& lpft -itv-. $ fy -v'- w L" Cl fen i .' l.-lAJ EVENING PUBLIC (LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1919 fcwrnn i E SHOWN IN U. S. REPORT Figures Indicate That Supply Formerly Sent to Europe Is Being Stored , 'PAT," WISE PARROT, HAS LEFT; HUSBAND ALSO GONE Congenial Bird Missing After Argument With "Bechie" the Pug Dog, and "Tom," the Cat AMOUNTS ARE DOUBLED Fipiros mndo public toilnj by the Bureau of Market') of tin- Vtiitrrt States lJepartmcnt of Agriculture show in creased amounts of foodstuff being placed in cold storage throughout the country. The stprage holdings August 1. 1017, howed 3,rilL104 pounds of frozen '.lamb and beef in storage. A ear later, with the war at its elimax. the hold ings were a little less, or I!.7:,('!7 pounds. July 1, 11111). there were 7, -7". 'Jilt pounds in the eold htornge waiehoii-es of the country, August 1. 1!H!I, the quantity was still going up. t lio total being 7,.'101.:tli() pounds, indicating that supplies that did not go ahrn.id nie go lng into cold storage. Figures of August 1 slum that Mor age- holdings are at present wWl m ex cess of what they were during the win. In some of the food commodities storage figures showed a slight de crease on August 1. l!l!i, over lul 1. 1010. The following table ho the amount- held In cold storage : Food Juli mis Frozen btef 1SJ.4SO I4'l Cured IVeJ JS 77.-. S72 Idimb ami mutton t 72- iVi7 ill. ss't.4ir mil 3 I". 1 17 3(17 n-7 377 is 74' "IVi -7.4110 7".tt Butter mid egg- hkcic are lield in huge quantities in I lie cold -toi.ige warehouses Figures from the Hurcao Of Markets, for August 1. 101, and Augusts. 101i. are cucu in the table beloiv. Commodit MiK t"is A JW Creamery buttr -s.7-'i -M Ui -.... nj P ,8. butter .-.Haitian 'J 'HJ 'i".7 Case eras lca- 0 .".--, H2 T.s-,3 J-8 Froitn "in libs i isihdh;3 lit on;. 707 Thieves Good Range Finders Thieves broke jnto the home of Mrs A. C. Keffer Uittctihouo street near Twentieth, early todaj and stole 11 gus range valued at 540. Kntry had been made with a false key. according to the police. The house has been vacant while repairs were being made. If any one finds Put. the peripatetic parrot, please send him home at once. Pnt lives nt IDS South Klcrcnth street and has a green complexion and a long vocabulary. In fact. Up is as glib-tongued as an auctioneer and is in touch with the affairs of the daj. lie belongs to Mrs. Louise I'eikius I'ut vas a good old pul of Howard lVi'Mlis. -even i'.ir-nld -'oil of Mrs. IVrkins. who iliul three jours ago It is for thi- leasoii that Mr-. I'ei kin is so anxious to find the bird. The bird ili-nppcnicd n week ago fol lowing n triungulnr niKiiinent witli If the peddler consigned him to a hot climate Tat "came back" just as strong. ItceUe, the pug dog, and the parrot often worked together. For instance, when the p'hone rang Heckle would knock the receiver off the hook with the stub of her nose and I'at would ell "wait a minute Heekle then ran to the hallway and barked, which meant -ome one the phone " TWO OIE WHEN TUG NURDEffi IN GALE The Morris Sinks in Delaware. Engineer and Steward Lose Lives Captain Saved MUCH DAMAGE BY STORM Two rtien drowned during the heavy fnt. n...l l.nil ... In.l !1. ...l.n tl. q J .. (tiiii mill ni,, 1111 luni iiiiii iivii mu I tug Morris, owned by the Dc Frain Mrs. Perkins has been doing some de- .,aml l o'npnny nnu ine nainespori .mm- lectiM. work to trace the narrot. She"'K nn 1 rnnsporinuon company learned that a, man visited severnl blnl Joundorril in the store- in the lentrnl pait of the city "ort-oshot- buoy. 1 ne ucuu . (ieorge A. Illtrlieu, engineer, seventy- ! suffered Delawa're, above ttockie. il. ..it iIol.. nn,l Too,, the nt. 1 """ " Pnrr(" answering rai s uescrip- tinn nnil ti Ad In da I il iwu mini in.i 1. 