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EV4NlN(i UUBL1C LEDGER i'HILADlPHIA, MONDAY,, AUGUST 18, 1919
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BIG RUSH TO BUY
U; S. FOOD STORES
Crowds Arrive Early at Post
offices Here Fifty Dollars
Is the Limit
STRICTLY BY MAIL ORDER
How to Buy I'vdvral Food
Through ) our Postoffue
Mnrkol bv mnil
Surplus gmirnnipnt fcmtKluffc
tn ho nrrlrrcvl toHnv trnimrrnn unci
WnlnrMlnv at nnv iolnfficr or sub
station nr tltrnusli m.nl inrrmn
Tlio limit ullnnril f"i Th u
tomri ix $" hoi Mi of food Tlio
mallct nnjor that m-iv I" I'lnicvl
ll for II four rent can of limns
OnliT hlnnko. with Hi' price
printril on tln'in. should In imirkcil
n ilriirpl
Till' total vccillit of the nnlfi
cliould thiM br Usurer! fmm thr tnliln
of vveight on llio order blimls rld
tlir total number of pnumi "f the
articles on oider. cIivuIp In two
nnd then add fnm Thi- will tuc
the number of ipiiN piwljrp
The limit in weicht of inn misle
parknge is I2."i pniimN. tf an or
der is hem ii i than tin- a epaintr
plank will have to be imdn out for
the food in fies of this figure
Monr to p.iv fot both the pn
eminent i m. of Hie food nnd Ihe
pntiiK n ui 1" en en to the m.nl
liien ot tip iio-loflirr with evnv
older A re. eipt gien the cus
toinei The oi I'er i- to be delneted to
join dooi In p in el po-l
The sovr-i mm nt innd ordei sale of
iuiplu ftmiMulN nr ml P'li e vt.irted
today
It I" -truth a mail oi dei piopoMiion
The ni lilies of food desneil uiiiv be 01
tiered todnv loiuonou or cluoilitv .it
till? po-t.il xt.it inn oi from the ni.nlinen
Delivr-rlr will be made u scon a- pos
fctblc b p.m I po-t
"Have Mm got 'ininittv Eentleinan
corn'' I- tb.it -nlmnii nnv good'1
Can't voll let II. xee l ''
It wnMi t pi-t one prison there
were huii(hed hulling nnfxtlous lUht
and left ax the elbowed one auolhei
back and forth in front of windows Ul
and '-- at the main pnxtnffico. Ninth and
Market t-tierts. in their r.iKrrut'c to
take aclvnutacr of the ale
.llitod to Match Ileitis
When (ie viniati brought n handful
of btatix to xii if she entild Iuivmihio
jtl$l like them ut the government food
pale. Siiptinnl rilent .lohn I'.itteixon
and hix finer of iisvi-lants at the Ken
MiiKtnn po'iiflici' xtation, Noi 1 1 and
Sqiviv.l xiiiel-. fiRiiratirl "K.ivc up
till' CilOxt '
TSeginmu their line un at 0 nMnik
this morning, men women and hil
dreu, n.nnv 'f them hringuiK boxes, has
Vela and ' ii;;-. haw crowded the Ken
sincton nfli .lb d.i l'oxtal rleikx ill
charje ol tin- p.inel poxt a,le of nrmv ,
ivuiplus food wre frantic after the tirst , ,rlkr veiling surplus arm foodstuffs,
(few houis of i ipid fire uxclcss questions ,t wlls ,,, ,,, tint the food would
..rhlldieii stood in line for au hour or )(1 trni , ,nC1. t tIP govcrnois ot these
more to nl. if tbev eould bin ne ueain . ,,,llcs f, disposal through the munici
nntl ihorol.itcx Women insisted " pnliti'- i
seeing the foodstuffs before they would -j-j,,. ls( ,,r foodstuffs the goTernment j
fill in md r l.i.inkx. Others came with has fo. s!1,c ln(.l,ides virtually e-verv-,their
market b.-skets expeeting to larrv I tuug Jn ,hp moat HU(I Kr0(Prv hnes An
Hip foil Iioim- order for a four-icnt can of beans is the,
'"lhey all seem to know there is a .,. ,, , bc tnk(,n. Xo order
BOTCinment sale said Superintendent 'st ,,, s-0 in valuc
Tatton, "but thev haven t taken the T,e sr.O limit is placed to make sure
trouble to learn the essential fu( ts per- ,1)at thc ,1t tTlCP3 bpiieit oniy the con.
