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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGERrHTtADELPHIA, THUKSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1919
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STOPS THE PIRKATTHB START
Insurance saving,
on 99 installations
Before OLODE Sprinklers were ImUlledt
Average rte on bulldlnjt, U8j on con
tenu, t J.04.
4rer QLOBE Sprinkler! were Installed:
Average rate on buildings, 37 cents; on
contents, 43 cents.
QLODE protection Is sosn paid for In
premiums saved.
GLOBE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER CO.
2035 Washington Ave. Dickinson S31
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carbonated inbottles
for the Home
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E
IE CITY loans
Special Session Will Be Needed
if Taxpayers' Suit Against
Issues Wins
IMPROVEMENTS MENACED
Various municipal Improvements 'may
be held up pending a special session of
the Legislature' to relieve the munlcl
pallty'of Philadelphia from a shortage
that may ensue from a taxpayer's suit
tying up three big city loans.
The loans involved arc the $G7,100,
000 councilmanlc loan recently author
lied. If the suit shall he sustained
and the loans declared illegal, the Leg
islature may be asked to act to relieve
the 'situation.
George P. Atkinson, assistant direc
tor of the Department of City Transit,
said he did not believe the transit loan
would be classified with the other
municipal loan, as most of the contracts
were awarded before July 25, the date
the charter took effect.
"This department is not vitally con
cerned, as most of eur contracts were
approved before the charter took effect,
said Mr. Atkinson. "The matter is a
legal one, and as we are not the de
fendants, I shall not inake any formal
statement, other than to say that our
payroll will bo met and we shall go
ahead with the transit improvements
until we are notified to stop."
The taxpayer's suit to restrain the
municipality from going on with the
three loans was entered by Solomon C,
Kraus, a real estate broker, In Com
mon Pleas Court No. - yesterday.
The suit is believed to. be the result
of anxiety ol bnancial interests to learn
whether the sale of municipal bonds to
float the three loans will be legal.
Authorized Before War
Two of the three loans Involved are
the ones authorized by popular vote
several years ago. They were held up
by the war and other emergencies.
Many profess to believe. that the Inau
guration of tho new charter changes
the Btatus of the proposed loans.
The case will be heard before Judges
Barratt, Rogers and Wessel.
A bankers' syndicate in which Drcxel
ft Co. are the chief factors has
already bought 2,000,000 in bonds of
the councilmanic loan. Five per cent
ot the stipulated price has been paid
by the bankers to bind the agreement
with the city; but before the bankers
sell the bonds to investors they desire
a stttlement of the legal questions in
volved. The complications are a result of the
revision of tho city charter. The new
acts of the Legislature provide that
current expenses of the city government
may not be paid out of long-term loans,
while the acts effective at the time
when these loans were passed, contained
no such provision.
Counsel's Contention
TfttfATll, T. TTl.tl KAtlnD.l turn tf.
&raus, maintains that, although the
Dorrowing ot tnese tunas was author
ized before the revision of the char
ter, the actual borrowing did not take
place until af(er that time; and that
a loan Is not a reality until the money
bas actually been turned over to the
borrower. For that reason, he charges.
the floating of these bdnd issues at this
time would be a violation ol the city
charter.
Mr. Kun today denied a report that
the suit was brought at this time as a
political move. He said that the filing
of tho suit during the piesent political
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HAVE Hires at
home. Let the
first items on your
grocery list be Hires
the celebrated thirst
quencher noted for
purity and refreshing
goodness. In pint 'bot
tles, or by the case at
your dealer's.
Try
Hires Ginger Ale
TWO BOYS DROWNED;
1 SUPPORTED MOTHER
Northeast Manual Student Dies
at Eoy Scout Camp Other
at League Island
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campaign was a mere coincidence. Both
factions of the Republican party, he as
serted, are similarly affected by the action.
A further nhlectlnn is raised bv the
plaintiff, who avers that any further
sale of bonds of the $07,100,000 loan
would be illegal because the issue has
not been certified bv the city controller.
John M. Walton. Before tho new char
ter was enacted such certification was
not necessary ; but the new legislation
requires nis signature ot approval.
THREE AUTOS ARE STOLEN
One Car Is Recovered In West Phila
delphia Garage
Three automobiles were reported
stolen today.
One car, valued at S450 and owned
by AVilliam Conklc, 4714 Windsor ave
nue, was taken from FoTty-nlnth street
nnd Woodland nvenue. It was recover
ed in n garage nt Fifty-eighth Btreet
and Whitby avenue.
An nutomobile valued at $2o0 and
owned by Milton Myers, 3S38 North
Sixteenth street, was stolen from Trout
Rtreet and Susquehanna avenue. An
other, valued at $350, belonging to Kd
ward Mcchlinc of Moorestown, N. J.,
was taken from Thirteenth and Locust
streets.
NOW HE WON'T BE INVITED
No Wedding Invitation Mean
Words Blffl
Philip Sussman, of Twenty-first
street and Ridge nvenue, felt slighted,
it is said, when Mrs. Lena Fuller did
not invite him to the wedding of her
daughter, which takes place next Wed
nesday, "I'd rather go to your funeral,"
Sussman is alleged to have said when
he heard he was notfto be among the
guests.