1 mi- i.iimii- in.ii.c four (,a,.g 0) .Mill-borO, Uel. A son Pat "lis je.iluu- it is said, and it is If you ever snw i'at von would l"mwf.lrvl(,s ),, p."ib!e he thought the dog and cat J him at once Ills neck isenclr.led with I nmIsolI (.toward, thirty-seven weie leceiMlig Ion miicii aiieniioii itom a i"i ruiR 01 ichiikts, uoo 11c nus nine membeis of the fnmilj. While I'.it Ha- 111 the hnu Pel kin- had 110 11-e fni a maid. high, I couldn't keep her head to the wind, although she had the weight of the three lighters to steady her. The minute she turned broadside to the wind ihe went under." The other two members of the crew who were rescued managed to keep afloat until they were picked up by a gasoline boat and put aboard the tug Hninesport nearby. They were Charles Christian, fireman, Delaware Hotel, Second and Spruce streets, and Frank Pnrsell, deck hand, Bristol, Pa. The Morris foundered at Berks street wharf during the winter of 1017. Much damage was caused by the storm. Scores of craft were blown fioni their moorings in the Delnware .and Schuylkill rivers in the twenty minutes of blow. Several became quickly water logged and sank. Trees in the suburbs, struck by light ning, were felled as if b an ax. Fences, barns, outbuildings nnd chiintic.is were damnged by the wind. The hail bloke mam windows. Vehicular traffic, trains nnd trolleys. particulaily by the storm. Trolley nnd railroad traffic was held up for a time in amden nnd (.loucester. Ivears old. Frankford, Del II 1 Ml 111 "!l- "Ice!" and li- -dp If a peddler -hunted ftoi.i th Mis If the il Ihe bird simpl. Allied the n email left a cake on Sand, mud nnd debris was (arricd by it !,. ...the wind to the tracks. while spot on the top of his head. ,,, ,lmi . cMi,. I Traffic tie-tins were also reported on He is green but only In color, for be . . ,,0 Philadelphia nnd Wcstorn nnd the knows cer.Mhitig worth while. Further- .'"'" M lrs. ',' "' r"' ?"' 'Wl Philadelphia and West Chester lines. sired. Cllliuun "i me .uuitii, nils . . . ' : .. ' 7 1 nine to the dooi . Pat cage "Nothing doing;" more, lie (an do the "shimmy" nnd sing snatches of the latest songs. Pat 1- not the onlv one missing nt the Perkins home Mrs. Perkins said hi r husband had left home, too. FOUR HURT IN UPSET AUTO FINDS ABANDONED BABY Frozen pork Dry Bait porl. Pickled pork Lard Miscellaneous July lUtll IVi OSS 4"3 :t'i.qji.si3 7 am :i2o m 1 ii'i.'i "ish .inil.1 JT .".(17 ;is: 41.1 i.ij ns 'it '. O'C s", 11-d iin'i Exploding Tire Causes Injury to Ard more Young Woman Fsplo-ion of the tire on the front Shipyard Worker, Attracted by Cries, Discovers It Near Convent ('He- of 11 baby attracted the attention I wheel of 1111 automobile in wlihli Mi-siearlj todaj of William II. Ward, nn Marie .limes, of Anlmore. 