taming to thc sale And we have been i,umPr, , tfkPts speculation
pestered to death with questions and I Th(1 onors, ,,liUCll tolIay tomonow
demauds siiprcmclv foolish. Our eleiks LI1( vMUiix,l.n will be gathered and
arc doing this sale work in addition tol,ota,PU pa(Jl 111Kilt ia the central oflite
their ordinary duties and todav's rush at Hllh allll jimket streets, and thc
lias almost driven them frantic It means, ,011 01,ieis will be bent to Maior .1 C"
Jiours ot oveitime work for all of them, jOI1PS t the waiebouse at 'I'wentv ln-t
nd wc are all willing to do our shate, ktieet and Oregon avenue. Major .Jones,
but T wish people would inform them )y means of xCOics of anny motor
Helves on details before they come to I trm ks placed at his disposal, will send
the office The ileiks hnve nil thev can the goods in bulk to the parcel post
do to take oiileix, ee that blanks ate station at Twent -second and Maiket
properl filled out to ligure postage, audi xtieetx Here a staff of derks will
take the ninne
Crowds at Kingsessing
Crowds besieged the Kingsessing
lib
station, Kiftv xeconcl xtieet nnd Haiti
more avenue till it wax difficult for men
nnd women on other business to get in
and out of the office The x,tv tiriH.
letter can icis in that distuct brought in1
hundreds of onlerx nfter then hrxt
round and most of them weie late gc
ting in beincixe of the additional woik
Tin" superintendent i- urging piiic'ia
ns In come to the poxtofhc c lather than
order through the cairier, whose dutiis
are alieadv be.iv v
Much clelav i- c.ui-ed olhi nils ii
bccaip-e tbo oidn blank- .lie filleil l.i
carelesvlv ot mipinpc ilv m heemxe
postage ha- not bei n inc lucled Ii
food to be pun based should be listed
alphabetical! and -t 1 1 tl an-oicling to
directions which aie given on the i mi'
page of the Hi r mm I'i hi ii Li-win
"We expected a tush todaj said
Fastest Train
to Wildwood
83 minutes from Camden
I.enies Hemline Chestnut Street
I rrry 4::o V, SI. linlly
DEVELOPING
AND ENLARGEMENTS
TMBTtt"t KIND"
CAMERAS K,
MAIL ORDERS. PROMPT SERVICE
..SpNDfOftPRICetlST.
K2:HBSTNUTSL81Z
IOOT AMI 1.1MI1
TROUULK.H
Irmtmnlly relieved
tor our apeclitl nrch
upporti. fitted anil
fivlJuatcil by expert!.
Our Bcin lt
Klaatlo llonlery. the
moat comfortable
support, for varl
foep vtlni swollen
limbs, wtalc kneea
and snklex
Trusrut. abdominal
una amiecic aup- .
i . ixiC-ete or nil Kinai, urieii
(VoVjrmltsr appliance" In tn world.