Fred Ginsberg, the prospective son-in-law
ot Mrs. Fuller, struck Suss
man in the face, nccording to the po
lice. The fight ended in the Nine
teenth and Oxford streets police sta
tion. Sussman was held in $500 ball
for n further hearing before Magistrate
Gttlis.
Protest Factory Noises
The alleged incessant clamor caused
by the handling of heavy materials in
the stamping and dyeing machine shop
of Joseph M. Mason Machine Company,
Inc., 2305 North Marshall street,
caused residents of the neighborhood
to petition Common Pleas Court No. 2
for an injunction to stop the noise.
Two boys, one a Northeast Manual
Training School scholar, the other the
sole support of his widowed mother,
were drowned while swimming yester
day. The schoolboy was, drowned at a
Box Scout camp In Delaware. Tho
other lost his life In the lake at League
Island Park.
The boys are :
Eugene Ilnnsberrj1, fifteen years old,
of 2018 West Westmoreland street,
drowned while in swimming at St.
Georges, Del.
Brewster II. lirannon, lourtecn years
old, of 1001 Jackson street, drowned
after being overcome with cramps while
swimming in League Island Park lake.
While no details concerning the death
f itnn.luirrv hnvt been received' at 'his
home, it is presumed that he lost bis
life in an attempt, to swim a acep cnan
nel which flows at one side of the river
fhorn Ills father is George Ilans-
Viarrrr n diarrl nt the Cramn shipyard.
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The mother, Mrs. liertna nansocrry, is
nrMit rntifl
"oung Hansbury lelt Home August n
with a party of twenty-nine other Boy.
Scouts for a two-week encampment at
Camp Wawa, St. Georges, Del.
The widowed mother of Brewster sat
today with her younger son, Joseph,
too dazed to realize fully what had hap
pened. Brewster was the sole sup
port of the family. He worked in a
nearby drug store during the vaca
tion period.
It is not known that any one saw
the lad go down. He left home at 0
o'clock last night, telling his mother
he was going for a swim.
The lake was dragged and the body
was recovered within a few minutes.
UNCLE SAM IS TAXED
Camden Board Dismisses Appeal
Against Shipyard Assessments
Gloucester, N. J., can collect taxes
from Uncle Sam that is, If the deci
sion today of the Camden county Board
of Taxation is upheld by the courtB.
The board dismissed the appeal of the
ITnited States shipping board and the
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
against tax assessments levied upon
new shipyards built by the government
in Gloucester.
When the Gloucester Board of As
sessors acted the shipyards were not
completed. So the assessment waB
$375,000 against the New York Ship
building Corporation on the property
used and $100,000 against the United
Stntcs shipping board on machinery be
ing Installed.
The contention of the shipping board
was that it was part of the govern
ment and could not be assessed.
The Camden county board decided
that, while the shipping board waB
part of the government, it wbb a cor
poration and therefore could be taxed.
Baby Slightly Burned
Twenty-months-old Joseph Frank,
03!) Tree street, was burned on the legs
and face wlhle asleep Inst night. The
cause of the fire Is not known. There
were children playing in the room at
the time. The mother detected the
smoke, ran upstairs and hurried the
baby tothe Methodist Hospital. Its
condition is not serious.
EATS GREEN FRUIT,
T. D. WADE'S SON DIES
Four -Year -Old Daughter of
Chester Prosocutor Is In
Serious Condition
Green fruit, eaten by the two chil
dren of Truman D. AVudc, district at
torney of Chester county, has caused
the death of one nnd serious Illness
of the other.
Lee Zimmerman Wade, a nevcn-
months-old son, Is the dead child. Tie
succumbed early Tuesday morning. The
other child, Helen, four years old, Is
dangerously ill. Both children ate the
green fruit last week, their father says.
Water from A well near an abandoned
had mine at the Wade home In Phoe
nixville, Pa., was at first believed to
have poisoned the children.
Mrs. Sarah Leopold Wade, wife nf
the district attorney, is prostrated.
Two month ago their eldest son,
Truman Dlller Wade, Jr.. fifteen jears
old, died. He was a student at the
University of Pennsylvania. He was
the youngest student ever admitted to
the college department, being only thir
teen j ears old.
EUGENE IIANSBERRT
Fifteen-year-old Boy Scout, of
2018 Westmoreland street, who was
drowned at St. George's, Del.
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Turn Solo
French Heel
Distinctive Dalsimer Designs That
Insure Style, Slaving and Satisfaction.
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Tan Calf
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HOSIERY
In a Host of
Harmonizing
Shades, $1.50
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THESE two timely reductions coming at a period
when shoe prices are most uncertain, suggest
the wisdom of buying now. It is difficult to
forecast how much more you will have to pay in the
near future, but right now you must pay almost double
the price for equal style and quality.
CLOSED ALL DAY SATURDAYS DURING AUGUST
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1204-06-08 Market St.