1'n : Miss .Julia Pollen, of Jthaia : Mi l.sther Daggett, of Wilmington. Del., and Pd giu U. White, of Svr.'iiu-e. were rid ing, tlnew tlie car down tin embank ment near Watkm- N Y , turning over tw h e before landing in .1 ditch. Miss Jones was pinned beneath the cat, and when linallj cxtriiatctl it whs found her collaihmie was fraetuted and -he hud a seveie inlnr nt llie lui-e of Ihe brain. She was rctnowd to the! Ithiic.i Hospital, and her lirotlier. .lohn limes, nnd her si-ter. Mrs Thomas IMihIo. both of this (lty, were sum -inoned electrician, while he was on his way from the l'11-ej A. .lones -hipyard, tilouce-ler. to liis home. After 11 search, he found a thrce-niouth- old g"l 'ji'ig upon the -ttine -tcps of the convent adjoining St. Mary's paiochial school, ltldgeway 'nud Sussex -treet-. The infant was nently dres-ed. Pinned to the bnhy'.s dress was this note : r "Please put my baby in a Catholic home, as 1 am unnble to take care of l.r. Heartbroken Mother." Ward took the baby to his home. Mhrown into the water when the tug sank He caught the tow line and fought his wabnik to the first lighter nnd was -nved. The Moiris, towing thiee empty sand llghteis. sank in thirty -five feet of water during an unusually heavy wind nnd lain storm. The craft foundered suddenly and the crew bad nn warning of danger until thrown into the water. "She neer had a chance," declared Captain Marsh "With a forty-mile gale blowing nnd the wnves running i which stmt trom the terminal at Sixty - ninth street. The Hacks weie sub merged with water resembling a lake at South Ardinore and the County line. The steeple of the 1-ndy of Victory Catholic Church, at Fifty-fourth nnd Vine -fleets, the edifice which was bombed In indie nN, was struck by lightning. In We-t Philadelphia. Torresdale, Oak I.ane aiul upper (ierninntown. nnd in the suburban sections within a snort distance of the city limits, the storm did much damage WOULD "VAMP" LIKE THEDA; EXIT BOLD ROBBERY YARN Little Mildred Dcnitz Tells Police That Story of Men Who Bound and Gagged Her Was "Movie" Stunt "A am going to be a vamp like Tbeda liara, and we wns just playing movies," snid Mildred Deifitz. twelve yenrs old, .1(0:1 North Randolph street, today to the police of the fiermantown nvenuc nnd Lycoming street station. And with those- few words she ex plained the mystery of the amazing story she told the police on Monday about two masked men who, she said, entered the home on Monday nnd bound nnd gagged her and her little eight-jear-old neighbor. Carmen l.nmastro, nnd tied them to the bedposts and then ran nwav with f.i()0 cash. Police Suspicious The police say they had been mark ing time on the case because they sus pected a "fiame-np" or nn "Inside job" or something Mildred and her little filend innie to the station hou-e todnj and confessed. Wanted to "Vamp" "1 am going to be a vamp like Theda Harn. and we were ju-t rehearsing," smiled pretty blnck-halred .Mildred. "And also t wanted to tench my uncle Onirics n lesson. He lets too much money lie m nunc the house loose. "Monday Cnrmen nnd me were play ing in our house when I hnd nn idea. Last week, you know, my uncle left his coat hanging over a chair, nnd I found the key to the bureau drnwer wdierc he keeps his money. Well, I cot the key nnd Carmen nnd me opened tjie vile name," drawer and took out sonic of the money. I don't know how much. "And then we hid some of the money under the carpet on the stairs nnd some of It down' in the cellar. Then we tied each other up like they do in the movies. "And that's the way they found us. And we had to tell the police a nice story about It, 'cause, you sec, we was playing movies. "Carmen here's been awful scared 'and that's the reason we're telling nbout it now ; we don't want to give the police