. at 'V
BUYING SURPLUS ARMY FOOD
!mnBVMTWRilMDlVFT 9 . J
I'ovlmntei I hornton but 1 (onfes
1 we did n I c pi I 1 1 in be .(i good as this
the Ihsi morning Additional ileiks
will be needed to handle the busiues
and the svslrm will be changed some
what in ord i to fai dilate mntters,"
I Carrieis Oierlittrdenctl
' r.eilei Iannis thiougnout the itv
aie nlloweil to take ntilcrs. but the
iPt.il millii lilies me dixiouiaging tlux
ns nun h as possible
I "We wish the housewives would use
.hix tnelhod of oideiing onlv in cnxes
'of imeigeniv ' said 1'ostnmster Thorn
! ton "The larneis nie buidened with
I mail. It is vacation tune and we are
using nianv substitute miners who ill o
not ns fan ill. 11 with the inns or n
! lapul ns the usiinl ran lets.
"Iiii oideix me to lake care of the
mail fust, as it is lonxideied of most
lnnl
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it. line 'I bus the ininer uallv has
lux liiinN full without taking food nr '
i deis Mosi of I hem will not carry older
'blank" with them to give out promts
I I uouxh
Hiijers Cnnip IJarlj
"If a housewife must order her things
through the inrner, she can tell biui
and be will bun,; her u blank net dn.v i
and assist hei m' filling it out She j
must make nut a duplicate blank, so
she i an kiep one beixelf and give one
to the wuriir with the icrpnrcd inonc.v .
She will be given a icteipt ror the
mone.v "
At the I u ii li 1 II poxlofliie, I.chlgli nnd
Mute liinxnti stieits, the would-be iur
liiaxeis big.in lining up before the win
dow at 7 'HI o' loek this morulug.
N'oitb I'hil.idelphia xulixtation, Uroad
and (lleuvvood nvenue; ficrmantown
stut inu tJciinaiitowii and Chelteu nvc
nues : Mnnavunk xtation. Main street
above I'arxon xtieet, anil West riiila
delpbia station vveie ctowded witli pur
i haxeis
A telegram from the War Depart
incut todav oidered all poxtofhtes in
N(ns ,l ,.w Jei-e atulCnnnri'titiit
make up and pack the orders, and send
I them out to the individual con-unicr
To Supply Whole State
Major Jones will receive the oicleis
ficun nil pints of the state It is his
,ll,u " "upply not onlv Philadelphia,
but all the postmaste,-,, m Pennsylvania
" "'" tl10" be u " ' Po'tinasters
CHILDREN'S
WALL TENT
Erect a Unt for
them In th front
or birk yuriJ, the.
nr will ,1. !..
.... ,..,. .i .un n esc quality ounce
5 "cnv" duck Teles pins nJ rojxs.
Hrlte for rntaloK on Isrter sites nnd
...,. . . '"! "implies
AKM SI I'll CD . A3 1 MARKET
I seis of PEA Coal be ad-
ised and buy now. We have i
thc size and quality. We
handle only the very
BEST COAL
Egg. $10.75 Stove $11.23 1
Nut 11.35 Pea. . 9.4
The I'rlre Will II Much Illilier
We serve you right
Owen Letters' Sons
l,a i'i' Coal Vend In 7'n(i
Trenton Ave. & Westmoreland
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Pure Virgin Spanish
Olive Oil
We sell any amount barrels, 11
gallon cases, gallons. Jars, Vt gal
Ions, quarts, pints and half pints.
The best oil on the market. Cream
Ollv for medical use. Delivered
In short time. Phone Walnut 1050.
The Spanish Products Co,
13th and Locust Sts, I'hila.
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Men anil women thronged the Postofllie this morning, some, with null
order blanks nlrradj filled fn: others with lists read to he lopled on tho
order sliecl. It Is strictly a mail order proposition. 'Hie articles of.
food desired maj lip ordered toda, tomorrow nr Wednestlaj at Hie postal
station or fiom the mailmen. Deliveries will be made a soon as possible
by panel post
to fill the individual orders for con
siimeis To take care of this demand, 700
cms of sin plus government food have
been shipped to the Philadelphia ware
house. 1'iftv mis had been unloaded
bj Saturdav night, and orders have been
given the railroads to place xevcuty
five lais a clav on the tracks for un
loading I'rom this great stoic of food
the individual oi tiers will be filled. I'ncle
Sam's groeeiv stock here will bc vvoith
upward of SI 0.000,000.
