 2000 Summer Suits
Imagine Genuine Palm Beaches for
They cost more than that!
These Halm Beaches all have the label that
signifies "Genuine." They are this season's
styles. They are beautifully finished and made.
They're being sold at other stores at their regu
lar prices, $15.00 to $20.00. Here, Tomorrow, at
$.50
Two other lots of Summer Suits
$2.90 Lot Two $4.90
Lot One
These are marked at less than half price
alterations on these two lots.
a small charge for
Selling all the ROGER'S Trousers: Bargains
Values $2.75 to $4.50 Values $5.00 to $8.50
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