folks too much trouble hunt ing up them two thieves. '"Cause we's them!" And the police permitted the "rob beis" to lenve. WOMAN LASHES MERCHANT Uses Horsewhip on Seashore Man Until He Apologizes Charged with horsewhipping Benja min Urono, an Atlantic City merchant, Mrs. Hetty Wingrade, of this city, was held in ?1000 bail for the Grand Jury when she entered a plea of Rullty to the charge before Magistrate McNally. Mrs. AVingrade testified she had been dissatisfied with n purchase made at Hrone's store, and when she insisted on the return of sixty-nine cents she had paid for the goods he called her "a TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICEN8E8 Duvld Sunln, 039 Jtckion at., and Tleba' Indlctor, S009 B. Slh at. Jamea M. Kay, Prookllne, Maaa., and Flor ence Meade, 2310 Spruce at. Abraham M. Ornateen, 680 N. 6th at., and Hilda Kaplan, 415 Winer at. Harry J. Kaufrman, E17 VT. Eleanor, at., and Jennie c, JlcVulIy, 24(1 B. Clear field at. Vincent J. O'Neill. 1858 S. Broad at., and Gertrude A. Murphy, Lynn. Maaa. Qeorca Wllaon, 1999 N. Howard at., and Anna Roblmon. 1841 N. Hope ar. John P. Innerarlty, 2031 Ore en at., and Therein M. Kolaum. 2819 Jackaon at. Qeorre B. Koater, 0303 Havtrford jura., and Sarah L. DICKion, 0S88 Havertord ave. Stefan Oardeckl, 8185 Richmond at., and Jozefa Haaaa, 2857 Madlaon at. Lylburn C. Downln. Itoanoke. V and Helen. I. Klnc, 02S rine at, Edwin J. Watklna. 6034 N. 18th at., and Ioulta E. McOourall. 0547 Umeklln pike. Jack Felnbera-. 1934 E. Monmouth at., and Ray Welah, 8210 V. Norrla at. Atjln Etheredre, Balvlda. S. C, and Helen A. Ball. Woreeater. Maee. George M Comber, 448S Paul at., and Thereaa O. Ryan. 4147 N. 8U1 at. James A. Judan, 1711 S. 9th at., and May M. Ryan, 0400 De Lancey at. Benjamin S Wallace, Jr., 410 Buckley at and Jeaelo M. Steele. 210 W. Ontario at. CT1 ''., L?wl Sunbury. Pa., and Kuala L., Orb. Sunbury. Pa JaVo!i.8i Elar,t'.,9"UBnd Market ala , and Mildred S. Heller, Brooklyn, N. T Charles 1, McCormiek. 1603 E. Sueonehanna ae.. and Esther E. Oossen. 2411 K. Nor- S. MaoMullan. 1009 W Somerset at FtriicIs A Moore, 4910 Carlisle at and Theresa Mlkowltih. J 008 Reno st Frederick L.. Hlrth. 2621 S Broad st . and Marie J,. Smith. 2021 H. Broad si William J. Kelly 5442, airard axe., and Jean V. Mathera, 0002 Wayne ave. Oeorae Richardson, -jnsi K. Huntlnadon ' and Marie IJpr.lr.eott 2788 Frankford ave Adam A. ButterUe d, 2155 N 12th st and Gertrude Flueic. 2ir..-. N 12th at Bohert 11. Johnson 4400 pine at., and Anna .M. Oraee. 2120 Broad at Edward Zlelskl, 4739 Tneony st . and El- nor Hlatkonskl. 4402 K. Thompson st. Pa.ul M..M..na.rd,.L.MH0.,,,lu,'- nl Dea- trice M. Marland. 8243 .Toco st Louis S Qreenberff. 23R nftner street and Clara I.. Hvder, ..84 H 4th at Joseph P Tlsh. 2030 Reulah et . and Katie Mlnocker. 2034 S Marshall at Joseph Hamilton. 3818 N. Howard st . and Edna Erwln, 2221 S nUh st Morris S Stecker. S03 N'. 5th st and Fmn ca 7-oslosky. 1509 N Franklin st Ercln Thelner. 2H05 Poplar st and Fllp A Puoro. 3010 Poplar et le Edward C Melswlnkel. .".048 Chestnut it and MarR-arot C Hunter. 