Where to Plate Oiders
l'ollowiug uic the postofticc stations
nnd substations in Philadelphia wheic
ordeis maj be placed :
Ontrdl Mm h and Market strfeis vna
nnkr more Readlns Terminal. Hroad
Street Station
Tinurst Fifth and Minor sireeta
nrldeBburt Hrlda. and Salmon streets
nimlrtnn 17.T Welsh road
I'hfstnul lllll RI34 llermantown avnu
i:jt Palls 3C,m Mldvale nvenut
K.ilrhltl Hutihlnon slrcel and Lehlsh
avence
Torllelh strefl into Market street
ro ( hap l'n c'hase
Kiankford It-" Trunkford avenue
C.MriLntovvn Ctermantown and ( heltpn
avfntiea
llnlmesburir sn- Frankford avenue
Kensln-lon xnl,a Bn(1 N0rr,, strreta
Mn,'K.slns llioomall otrect und ltd Ui
mo avenue
J mil Title find Tllle Puildlns:
I ojrin Uroad and Ruseomb atreeis
Miivivunk 44IS .Main atreet
MUn'le C its 14 South Seventeenth '11' t
Mount Airs Cl7ntl Oermantown avenue
Mcitonn 1D3J Xorth Uroad atreci
foacili mmnmnzszTfrd!
Advantages of a Course in
Business Administration
This course is designed not only to pre
pare the young man for immediate employ
ment, but also to give him a broad educa
tion in the general principles underlying
all business.
IT GIVES the prospective business
man a knowledge of banking, and of stocks,
bonds and other investments.
IT TEACHES him how to finance his
business enterprises, how to determine his
costs and selling prices, and how to keep
his books of account so that at any time
he may know the actual condition of his
business.
IN BRIEF, it gives him a practical
knowledge that could otherwise be acquired
only through years of experience, and to
the young man who does not expect to pre
pare for a profession or who does not care
to spend four or more years in college,
this course offers a thoroughly satisfac
tory preparation for a successful business
career.
Secretarial Courses for Young Women
Dau and Evening Sessions
Send for 55 Hi Year Book
Peirce
School
ST
Business
Administration
Pine Street, Went of
Philadelphia
America's Foremost
KWaiKMReMLeg IliilHBWHtfBKiillBl
BY MAIL ORDER AT
North riillndcllihla Proid street and Cllcn-
word avenue ,. . ,-,nl.
Oak I-iic UlRhlh street and south of OaK
line
Olnev 1.11 West Tabor street
t asihall 72'J1 oolland avenue
l'nlnt Itreeso Twentieth street and Snjaer
averue
Iloxhoroueh C1119 nldse avenue
x-oulhwark 10JS South Tenth street
Taeonv Tulln atreet below I.onitshorc
Torreedale Crnnt and James street"
Pvventv second Events -second and Marsei
streets
West Market '220 Market street
West Park Klfty-lhird street and Uans-
downe nvenue. . .
West fhltadelnhlo 3110 Market streel
" tnjl Oxford street ....
"D" nichteenth and Christian streets
' K 1J47 Kenstnn-ton avenue
.I its-, North Nineteenth street
o Tenth street and Columbia, avenue
' SV Slith street and Talrmount avenue
Tomorrow the city Is expected to
inter into friendly competition with the
postal authorities in thc sale of rut
price food. This lc will open in
riimbel Bi others' store, at Ninth and
Market streets, aud will be of two car
loads of the same government food.
Thc fopd was bought by the market
commission of Philadelphia, and is to be
sold at cost.
Raid Stills In Postotfice
' Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 18. (By A
j. ) Two stills, one of which was warm
I from recent opetation. weie raided to -IcIbt
in the basement of the new million
dollar postofficc being built heie.