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FIRE PANIC IN TROLLEY
Riders Escape Injury In Rush for
Doors as Flames Appear
Stan? passengers narrowly escaped
serious injury early this morning when
an overheated motor Btarted a fire on a
Bidge avenue trolley car as It reached
Wissahickon Hill.
Flames suddenly spurted from the
floor of the car, and there was "a quick
dash for the doors. The motorman and
conductor helped many Jo the street.
John Bhoads, patrol driver of the
Manayunk police station, who wng off
duty, turned in an alarm, and three
fire companies responded. Traffic was
considerably delayed while the firemen
fought the flames. The car was badly
damaged.
$1000 In Cloth In Woman's Room
Neighbors told the police today that
stolen articles were hidden in the room
of Anna Smith, twenty-nine years old,
of Twelfth and Brown streets. Detec
tives McClain and McCarthy went to
the house and found rolls of cloth, said
to be worth nearly $1000. The woman
was arrested. She was held In $GO0 bail
while the police investigate.
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Brooches
Bar Fins
Finger Rings
Bracelets
COME long - headed
manufacturers are
seizing on present condi
tions to build up a favor
able market which will be
independent of outside com
mercial stimulus or depres
sion. Can you pick them out?
HERBERT M. MORRIS
Advertising Agency
Every Phate of Sale Promotion
400 Cheatnut Street Philadelphia
Final Clean-up!
Men's Shoes
5.90 and 7.90
Were 9.00 to 12.00
1800 pairs of this season's summer shoes. All
of our standard quality. To be closed out at
prices very much below present values.
All incomplete lines
from our three stores have been assembled at
our Chestnut Street Store. Regardless of their
former prices, now
3.90
NVederman
930 Cheatnut St.
. 39 So. Eighth
203. No. Eighth
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This is just one of the attractive
models absolutely new shown
in the Paris Letter in the Forecast
of Autumn Fashions Number of
Vogue
SMART?
It's the
Very Last Word
Biscuit coloured homespun, open in front, over a
blouse of plain white linen one button strategic
ally placed big pockets to accentuate the flaring
Louis XV hip line this is Doucet's version of the
autumn tailleur.
Other details to be noted by the smart woman in
search of her own new suit are the snug shoulder,
the plain notched collar, the shorter, wider skirt,
the velvet hat with its feeling for line and its big
metal pins, the modish umbrella and bag, the new
French shoes.
The smallest accessory from veil to gloves has
been selected with the most fastidious care. But
wouldn't you have expected it?
It's in the
Forecast of Autumn Fashions Number
VOGUE
Suits aren't the only thing considered. Tho Paris
Letter shows the new long coat, fur-trimmed; tho
wonderful diaphanous evening frocks of lace and
net, some of them with tight satin foundations
oyer wbichtho skirt floats like an immense but
terfly. The afternoon frock is here impudently
short-sleeved, with subtle lines and unexpected
draperies about the hips. There is a page of
Poiret, too several pages of tho new hats tnap
shots from tho -French raeci two pages of tho
new materials a sheaf of piquant sketches from
the Hotel Murat.
Then, to bo practical as well as beautiful, there
are three articles on textiles to ho found in tho
American market woollens and silks and trim
mings that will show you jmt what to buy for
your own costumes. There are pages of New
York fashions at their best. The Limited In
comes department considers half a dozen cults
of much chic at little cost. The Shopping Ser
vico shows ever) thing you'll need this autumn,
from frocks to lingerie all priced and pur
chasable. And there are twenty-two pages of that invaluable
Vogue feature, the Vogue Pattern the best of
the mode in the most usable form.
All this your clothes problems settled for six
months -you may get for thirty-five cents.,
Isn't that your idea of a bargaiu?
AT ALL NEWS STANDS
September 1st Issue ' On Sale Today
Out Then Go at
Ridiculous Prices!
$6.00; $8.50; $13.50
for
Palm Beach, Cool Crash
and Breezdweve Suits
that were f
$12, $13.50, $15, $18, $20
A Slew of Big Sizes in ffi
44, 46, 48, 50 and 52 chest measures! r
Dark Colors, too! This is a Sale
of Big Men's Bargains! f
And plenty of smaller sizes.
Big Special Drive
on our
Finest Spring and
Summer Woolen Suits!
& We Will Sell Our Finest
,$65 Suits at $48, $55, $58;
Our Finest $60 Suits at $45,
$48, $50; Our Finest $55
1 Suits at $40, $45, $48 ; Our
Finest $50 Suits at $35, $L8,
$40; Our Finest $45 Suits
- at $30, $32, $35 ; (3uV Finest
$40 Suits at $28, $30, $32
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in shoulders anti sleeves with silk
piping on seam edges. No further
mention will be made of these Finest, r'
Higher-priced Suits after this f
Limited-period Sale! Get Busy! J
$40 Suits are . .
$45 Suits are . .
$50 Suits are. .
$55 Suits are. .
$60 Suits are. .
$65 Suits are . .
.$28, $30, $32
.$30, $32, $35
.$35, $38, $40
.$40, $45, $48
.$45, $48, $50
$48, $55, $58
Closed at 5 P. M.
PERRY & CO.
"N. B. T."
j 16th and Chestnut Sts.
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