2025 S 58th -t' Falls on Curb, Fractures Skull Freight Trains Collide A freight engine crashed into the lean I'nllmg while at plnj . fourteen -j ear end of 11 (onl trnin on the I'ort Itien-inld John Callahan i-, at the West monil lirnmli of the Heading Itailu.iy. j I'liilndelphia Hnmeopifthie Hospital Two or tlire" 1 ar (aught tire. The 1 with 11 fractured skull. He struck his (lames were extinguished b local lire head on the curbing in front of his loinnniiie- hou-e. l-'Ki North Allison street. toMfiiiwiniiiiiiiiiiiii iiimi 11 wiiiiiiiiiiiiunii Form 0 fly 1115 Chestnut Street! IViaWgom 12 15 Chestnut Street ,nnua. Fur K Emphasizing the most remarkable values on record Savings of 20 to 45 Per Cent! HILADELPHIA Fur History can show no such glorious facts as are evident in this Annual Event for 11)19. Months and months heforp this season started we bought huge quantities of the raw skins when costs were lower. We were justi fied, because our new and larger store would naturally command greater business. Our Foresight Has Repaid Itself We arc scllinc Furs Today at 20 to 25 per cent less than the preailing prices. On top of this we have made a further concession of 20 per cent for the Annual Sale, which makes the hawnp; a double one twice as much as the reduction really shows. And Furs will be priced much higher in the Winter. The word is to "Buy Now" at this Annual Sale. A Small Deposit Will Reserve Your Purchase in Our i Vaults until Desired Sk P y?3g Purchasing Agents' Orders Accepted Liberty Bonds Accepted Fur Coats S U.K. ' 97.50 Marmot Coats 7S.UU 150.00 Natural Muskrat Coats. .120.00 155.00 Natural Nutria Coats... .124.00 167.50 Australian Seal Coats... -134.00 185.00 Natural Raccoon Coats. 148,00 242.50 Hudson Seal Coats 194.00 367.50 Scotch Moleskin Coats. . .294.00 492.50 Beaver Coats 394.00 617.50 Hudson Seal Wraps 494.00 617.50 Moire Caracul Coats 494.00 875.00 Natural Squirrel Wraps.. 694.00 875.00 Scotch Moleskin Wraps. 694.00 1185.00 Natural Mink Wraps 948.00 1170.00 Broadtail Wraps 975.00 1 Also Extra Size Fur Coats Up to 50 Bust m R I H Wi HI fc'r fl E t Wk . w ?wK5ftip 8 A LB Stoles 53.00 Seal Stoles 44.00 72J50 Kolinsky Stoles 58.00 92.50 Mole Stoics 74.00 92.50 Mink Stoles 74.00 97.30 Skunk Stoles 78.00 117.50 Heaver Stoles 94.00 1 17.50 Australian Opossum 94.00 215.00 Black Ljnx Stoles 196.00 Scarfs Scarfs 21.00 30.00 Taupe Wolf 30.00 Hrown Wolf Scarfs 24.00 35.00 Taupe Fox Scarfs 28.00 35.00 Drown Fox Scarfs 28.00 37.50 Mink Scarfs 30.00 42.50 Hudson Seal Scarfs 34.00 42J50 Black Wolf Scarfs 34,00 60.00 Jap Cross Scarfs 48.00 Coatees 122.50 Seal Coatees Sale 137.50 Nutria Coatees Sale 212.50 Mink Coatees Sale 230.00 Squirrel Coatees Sale 377.50 Kolinsky Coatees... Sale tJfftMlftl1.' J 98.00 110.00 194.00 224.00 294.00 Sets 35.00 Gray Wolf Sets.. 80.00 Taupe Wolf Sets. 92.50 Beaver Sets '. 92.50 Brown Fox Sets.. 110.00 Mink Sets 122.50 Black Lynx Sets., 122.50 Taupe Fox Sets., 137.50 Skunk Set HACK . 44.00 64.00 . 74.00 74.00 . 88.00 . 98.00 . 98.00 .110.00 Mqil Orders FillcdmwjWHiiiHgKLCharge Accounts Solicited l J I Your money What will it buy in fall clothes? YOU'RE pretty certain that you'll pay , a good price for whatever clotlies you buyj you're iiotso certain the clothes will be as good as the price You can be 100 percent sure Our clothes will be worth' everycent you pay for them It's our business to see that you get all-wool fabrics, good style and tailoring; good value If the clothes dont satisfy you you get your money back Hart Schaf flier & Marx" Good Clothes Makers Strawbridge & Clothier Are the Exclusive Philadelphia Distributors of the Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothing: j ,-c J li 7 A rB Hfibrv y t v. -. dikjLau
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