Broad,
Business School
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POSTOFFICE
Butter and Egg
Hoards Are Seized
i ontluited From Taee One
tomev (ieneial Palmer and Mr, flenu
wijl have mole than local impor
tance The broad iiuestion of naming
fair price committees for every county
of the state will be discussed In the
event that Attorney (ieneral Palmer is
detained at Washington, Mr. Heinz, Mr.
Hepburn nnd thc other conferees plan
to go there to see him, so that no time
will be lost in getting the state machin
erv in working older. William A. fllas
gow. of Ibis cit.v, during thc war chief
counsel for Ihe I'cclcral Food Adminis
tration, also will attend this confer
ence. Ilein to See Palmer
Mr Ileinz, accompanied bv Mr
Crutchhcld. former lice administrator
for Pennsylvania, nriived here from
Pittsburgh M'slcrdav morning. In thc
afternoon they held a conference with
former members of the headquarters
staff, at which thc situation was thnr-
oughlj discussed. It was subsequently
decided bv Mr. Ileiiu tlint nothing
would bc given out for publication until
he had confened with Mr. Palmer.
Mr. Hepburn stnted this morning
that there was nothing to be said for
publication until nfter Mr. Heim had
a conference with Mr. Palmci . It was
upon the hitter's request that Mr. Heinz
bad taken up the matter of fair price
committees. t
The tood administration was demob
ilized last Vcbrunry. Members of the
executive council in Philadelphia, ui.d
tHfcxixtj seven county administrators in
I ill Ik fld&jLt" -a-".
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U MiaifantlSlBIBVMHIIll --""'" -' ,x, .ivc, ." ia s
the state, who, during tho war, gaic
their services gratuitously to thc gov
ernment, have returned to business life.
Only within the last thirty dajs has
Howard Ileitis taken up the direction
of his private business which, two jears
ago, he laid aside to accept the appoint
ment by President Wilson of rood ad
ministrator for the state.
Since January lat and until the first
of .luly Mr, Helnr. has been direitor
general of food relief for southeastern
Kurope. Ho has his headquarters In
Constantinople,
Now Heads Concern
During his absence In the middle
Kast, his father, 11. .1. Heinz, the bead
of the II. J. Heinz Company, died, nnd
Howard Hemr. returned three weeks ago
to undertake his new duties as head of
thc concern.
Mr. Hepburn declined to be inter
viewed this morning on the appoint
ment of price fixing committees for
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and the state.
He intimated, however, thHt inasmuch
as the food administration, as a war
organization, hud disbanded five months
ago, considerable difficulty would be
experienced in attempting to reorganize
It.
Members of the staff in this city and
county administrators, who during tht
war had rendered voluntary service, in
many cases at great finnncial loss, .now
that the war is over would hesitate to
engage in a movement which lacked the
legal status of the old food administra
tion. Attorney (ieneral Palmer, in request
ing thc appointment of fair-price com
mitlees, distinctly stated that they
would have no legal standing. There is
no law behind thefn to compel indivi
duals or firms to give facts or figures.
They have no powers of enforcement
whatever. In reply to a question todaj,
Mr. Hepburn said:
"I have nothing to saj . We are en
deavoring to arrange a conference with
Attorney fleneral Palmer in which Mr.
Heinz will go over the subject in de
tail with him.
War Powers Untied
"Do ,vou care to say an.v thing as to
the probable outcome of thc confer
ence?" he was asked.
"Not it word. Mr. Heinz, as formei
food administrator, has. I understand,
been in communication with formei
county administrators of the state aud
will present their views on thc matter.
"Mr. Heinz is n private citizen now,"
continued the chief counsel, "and pos
sesses no authority whatever to re
organize the food administration or to
call its former members into active serv
ice. All he can do is to request them
to co-operate If from business or other
reasons they fail to respond then nothing
nore can be done on his part,
"Mr. Heinz expressed in a telegram
to Attorney (ieneral Palmer his perfect
willingness to co-operate in this new
work. He came from Pittsburgh yes
terday and held a conference with for
mer members of his staff. He then
decided to confer with the attorney
general and place all the facts and in
formation before him."
"Will you be present at the confer
enre with the attorney general?"
"Mr. Heinz has requested me to he
there."
"If a fair-price committee Is ap
pointed how will It go nbout discovering
whether or not there is prolitcering"
"I have nothing further to say,
Whatever Is given out on that or ntij
other subject must rome from Mr
Heinz."
In speaking of the need a price-fixing
bodv Mr. Kane said: ,
"The utililj of a fair price com
mittee Is very evident. We ennnot pros
ecute a small dealer for merelj rais
ing the price of foods he sells, but n
committee can warn his ruslomers, bi
publishing n 'fair price list' that that
dealer is 'profiteering.' A fair price
committee is an essential factor in put
ting n halt to retail 'price raising.' At
the present time there Is an act nam
ing such sale of commodities above their
uniform price as illegal. This Is clear
ly stated in Section 1 of thc Lever nit.
but there is no penalty named for such
offense, although Congress has been cm
phaticallj urged to fix one."
Confessed Thief Goes to Jail
Harnett Mark, a negro, who entered
pleas of guilly to stealing from two
families by whom he wns emplovrd, to
day was sentenced bj Judge McCullcn.
in Quarter Sessions Court, to a four
months' term in the county prison
The prisoner was emplojed by William
,1. Halrd. S10 Pine street, nnd Harri
son K Caner, Jr.. S12 Pine street. He,
stolo linens and silverware.
Sell, Reorder, Sell
"Speaking of inventions the man who invented
interest was no slouch."
Most small retailers do not fully realize the cost to
them of slow-selling goods.
"Turnover" and "overhead" are vague terms to the
very man whose shelves are filled with lodgers.
This is not true of the big stores. Quick turnover
is probably seen in its perfection in Boston, where
building restrictions have forced on the stores the
intense cultivation of floor space.
Goods in active demand "turn" fast.
Goods advertised into popular demand make pos
sible a rapid Sell, Reorder, and Sell with the minimum
interest cost for "carrying charges."
Advertising space in the Buttcrick publications
is for sale through accredited advertising agencies.
Butterick Publisher
The Delineator
Everybody's Magazine
TV'S dollars the )ear. each
RECRUITING FOR NAVY BAND
Washington Leader Here to Get Mut
slclans for Capital
Chief Petty Officer Charles Hentcr,
uui'iiur ui inc.- unwuuniij iiiiuuus viuaii-i
llieton nntv vard band. Is In this ritv
recruiting musicians for the organlzn
tlon. He has made his headquarters at
lfilfi Arch streel.
The Washington navy jard bond and
orchestia Is the second largest official
government musical organization In thq
capital, being exceeded onl.v by tho
I'nlted States marine band. Fifty pieces '
comprise the band complement, includ
ing tlilrtj orchestra musicians. All are
enlisted men of the navy. The band
takes part in various official function
nnd is considered one of the best and
most popular musical units ot the coun
try. Robbers' Victim Is Dying
Trenton, N. !., Aug. IS. While pur
suing two unidentified foreigners who
had knocked him down nnd robbed him
of $100 here todaj, Calvin StouL a
milkman of Lawrence township, was
shot twice over the heart by his assail
ants who escaped. He is dilng At
Mercer Hospital, here, '-
From Strayer's to Success
Uirtiret IVttsh Is a sister
of Role Welh. milon-lsr tier
sister's eismple, slie fssk tb
combined roiirs st Striker's
Buttners Collets, and new at
17 jesre of sue Is etlnlnt
mere than H0O0 a Ttr. Call.
write or 'prone for particulars
about what Strayer s eta de
for you. M7 OhHtsut Strut. ,
'Fheae. Walnut 311.
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